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Evansville lit up the scoreboard first Saturday night, but Creighton put up the last three and came away with a 3-1 men's soccer victory at UE's Black Beauty Field in the final regular season match.

Creighton, ranked seventh nationally, finished in a first place tie with Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference at 4-0-2 and Evansville finished third at 3-3-0. The Aces will play sixth seed Missouri State on Wednesday in the quarterfinal round of the State Farm MVC Tournament at Omaha, Neb. The match will be aired live by WUEV (91.5 FM). Number four Drake plays number five Eastern Illinois in the other quarterfinal match. The winners on Wednesday advance to Friday's semifinals against Creighton and Bradley.

It was Senior Night for the Aces Saturday, and senior forward Cory Elenio put the Aces up 1-0 at 36:12 when he uncorked a blast from 30 yards that sailed over the head of Creighton goalkeeper Matt Allen. However, less than three minutes later, the Bluejays tied the match when Tim Bohnenkamp made a perfect cross to Tim Walters, who put it past UE keeper Alec Dufty from four yards. Jeff Thayer scored the game-winner at 62:17 on a shot from 10 yards with Tucker Sindlinger earning the assist, and Sindlinger scored his first goal of the season at 76:10 to sew up the victory.

Evansville takes a 10-8-0 overall record into the MVC tournament. The Aces have reached double figures in victories for the first time since 1999. One more victory will give them their most wins since the 1996 team went 18-5-0 and won the MVC tournament.

UE finished with 13 shots Saturday, four on goal. Elenio had three of the four. The 10-1-5 Bluejays took 15 shots, with eight on goal.