Box Score St. Louis, Mo. – The 15^th-ranked Columbia College men's soccer team defeated Missouri Baptist University by a score of 2-1 on the road this afternoon, extending their current winning streak to 12 games. With the win, the Cougars improve to 15-2 on the season and 10-0 in American Midwest Conference (AMC) play while also clinching the AMC regular season championship, gaining home-field advantage throughout the AMC Postseason Tournament. The Spartans fall to 3-11 overall and 1-7 in league play. 

Mark Steiniger found an opening down the middle and put the ball into the lower right corner of the net to give the Cougars an early 1-0 lead two minutes into the contest. Columbia carried the 1-0 score into the halftime break after outshooting the Spartans 11-3 in the half.

Edin Campara added a second tally in the 61^st minute of play after kicking in a perfect through ball by Matija Ceraj.

The Spartans never backed down, and cut the deficit in the 81^st minute as Gerardo Espinoza found the net. However, the Cougars would hold-on down the stretch to pull away with the 2-1 victory.

The Cougars outshot the Spartans 18 (seven on-goal) to 10 (four on-goal) for the match. Junior goalkeeper Iain McTurk (12-0) registered the win, saving three shots on goal.

Today's victory not only guarantees home field advantage for the Cougars in the AMC postseason tournament, but also gives Columbia an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships, earning one of the AMC's two automatic bids.

Columbia will travel to Hannibal, Mo. on Wednesday, October 28^th to close out their regular season schedule against AMC foe Hannibal-LaGrange University. The Cougars and Trojans will kick off at 3:00 p.m.