WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The Northeastern State women's soccer team fell 1-0 to No. 12 Central Missouri in the 2012 MIAA Championship semifinals Friday evening at the South Recreation Complex.
 
The fourth-seeded RiverHawks ended the season with a 13-5-1 mark, while the Jennies (15-1-4) advanced to Sunday's championship match.
 
“They're a good side, and they knock it around fairly well,” NSU Head Coach Chase Wooten said. “I thought we struggled to connect passes in the first half. We gave up a restart goal on a free kick, and we just weren't able to find the net.”
 
NSU outshot the home side 5-4, but a goal in the 14th minute by Carly Stanley was all UCM needed to get past the green and white.
 
Junior goalkeeper Maggie Kloza (9-4-1) made a save and allowed one goal in 90 minutes, taking the loss. Morgan Hartlzer (8-0-2) made three saves and picked up the victory.
 
“We've been able to draw good players here, and we're now at a point where we're starting to set goals that are higher and higher,” Wooten said. “In the grand scheme of things, if Central Missouri is No. 12 in the country, then I feel like we're fractionally less than what they are. Overall, we had a great year. We have great kids with great character on this team.”
 
Scoring Summary
NSU                     0            0            –             0
UCM                    1            0            –             1
 
Individual Scoring
Carly Stanley (UCM) at 13:40 (Jenna Stones)
 
Goalkeeper Saves
Maggie Kloza (NSU) – 1
Morgan Hartzler (UCM) – 3
 
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