The second-seeded Berry women’s soccer team travels to Lee tonight to face the No. 3 seed Auburn-Montgomery at 7:30 p.m. with the season on the line. The Vikings finished the season with a record of 11-6-0 and were 9-1 against Southern States Athletic Conference.

During the season Berry and AUM split a pair of games. Berry won 2-1 in Montgomery, Ala. during the regular season. However, a late penalty kick goal was enough to help AUM get a 1-0 win over the Vikings at Berry during the recent SSAC Tournament.

All four team’s remaining in the region tournament are nationally ranked in the top 25. Berry was No. 24 in the final NAIA National Poll, while AUM was ranked No. 19. The other semifinal features No. 21 Mobile against the host and No. 6 team in the country Lee.

Both AUM and Mobile had play-in games to reach this point. The Lady Senators defeated sixth-seeded William-Carey 3-0 on while No. 5 seed Mobile snuck bye No. 4 LSU-Shreveport 2-0 in the other play-in match.

The Vikings offense will be counted on to break down a tough AUM defense if the Vikings are to get the win. In the past two meetings the Vikings have out shot the Lady Senators 15-8 and 14-6 respectively, but have just two goals to show for it.

Sophomore transfer Brina Becknell was the team’s leader this season with 16 goals to lead a Vikings offense that scored 64 goals over 17 games (3.76 goals per game), while allowing just 20 goals. Shannon Hackett will also play a key role for the Vikings, she finished the season tied for the national lead in total assists with 12 according to dakstats.com. Hackett finished second on the team with 26 points from seven goals and 12 assists. Becknell was the leader with 37 points from 16 goals and five assists. Brittany Kinch also added 21 points from nine goals and three assists.

Defensively, the Vikings will be lead by either second team All-Conference goalkeeper Vanessa Zimmerman or Paige Banham who allowed just three goals over nine games (513 minutes), including five starts this season. The Viking defense led by Courtney Bond and Sarah Capati will have to show the form that limited the Lady Senators to just eight shots on goal over the course of two games this season.

The winner of tonight’s match will play the winner of the match between top-seeded Lee and No. 4 seed Mobile in the Championship match. The winner will advance to the NAIA National Championship Tournament.