Box Score Columbia, Mo. - The Cougar women's soccer team defeated Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) University by a score of 9-0 on Friday night in the first round of the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Postseason Tournament. Columbia, the league's regular season champion and No. 1 seed in the tournament, improves to 14-2-1 overall on the year with their NAIA-leading 12^th shutout of the 2013 campaign.

MacKenzie Knepper got the scoring started for the Cougars with her 15^th goal of the season less than three minutes into the first half. In the ninth minute of play, Tori Magaletta headed in a perfectly played corner kick from Stephanie Hale to give Columbia an early 2-0 lead. Meg Goddard and Kelly Ross would each add a goal over the remainder of the opening period as the Cougars took a 4-0 lead into the halftime break. Columbia tacked on another score in the 51^st minute as Hale converted a penalty kick for a 5-0 Columbia advantage. Ross would her second goal of the contest just five minutes later and Rylee Bruhn followed with another goal in the 58^th minute. Taylor Goddard made it 8-0 in the 66^th minute and Ross completed her first hat trick of the year just two minutes later as the Cougars cruised to the shutout victory from there.

Erica Ramirez and Flavia Rosado combined on the shutout in goal as the Columbia defense limited the Lions to just one shot on the night.

Prior to game time, members of the 2013 AMC All-Academic team were announced. The Cougars placed 10 players on the squad, which included Lauren Beishir, Elise Castellanos, Meg Goddard, Taylor Goddard, Stephanie Hale, Perla Hernandez, Tori Magaletta, Madi Nichols, Mallory Page, and Kelli Westhues.

Columbia will advance to the AMC Tournament Semifinals on Monday, November 11^th to take on No. 4 seed Missouri Baptist University after the Spartans defeated Hannibal-LaGrange 1-0 in double overtime earlier in the day. Game time is set for 5:00 p.m. at R. Marvin Owens Soccer Stadium. Visit www.amcsportsonline.com for the complete tournament bracket and schedule.