HICKORY, NC – Carson-Newman (6-6-4, 4-4-3 SAC) heads to Lenoir-Rhyne (13-3-1, 9-1-1 SAC) for the first round match of the SAC tournament tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

The Eagles enter the tournament as the no. 8 seed while Lenoir-Rhyne sits in the no. 1 spot.

"Anyone can win in the tournament," Carson-Newman head soccer coach Richard Moodie said. "We just have to prove that it can happen tomorrow."

Carson-Newman tied Anderson in its last game of regular season 1-1 after two overtimes Saturday. The Trojans took the lead in the 29^th minute. After 64 minutes of action, senior Raquel Pimentel (New Port Richey, Fla.) put in her first goal of the year off a cross from freshman Nora Logan (Charlotte, NC) to tie it up.

In regular season, the Bears defeated Anderson 2-0 with goals from Emmi Dunn and Leah Mullins. L-R outshot Anderson 22 to nine.

The Bears ended their season on a high note with a 3-1 win over Queens. Hanna Kiebel opened the scoring in the ninth minute. By the 63^rd minute, L-R had a 3-0 lead over the Royals who put in their lone goal in the 89^th minute.

The Eagles defeated Queens 1-0 in regular season off a penalty kick taken by senior Danna Stringle (Woodstock, Ontario, Canada) in the 34^th minute. C-N outshot the Royals 19 to 12. Keeper and senior captain Tiarna McKenna (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) had eight saves on the match.

The Bears' lone conference loss was a 1-0 defeat at Catawba. Despite having been outshot 22 to five, the Eagles defeated the Indians 3-1 on Sept. 21 with two goals by junior captain Sidnee Edwards (Knoxville, Tenn.) and one by freshman Gabrielle Gianeselli (Knoxville, Tenn.).

L-R tied Wingate 0-0 after two overtimes on Sept. 22.

On Sept. 14, C-N fell 4-1 to Wingate. Senior Lizeth Munguia (Wilmington, NC) scored the Eagles' goal off a free kick taken by Mikayla Gregg (Newport, Tenn.).

"We played them a pretty close at home," Moodie said, "but now we have to go to their place."

The Bears toppled C-N 3-2 in regular season. Garcelle Alequine supplied the first to goals giving L-R a 2-0 lead by the 24^th minute. Four minutes later, Munguia laid off a ball to Gregg at the top of the box for a one time finish.

Thirty minutes into the second half, Kendal Smith put one away giving L-R another two-goal lead. Five minutes later, Gianeselli scored to make it a 3-2 final score.

"It's going to be a very tough game," Moodie said. "We're going to have to work hard to get the result."

The match can be followed live at http://lrbears.com/page.asp?articleID=11.