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The regular season has ended, and the post season journey begins for the fourth-seeded Lee women's soccer team (10-3 GSC, 14-4 overall) in the quarter-final round of GSC Championship on Tuesday at 3 p.m. when they host Valdosta State (9-4, 11-6). The Blazers have won five straight matches and defeated a banged-up Lee team 2-0 on Nov. 7.
 
The Blazers got a pair of goals from Lauren Hicks in the 66^th and 80^th minutes to earn the victory over the Lady Flames. Coach Chris Hennessey's club closed out the regular season with a 2-0 win at West Georgia on Saturday. Riley Engels put the Lady Flames on top with her seventh goal of the year in the 79^th minute and a PK by her sister Avery followed in the 88th minute to put the icing on the win. Lee has won 10 of its last 12 heading into the GSC Championship.
 
Said Coach Hennessey: "I think we all know that tomorrow is a must-win game. Valdosta is a very good team and that showed when we played them a few days ago. We must take advantage of being at home tomorrow as we have been on the road the past three out of the last four weekends. It will be a good game, but ultimately it will be down to whoever wants it the most."
 
ABOUT THE BRACKETT: Mississippi College is the No. 1 seed after going 12-0 in GSC play and will host Delta State. If the Lady Flames defeat Valdosta, they will advance to Pensacola, Florida and face Mississippi College in the semifinal round. Montevallo is the No. 2 seed and is pitted against Christian Brothers. No. 3 West Alabama will be going against West Florida to round out the challenging first-round bracket.
 
CHECKING THE STATS: The Lady Flames are led by Riley Engels and Riley Henry who each have scored seven goals and five assists. Engels leads the team with 60 shots (.117) and 32 on net (.533), while recording three-game winners.  Henry has 43 shots and 20 on frame with two winners. Avery Engels leads the team with four-game winners and is 2- for-2 in penalty kicks.  
 
Goalkeeper Taylor Green has started 16 matches, surrendering 10 goals with a 0.66 GAA and 38 saves.  She is 13-3 on the year with nine shutouts. Mollie Wheeler has played in six matches with two starts, including the match against VSU.

The Blazers are led by Riley Tennant who has 10 goals with seven assists.  She has 41 shots with 28 on goal and two-game winners, while Ashley Lewis is second in scoring on nine goals and four assists. Sophomore Lauren Hicks is third with seven goals and four assists. In goal, Caroline Embler is 10-5 with seven shutouts. She had eight big saves in VSU's win over Lee last week.