JACKSON, Miss. - With the season on the line, Covenant traveled to No. 3 seed Belhaven for the CCS Semifinals. The Scots kept their seventh-straight clean sheet and left Mississippi with a 1-0 win to advance to the Conference Championship. 

Final: Covenant 1, Belhaven 0
Records: Covenant (8-4-5, 5-1-2 CCS), Belhaven (13-4-2, 7-1 CCS) 

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• In the 13th minute, Belhaven came close to taking the lead as Kaci Craft's shot hit the woodwork.
• Madeline Andrews had Covenant's only shot of the first half in the 22nd that missed high to the right after a corner kick. 
• The Scots continued to rely heavily on their defense as they allowed just two more shots the remainder of the first half, neither of which were on goal. 
• At the half, the Blazers had committed eight fouls while Covenant had just four. 
• Rachel Wall scored what turned out to be the winning goal in the 56th minute with a shot that hit the bottom of the right goalpost before finding the back of the net.
• With Lucy Sandhoff out of her goal, Emma Antonoplos chipped the ball over her, but luckily for Covenant the ball just missed high. 
• Late in the game, Gretchen Caswell had her header well saved by the Belhaven keeper to keep the match at 1-0. 
• Belhaven kept trying to find the late equalizer but strong defending saw out the match for the Scots. 

GAME NOTES: 

• Covenant moves to 3-3 all-time against Belhaven.
• Belhaven outshot Covenant 15-6 with each team having just two shots on target. 
• The Blazers had four corner kicks while the Scots had three. 
• Belhaven had 14 fouls and Covenant committed nine. 
• Each team had two yellow cards. 
• Covenant has won six games in a row.

UP NEXT: Covenant travels to No. 2 seed Maryville for the Conference Championship on Saturday. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw earlier this year. 

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