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SALEM, Ore. – On the one night of the year when kids of all ages dress up in costumes and go door-to-door saying "trick or treat" to each person, senior Audrey Sullivan did both for Corban's women's soccer team with the third hat trick of her career that treated the Warriors to their first home playoff game since 2010 with a 4-1 victory over Warner Pacific Thursday on Warrior Field.

With today's win, Corban (10-5-2, 6-1-1 CCC) has guaranteed that the Warriors will finish in the Top 4 in the conference and will host at least one playoff game next week with the opponent, date, and time still to be determined. Meanwhile, Warner Pacific (3-8-0, 2-6-0 CCC) will miss the playoffs for the sixth straight year after the Knights advanced to the postseason in 2007.

"It was good to see us come out in the second half and show some passion and hunger," said head coach Marty Ziesemer. "We played together as a team and it really showed. I have to give credit to Warner Pacific and (former Warrior now current head coach of the Knights) Holly Popenuk, as they gave us some challenges that we didn't do a good job handling in the second half. I thought our pressure and passing really made a difference late in the game and we were able to finally earn some well placed goals."

Sullivan, who became only the second player in program history to score 50-or-more goals in a career, put Corban on the board first in the 24th minute when she teamed with junior Sierra Brusven for her 12th goal of the season. Brusven would begin the scoring play with a pass to Sullivan, who never broke stride in separating herself from the Knights' defense before unleashed a shot from 25 yards out into the upper right corner of the goal for an early 1-0 lead for Corban.

Neither team would score again over the final 20-plus minutes, as Corban seemed to control the offensive flow of the first half with nine shots compared to Warner Pacific's five. The Knights did have one scoring opportunity in the 12th minute when Ashley Valencia had a wide-open, one-on-one chance against Corban's goalkeeper only to put a shot right into the awaiting arms of junior net-minder Kaitlyn Mendenhall to keep the game scoreless.

In the second half, Warner Pacific would get the equalizer in the 52nd minute thanks to an own goal by Corban. A Warrior defender attempted to clear the ball over the end line only to have it skip past senior goalkeeper Alexis Beattie and into the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1.

Just over ten minutes later, senior Emily Boudreau would score the game-winner when she took a combo pass from senior Tera McDonough and Sullivan before scoring her career-high sixth goal of the season. McDonough would begin the play by sending a pass from the far sideline to Sullivan, who quickly one-touched a pass to a wide-open Boudreau at the top of the 18-yard box. After collecting the pass, Boudreau took a quick touch to her right before sending a 15-yard shot into the back of the net to put the host Warriors ahead 2-1.

After Boudreau's goal, Sullivan would add two more goals within a 36-second span when she headed home a corner kick by Boudreau in the 72nd minute before one-timing a free kick from freshman Kailyn Siobal for her third goal of the afternoon in the 73rd minute. Sullivan's second goal of the game came on a perfectly-timed header off of Boudreau's corner kick at the 71:38 mark, while her third score came via a spin move off the free kick before unleashing a 15-yard one-timer for her team and conference-leading 15th goal of the season at the 72:14 mark.

Mendenhall and Beattie would split time between the pipes for Corban, as each goalkeeper played 45 minutes with Mendenhall registering a team-high five saves compared to Beattie's one. At the other end of the field, Warner Pacific's Cathy Lara tallied a game-high six saves on 20 Corban shots.

Overall, Corban registered 13 more shots (20-to-7) than Warner Pacific with the Warriors putting 50% (10-of-20) on target compared to the Knights' six. Each team was whistled for 11 fouls, while Corban earned six more corner kicks (7-to-1) than the visiting Knights.

Corban will close out the regular season on Saturday, November 2nd, against the NAIA's No. 1-ranked Cavaliers of Concordia beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Warrior Field in Salem. At halftime of the game between the Warriors and Cavaliers, Corban will honor six seniors that will be playing the final regular season home game of their career.