ORLANDO, Florida – Tulsa striker Alex Meinhard, who was named yesterday as the American Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year, buried the deciding penalty kick to send the No. 2-seeded Golden Hurricane past No. 3-seeded Temple Thursday afternoon in the semifinal round of the American Athletic Conference Championship at the UCF Soccer Complex.
The teams played to a 1-1 draw through regulation and two 10-minute overtime periods before Tulsa (6-3-2) advanced to the final with a 3-1 advantage in penalties.
Goalkeeper Lucas Cline made two stops in the penalty kick round for the Golden Hurricane, which advances to Saturday’s championship final, where Tulsa will face the winner of Thursday’s second semifinal between No.