NJCAA women's soccer

After a five hour and 19-minute delay due to lightning and weather, the No. 1 Apache Ladies started quickly in their match with No. 4 Snow (Utah).

Alexia Moreira scored at the 1:58 minute mark of the first half to get things going en route to a Tyler Junior College 4-0 win in the NJCAA Division I Women’s National Semifinal at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Georgia.

TJC (17-0) advances to meet No. 2 Salt Lake (Utah) (14-1-1) in the championship game, scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday. 

The Badgers end their season at 10-4-1.

Tyler Junior College added two more goals in the first half on scores by Moira VanDerPutt (36:05) and Candela Velasquez (44:10).

Jacqueline Wiebe got the scoring going the second half to make it 4-0 at 55:00.

Ayana Aoyagi started in goal for the Apache Ladies, making two saves for the clean sheet.

Other starters were midfielders Moreira, Velasquez, Mady Hatch, Heidi Mueller and Natalie Martinez; defender Wiebe,  Isabel Kopp and Hitomi Yamaue; forward Mukarama Abdulai; and left back Rocio Fernandez.

Also playing for Tyler were forward Skylar Parker, midfielder Mariana Sabaj and forwards Kailegh Minehart and Kerry Lee.

TJC has won four nationals titles — 2009, 2011, 2017 and 2019. The Apache Ladies have finished second three times — 2010, 2016 and 2018. Tyler has appeared in 10 national tournaments.

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NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament

Blanchard Woods Park

Evans, Ga.

Thursday

Tyler 7, Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) 1

Salt Lake (Utah) 4, Butler (Kan.) 0

Eastern Florida State 9, Kansas City Kansas 1

Snow (Utah) 2, Monroe (N.Y). 0

Friday

Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) 0, Indian Hills (Iowa) 0, 2OT

Seminola State (Okla.) 2, Butler (Kan.) 1

Laramie County (Wyo.) 3, Kansas City Kansas 0

Iowa Western 3, Monroe (N.Y.) 0

Saturday

Tyler 6, Indian Hills (Iowa) 0

Seminole State (Okla.) 3, Salt Lake (Utah) 3, 2OT

Eastern Florida State 4, Laramie County (Wyo.) 1

Iowa Western 0, Snow (Utah) 0, 2OT

Monday’s Semifinals

No. 1 Tyler 4, No. 4 Snow (Utah) 0

No. 2 Salt Lake (Utah) 1, No. Eastern Florida State 0

Tuesday’s Championship

No. 1 Tyler vs. No. 2 Salt Lake (Utah), 6 p.m. (Central)