The second-seeded Belmont Abbey women's soccer team battled the third seeded Limestone Saints to a 1-1 draw after 110 minutes, and in the penalty kick shootout, the Abbey won 5-4 behind a clutch save from Hannah Kohls, and Brandi Clark banged home the winner to send the Abbey to Saturday's final. The contest is officially a tie as the Abbey moves to the final for the eighth-straight year as the record now stands at 10-9-1, while Limestone ends its season with a mark of 11-6-1.

Belmont Abbey advances to the Conference Carolinas Tournament Final for the eighth-straight year, where it will host the fourth-seeded Pfeiffer Falcons Saturday at 1:00 p.m. with the winner advancing to the NCAA Southeast Regional.

After a scoreless first half, the Crusaders jumped ahead 1-0 in the 50th minute as Meghan Philp cut loose a turning, left footed shot from 30 yards out that hit the left post and rebounded across the mouth of the goal and tucked into the right corner of the net.

The Crusaders held their lead until the 80th minute when Limestone gained the equalizer. After an Abbey foul, Helen Winterburn lofted a high free kick from the right flank that sailed to the left corner of the net, where Taylor Sanders tipped the ball over the goal line before Hannah Kohls could swat the ball away. The ball never reached the net, but the referee's assistant ruled that the ball crossed the line to deadlock the match at one.

Neither team scored again, sending the match into a penalty kick shootout. There, all five Abbey shooters: Kristin Foster, Simone Melvin, Silvia Vazquez, Cassidy Coutinho and Clark all made their attempts. The tie was broken on Limestone's third shot, as Kohls swatted away Sanders's spot kick to give the Crusaders the lead.

Needing just a goal to advance, Clark, as she did in the 2011 quarterfinal against Queens, buried her attempt was soon engulfed by her teammates in celebration.

The Crusaders outshot Limestone 12-11 and held a 10-5 edge in corner kicks.

The final against Pfeiffer will be the third time the teams have met in the Final the last five years. Pfeiffer won the meeting in 2008 by a 1-0 score, and in 2010 the Falcons overcame a two goal deficit and won in penalty kicks.