CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The University of Charleston advanced to Sunday's Mountain East Conference Final with a 4-1 defeat of fourth-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan College on a rainy Thursday evening at Schoenbaum Stadium.

It marks the eight consecutive season the Golden Eagles will play for a conference tournament championship with UC winning the previous seven spanning between the WVIAC and the Mountain East.  Sunday's final will be played at Schoenbaum Stadium as Charleston welcomes in the No. 2 seed Urbana University Blue Knights after narrowly defeating Notre Dame College in the other semifinal.  UC split the season series with Urbana, winning a 4-1 decision in early September then fell to the Blue Knights 1-0 in mid-October.

The Bobcats shocked the home crowd by scoring the game's first goal just 15 minutes into the MEC semifinal to claim a 1-0 lead over the Golden Eagles.  The lead was short lived as Patrick Guier connected on his first of two goals on the evening that evened the match at 1-1.  Bruno Oliveira gave the Golden Eagles the lead for good later in the half by beating Bobcat keeper Alessandro Armenia for the 2-1 lead.  Guier scored the second of his brace on a wordly free kick that bent around the Bobcat wall and found the net inside the near post, giving UC a 3-1 advantage going into halftime.  Will Roberts provided the fourth tally for Charleston on a spectacular header finish from a Jermaine Windster cross that capped the scoring at 4-1.

Charleston keeper Paulo Pita provided four saves between the posts for UC.