St. Augustine, Fla.----The top-seeded and third-ranked Flagler College Saints netted four goals in each frame en route to an 8-2 victory over the seventh-seeded Wingate University Bulldogs in the Southeast Regional Championship match in Division II women's soccer action at Saints Field. The Saints improve to 22-0-1, while the Bulldogs end the season 15-5-2.
 
THOUGHTS FROM COACH JACK VUNDUM

"Its's been a fantastic season for us. It's obviously difficult in this moment to realize the successes we've had, because in a big game, a regional title match, you desperately want to win, and you've put everything in over the season. So, it's a disappointing moment, but when we take a look back over the season, we were picked to finish seventh in the conference and we are one of the last 16 teams in the country playing. We are very proud of this team and what they have achieved. I want to congratulate Flagler, what a great program. Well-deserved tonight. I thought the first couple goals we could have done better with. We knew the threat that they possessed, we knew that they wanted to get in behind early and they did that."

KEY STATS

- Flagler outshot Wingate 20-12
- FC held the 13-8 edge in shots on goal
- The Bulldogs took four of the five corners
- Brianna Ditillo had one goal for Wingate
- Kat Stockford also scored a goal
- Kristen DeBiase notched the lone assist for WU
- Abbey Frail collected five saves
 
NOTES

- Wingate is 1-1 all-time against Flager
- The Bulldogs are 1-1 when facing the Saints in Florida
- Wingate made its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance
- This is WU's first appearance since the 2015 season
- The 'Dogs never made an NCAA Tournament before the 2011 season
- Wingate appeared in every tourney from 2011-2015
- The Bulldogs are 4-6-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament
- WU won the 2013 NCAA Southeast Region championship
- This was Wingate's second appearance in a region title match

FIRST HALF

- Flagler got on the board in the third minute of action with a chip past the back line and Sara Sandberg found the back of the net
- FC struck again in the 27th and 33rd minute, respectively
- Wingate got on the board in the 38th minute of action
- Debiase headed it towards the face of the goal and Ditillo headed it into the upper 90
- With less than three minutes remaining in the first frame a second yellow sent a Wingate defender off the field
- The Saints capitalized less than a minute later making it 4-1 at half

SECOND HALF

- FC played the entire second half with a man-up advantage
- A WU foul in the box lead to a Flagler penalty kick at the 61:39 mark
- In the 74th minute of action another Wingate defender got sent off for a second yellow
- FC would play the final 16 minutes 11 v. 9
- The Saints would net two more quickly with goals coming at the 79th and 83rd minute
- A Brin Wexler goal would cap the scoring for Flagler with 2:16 remaining
- Stockford wouldn't let the 'Dogs go away quietly winning the ball in the attacking third and chipping it past the keeper in the final minute of action