MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - Abby Morgan won the one-on-one battle at the edge of the box to get open, Tori Toellner got a boot to Morgan's cross, and Berry found a way to defeat Birmingham-Southern, 2-0, Saturday night at Bob Pearson Field in the quarterfinal round of the Southern Athletic Association Women's Soccer Championship.

In the 20th minute, Morgan sprinted down the right wing with the ball and brought it into the box. "I was played in behind and my back was to the goal and to where I was going to be crossing it," Morgan said. "I just waited until my defender went one way, and I went the other way."

Morgan sent a cross back across the face of goal to Toellner, who was sprinting to get into a scoring area. "Tori was making a run inside, and I just tried to curve the ball and slide it on to her so she would be able to get something onto it."

Toellner would get enough on her shot to slip it past the BSC goalkeeper and into the back of the net, putting the Vikings ahead 1-0.

The Vikings hadn't scored since the 86th minute of a 7-0 win at Hendrix Oct. 16. Morgan said that getting on the scoreboard early was a goal for the team, but not the primary goal. "It was a main goal of ours [to score early], but it was more to stay composed if we didn't score. We just wanted to come out and play the whole game like we know how to play."

The Vikings would double their lead in the 51st minute. After a period of possession in the offensive half, the ball eventually came to Caroline Crimi over 30 yards from goal. With the East wind gusting across the field, Crimi lifted a shot with her right foot that cut through the night air before finding the upper corner of the net on the opposite side, doubling Berry's lead to 2-0.

That would prove to be more than enough for the Berry defense. After an opening shot in the game's second minute, BSC would only register two shots on target for the rest of the game, all of which were handled by goalkeeper Julia Massa to earn the clean sheet. Nearly every player on the roster saw action in the contest, making it a true team victory. "Birmingham-Southern made it a big challenge," Morgan said. "They came out to play and they came out to win, and it was tough all 90 minutes of the game."

Berry (10-4-2) now moves on to face Centre in the semifinal round. The Vikings topped the Colonels earlier this season, 2-1, but Morgan knows it will be a tougher challenge this time around. "It's going to take everything we have. It's going to be a battle," the freshman said.