(Lebanon, Ill., Nov. 10) – The McKendree women's soccer team defeated Hannibal-LaGrange College, 2-0, Monday night in the American Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals behind two goals from freshman midfielder Sulyn Keomanivane (Granite City, Ill./Granite City).

No. 16 and top-seeded McKendree, now 17-1-1 overall, will host No. 3 seed William Woods University Thursday night at 6 p.m. for the AMC tournament championship game.

Keomanivane (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) scored her first goal of the game in the 13^th minute on an assist from sophomore midfielder Theresa Kaiser (St. Louis, Mo./Ursuline Academy) (St. Louis, Mo./Ursuline). She scored her second goal of the game in the 77^th minute on an assist by junior forward Sarah Ryan (Rochester, Ill./Rochester) (Rochester, Ill./Rochester). Keomanivane is now tied for the team lead with 18 goals this season.

Sophomore Liz Yanko (St. Louis, Mo./Rosati-Kain) (St. Louis, Mo./Rosati-Kain) improved to 17-1-1 on the season and had two saves in the win.

McKENDREE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S SOCCER RESULT
Hannibal-LaGrange at No. 16 McKendree University
Monday, November 10, 2008
 
Team                           1          2          F
Hannibal-LaGrange       0          0          0

#16 McKendree             1          1          0

McKendree Goal –

Sulyn Keomanivane (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) (2)

Goalkeepers –
McKENDREE:   Liz Yanko (St. Louis, Mo./Rosati-Kain), 90 minutes, two saves

Hannibal-LaGrange: Brittany Johnston, 90 minutes, 12 saves

No. 16 McKendree is 17-1-1 overall, Hannibal-LaGrange is 9-10-1 overall

-McK-