MANKATO, Minn. – The Harding women's soccer team fell to No. 18 Augustana in the opening round of the NCAA Central Region Tournament on Friday hosted by Minnesota State Mankato.

RECORDS

Harding ends their season with a 15-4-2 overall record and Augustana improves to 19-2-1.

GOALS

Augustana 1, Harding 0 – 16th minute – Samantha Tymkowciz scored her 15th goal of the season

Augustana 1, Harding 1 – 42nd minute – Audrey Adkison stole the ball and found the lower left corner of the net from 20 yards out.

Augustana 2, Harding 1 – 74th minute – Kallie Nordberg sent a throughball up the right side to find Samantha Tymkowciz who scored her second goal of the game.

TEAM STATS

The Lady Bisons end their remarkable season. Harding won the GAC regular season championship, then won the GAC tournament championship to earn their second ever trip to the NCAA tournament. In their last trip in 2004, Hardin fell 4-1 to Tampa.

Augustana will advance to play host team and No. 2 seed Minnesota State Mankato on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Harding set a school record for the most goals in a season in the game. The Lady Bisons have scored 58 goals to break the previous record of 57 set by the 2003 team.

Harding won the shot battle 14-9. The Lady Bisons had 10 shots in the first half and held the Vikings to three.

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Senior midfielder Audrey Adkison scored her third goal of the season and her 15th career goal.

Six Lady Bisons started their 21st game of the season to set a new Harding record – Larkin Hatcher, Morgan Springborn, Ellie Buttram, Audrey Adkison, Melita Sutherland and Bethany Sutherland.

QUOTE

Harding Head Coach Dr. Greg Harris: "The ladies played with heart and passion today. Sometimes things don't go your way, but we give God the glory in everything. I'm sad for our seniors that totally gave of themselves for four years. I am the most blessed coach on earth to have had an opportunity to work with them. Thank you Ashley, Audrey, Ellie, Kaitlyn, Larkin and Melissa. You made us better."