KISSIMMEE, Fla. - After a loss on Monday in their first game of pool play at the NCCAA DI Women's Soccer Championship, the No. 8 seeded CIU women's soccer team would righten the ship on Tuesday. The Rams (9-9-3) dispatched fellow NCCAA South Region member No. 5 seeded Carolina University (N.C) 2-0 in CIU's second match of pool play. The win is CIU women's soccer's first victory at the NCCAA Championship since Nov. 28, 2017.

Scoring Summary: Unlike Monday's match, where CIU was non-existent in the first frame, today's game was all Rams in the first 45 minutes. Mercy Berkemeyer struck first for CIU in 32' minute off an assist from Tara Collins. Just four minutes later, the Rams would score again as Avery Long finished off a corner kick from Collins. The Rams totaled nine shots in the first half and recorded 17 in the match, outshooting the Bruins by three despite yielding 12 shots to Carolina in the second half. Three different Rams picked up two shots-on-goal, while Amber McKinley led CIU with five total shots. Julianna Bost was stalwart as CIU's keeper, with five saves to shut out the Bruins.

What Coach Kara Lail is saying: "I am very proud of how much heart and pride the ladies had today as they played. It is tough playing two days in a row, and they battled for 90 minutes after a hard-fought battle yesterday. We will wait to see what happens with the games that will be played and hope we did enough to get through to the next round."

Up Next: The Rams await the results of tomorrow's pool play matches to see if they will play in the NCCAA Championship semifinals on Friday, Dec. 2.