Ashland, Wis. – The Cougars Are the UMAC Tounament Champions. Minnesota Morris (8-7-3) secured a trip to the NCAA Women's Soccer National Tournament with a 2-0 victory on the road over Northland (12-6-1).

Through 45 minutes the Cougars and Lumberjills were scoreless. The action picked up in the second half as the shots for both teams almost doubled, in a battle to take the lead and get the automatic bid to the tournament. It was the Cougars Junior Molly Hancuh scoring her 19^th goal of the season off a corner kick, that would break the scoreless battle at the 49:49 mark. She would also pick up her 6^th assist of the season by helping Freshman Brooke Lorentz pick up her 5^th goal of the season to give the Cougars some breathing room with a 2-0 lead with under four minutes in regulation.

Both teams played a tough defensive game with just 19 shots allowed in 90 minutes of play. Goalkeeper Torri Jordan picked up her sixth shutout of the season, two of which have come this week in the UMAC tournament on Wednesday against St. Scholastica and today shutting out the Lumberjills.

The Cougars now await the selections that will be announced at 12:30 CST Monday, November 7 via web stream on NCAA.com.

NCAA SELECTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT