Simon Fraser University moved into the top-10 in West Region rankings following the men's soccer team's fifth consecutive win last week.
The Clan blanked last-place South Dakota School of Mines 3-0 at Terry Fox Field on Saturday, solidifying its hold on third place in Great Northwest conference play.
Senior forward Jovan Blagojevic moved into the Clan's top-10 all-time scorers, opening the scoring in the 29th minute with his conference-leading 17th goal of the season.
Callum Whittaker also scored for the Clan in the 57th minute.
But both Blagojevic and Whittaker were upstaged by freshman midfielder Callum Powell, who scored for just the second time this season on a brilliant strike to the top corner of the South Dakota net from outside the 18-yard box.
Earlier in the week, Blagojevic tallied a pair of markers in SFU's 3-1 win over the University of Mary.
Trailing 1-0 at halftime, SFU stormed out in the second half, scoring three goals in the opening 16 minutes to secure the win at home.
Niko Schroettle got the other Clan goal off a corner kick.
"There is a bit of an aura right now with our team that we believe we are going to go out and do whatever it takes to win," said SFU head coach Alan Koch in a school press release. "We have that kind of confidence right now and you can't put a price on that."
No. 4-ranked Seattle Pacific clinched first place in the regular season, edging previously unbeaten conference runner-up Northwest Nazarene 1-0.
The regionally sixth-ranked Clan will be vying for one of six West Region berths into the single-game elimination NCAA Division II national championship tournament.
