Boxscore

Creighton spotted the University of Evansville one goal, then scored four of its own in the second half Thursday night at UE's Black Beauty Field to beat the Aces 4-1 in the final match of the regular season for both women's soccer teams.

The same two teams meet again Sunday at Omaha at 1:00 in the quarterfinal round of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Creighton is the #3 seed and Evansville is #6. In the other quarterfinal match, #4 Drake will host #5 Indiana State. The Evansville-Creighton winner plays #2 Missouri State in the Nov. 6 semifinals at Omaha, and the Drake-Indiana State winner plays #1 Illinois State in the other semifinal. The championship match is Nov. 8.

Evansville took a 1-0 lead at 28:58 when Abby Guerra scored her second goal of the season from 10 yards out following a throw-in from Kaitlin Oldfield and a pass from Katelyn Smith. Eden Hingwing tied the scored at 60:42, set up by Macy Mauer's corner kick, and the Bluejays scored again at 61:26 when Beth Fyles got behind Evansville's defense to score past UE goalkeeper Chaviel Harrison from eight yards. Mauer followed with a goal at 72:46 and Fyles scored again at 75:18 to send the Bluejays into post-season play with an 11-5-2 overall record and 3-2-1 record in the MVC. Evansville is 5-12-0 and 2-4.

Creighton outshot the Aces 8-1 in the second half to finish with a 15-7 advantage. The Jays put nine shots on goals while Evansville had four, including two from Kristen Davis and one each from Guerra and Dani Langness.