CLINTON, Miss. – Junior Benjy Slator netted a pair of second-half goals on Friday afternoon at Robert P. Longabaugh Field to help lift Bluefield to a 2-0 win over No. 2 seed Lee University and move the Rams into the NCCAA Mid-East Region title game on Saturday afternoon against No. 1 seed Mississippi College.
 
Slator broke a 0-0 tie in the 79^th minute, with senior Michael Callaghan contributing the assist.
 
The Flames countered once facing the deficit, recording seven shots in the next nine minutes, but keeper Oscar Hernandez saved all three on frame to preserve his sixth shutout of the year.
 
Slator tacked on another goal in the final minute of action, this one assisted by senior Dean Johnson, to secure the 2-0 win for the Rams.
 
The two-goal performance is Slator's third multi-goal game of the season and moves his total to 14. Johnson's assist was his 10^th of the season, while Callaghan's helper was his seventh.
 
Bluefield held an 8-6 edge in shots over the first 45 minutes of play, with both teams recording a pair of shots on goal.
 
The Flames fired off 17 second-half shots to the Rams' eight, but both teams finished the afternoon with six shots on frame. Hernandez saved all six for the day, while Lee's Joey Hinshaw stopped four.
 
Lee had eight corner kicks compared to three for the Rams, but could not convert out of the set plays.
 
Bluefield will face host and No. 1 seed Mississippi College on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. (ET) for the region crown. The Choctaws advanced by outshooting No. 4 seed Campbellsville University in penalty kicks, 3-1, after playing to a 3-all tie through a pair of overtime periods.
 
The winner will advance to the NCCAA Men's Soccer National Championship, held Dec. 1-6 at the Austin-Tindall Soccer Complex in Kissimmee, Fla.