SAN DIEGO - The defense of fourth-seeded LMU held fifth-seed Santa Clara to just one second half goal, lifting the Lions to a 7-5 win over the Broncos in the third and final game of Day One at the 2016 Golden Coast Conference Women's Championships on Friday at the Aztec Aquaplex.

• Box Score

The teams combined to score three goals in the first four possessions and the Broncos (10-15) led 2-1 after just a minute and a half into the game. From there, the Lions (12-19) allowed just three goals the last 30 minutes of the game to move them into the semifinals. The Lions will face top-seeded San Diego State at 3 pm.

Freshman Sky Flores (FR/Commerce, CA) had 11 saves on the game, allowing just a five-meter penalty goal in the third quarter while posting a fourth quarter shutout. The Lions' defense also held Santa Clara to 0-for-9 on the 6-on-5 advantage. The Lions went 2-for-4.

The Lions led throughout the third quarter, fighting off two SCU extra-attacker opportunities before Elle Surber (SR/Pleasanton, CA) tied the game with the penalty shot with 1:49 to play. Senior Bridgette Alvarez (SR/Laguna Hills, CA) whold score the would-be game winner with 57 seconds left in third.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Lions had to fight off three more SCU 6-on-5 attacks before Ivana Castro (SR/Commerce, CA) scored an insurance goal with 2:31 left to play in the game.

Freshman Hana Vilanova (FR/Barcelona, Spain) led the Lions with three goals while Alvarez finished with two. Senior Kingsley Hill (SR/San Jose, CA) had three assists and a two steals for the Lions. Surber had two goals as did Elizabeth Anderson (SR/Palo Alto, CA) for the Broncos.