ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. | Young Harris College advanced in the Peach Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament for the first time in program history as the Mountain Lions edged Flagler College 3-2 in penalty kicks after the teams battled through regulation and 20 minutes of overtime tied at 1 in a quarterfinal match Tuesday (Oct. 30) evening at Saints Field.

The Mountain Lions, who are seeded sixth in the eight-team field, improved to 6-8-1, while the No. 3-seeded Saints fell to 11-3-2. Young Harris will advance to Friday's (Nov. 2) 8 p.m. semifinal match where they will face No. 7 seed Georgia College at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Georgia. Georgia College advanced  after edging No. 2 seed Lander 3-2 in PKs after battling to a scoreless draw. YHC defeated the Bobcats 2-1 earlier this season.

Flagler took a 2-1 lead after the first three rounds of the shootout. The Saints had a chance to extend their lead, but Young Harris goalkeeper Pien Van Kampen stopped Charlene Nowotny's attempt to the right and Young Harris was able to tie the shootout at 2 when Lailah Muscat converted her opportunity. Van Kampen came up big again in the final round of the shootout as she made a save to her left on Annie Habeeb's shot. Young Harris closed out the match when Britt Verstegen deposited her shot into the right corner of the net.

Flagler took a 1-0 lead in regulation on Maria Costorino Mujica's header off a cross from Habeeb in the 32nd minute. Young Harris had a chance to equalize the match less than two minutes later but Tenysha Taylor's shot hit the crossbar and Lucero Robayo's follow-up header was saved by the Flagler goalkeeper.

The Mountain Lions tied the match at 1 when Bianey Serrano scored her first goal of the season off a cross from Robayo at the 66:33 mark. Robayo passed the ball from the right side to a charging Serrano at the far post to beat a diving Flagler goalkeeper.

Flagler held a 15-7 margin on shots, but only had a 9-6 advantage on goal. Van Kampen registered eight saves in goal for the Mountain Lions, while Sarah-Lisa Dubel had five for the Saints.