Brigham Young Edges Florida State in MCLA Quarterfinals

May 13, 2009 (Denver, CO) – BYU's #2 seeded Cougars advanced to the MCLA national tournament semifinals with a hard-fought 9-8 win over a determined Florida State squad. The Cougars jumped out to an early 3-0 first quarter lead, but the second quarter belonged to FSU. A literal last-second goal-officially scored at the 0:00 mark as time expired-brought FSU to within one at 4-3 at the half.

In the third, FSU tied the score at 4-4, but BYU came back with four straight to pull ahead 8-4 with just over six minutes to play. Although BYU seemed in control of the game, FSU battled back with three goals to trail by a single goal with 1:39 remaining.

BYU junior Elliot Grow (Highland High, UT) scored BYU's final goal-Grow's third of the game-at the 0:43 mark. FSU had one last gasp, scoring once more with one second to play bringing the final score to BYU 9 FSU 8.

BYU advances to Friday's semifinals to face #3 seed Chapman. The game will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports Atlantic on Friday May 15th at 5:00PM MDT.

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