AUBURN, Ala. -- The Auburn soccer team began its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in style with a 4-0 win against South Alabama on Saturday afternoon. The victory sent the Tigers (15-6-0) to the second round for the third-straight year, matching the program record set from 2002-04.Im really, really pleased with our team, said head coach Karen Hoppa. I thought we dominated possession and I thought we played a great game. South Alabama is a great team. They had a great season and were really dangerous. Our possession was tremendous and our defense was tremendous to limit them to one shot on goal. It was a great result and were excited to be fighting to play another day.Brooke Ramsier paced the team with two goals in the 90-minute affair, while Haley Gerken and Casie Ramsier each netted one to guide the offense. Kristen Dodson also made her mark on the match by providing two assists.The Tigers dominated from start to finish as the team outshot the Jaguars (15-6-1) by a margin of 18-1. Auburns defense did not allow a single shot in the first half and Sarah Le Beau smothered the lone attempt by South Alabama in the second half.We talked about being relentless, and I think we really embodied that today, stated Gerken. It took us a little bit of time to get into the game, but we came out of halftime and we wanted to own our field. This is our home field and we wanted to put it all out there.Despite a plethora of chances early on, the Tigers were unable to break the deadlock. The 44th minute is when the match finally broke the home teams way.Dodson worked her way around a defender by the corner flag and sent in a cross across the face of goal to Casie Ramsier, who waited patiently and tapped it over the line to give Auburn a 1-0 lead just before the intermission.Coming out of the break, Gerken picked a perfect time to register her first tally of 2016. In the 53rd minute, the senior sent in a curling effort to the back post where it nestled into the top corner to double the lead for the Tigers, 2-0.Just nine minutes later, Brooke Ramsier made it 3-0 when she took a layoff from Dodson and lofted a ball to the back post that was just over the outstretched arms of the opposing goalkeeper and across the line.The Dallas, Texas native then rattled home her first career brace when she launched a free kick from 25 yards out that rocketed into the back of the net and put the match out of reach in the 78th minute.Auburn held on in the final moments and notched its seventh shutout of the season.In total, the Tigers played 20 players and saw four players come off the bench to register season-highs in minutes including Hannah Alspach, Devyn Brough, Kerry Dunn and Katie Grunder.Auburn awaits the winner of the UConn-Albany match that is set to take place Saturday night. 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But it makes sense that if Abreu would win anywhere in his rookie year, it would be at the half-mile dirt track.Abreu finished second in the World of Outlaws race Saturday night at Eldora and has more laps there than at any other NASCAR track.That will just get his fans more excited about the prospects for the truck race as the 4-foot-4 driver -- whose celebrations have been as highlight-worthy as his races -- looks to turn a year where he sits 14th in the standings into one where he makes the eight-driver truck Chase.My fans are putting more pressure than I am, to be honest, about a good result, Abreu said. Im excited for it. Its just another race at the end of the day. Whatever happens, happens.My goal is to put myself in a good position to have a shot at winning. ... The best truck is going to win the race.Abreu, 24, has just two top-10s this year, with his best a ninth at Texas, a race where he was second and challenging for the lead late in the event before getting into the wall.He believes he had potential to win at Dover and Charlotte, as well as Texas.I knew I had shots in those races, Abreu said. I wasnt the fastest truck but I put myself in the best position. At Texas, I was the best truck. I made the mistakes. But I knew I had a speed.Its not the end of the world if I dont win at Eldora and its not the end of my shot of getting in the Chase.And its not the end of the world to Abreu if he doesnt make the Chase, even though he drives for one of the top teams, ThorSport Racing.If I dont get in the Chase, then I dont get in the Chase -- it wasnt meant to be, Abreu said. Thats just the way I look at all this stuff. I just want for some better finishes for my guys.Feww around Abreu view this year as disappointing.dddddddddddd. Abreu is known for needing a little time to get the feel he needs in the car.Its always taken him a year or two to get things rolling where he can be consistent and figure out how to win, but once he does, hes as good as it gets, said Chip Ganassi Racing driver Kyle Larson, an accomplished sprint-car racer. In sprint cars, it took him three years probably and now hes considered a favorite every time he goes to the race track.Hell learn a lot throughout this year of truck racing and hopefully by the end of the year hell be consistently in the top 10.A June fire at the ThorSport shop resulted in the four-team organization losing a handful of trucks, and forced it to scramble to get trucks ready over the past month. The fire, combined with a few crashes since then, have left Abreu not running the trucks that he has wanted to run at some races.He wont use it as an excuse. He views it as another piece of adversity for a rookie season.Im not worried and Im not going anywhere, Abreu said. I just dont want to rush and do all this and be not mature enough for the situation youre put in. Im lucky to be able to race and do something that I enjoy doing.Abreu plans to see better results. If he doesnt, he wont stay in the series all that long.Im racing to show people that I really want to do this, Abreu said about racing last weekend in sprint cars and now this week in his full-time truck ride. Im not just doing this because I am different or my family is financially supportive. Im not doing this because all my friends are doing it.Im doing this because this is something I fell in love with when I was a kid. I have this fearless personality and I like being around the people Im associated with in my race teams. ... Im not going to sit in the Truck Series and waste someones money running around in 20th place. I will find something else to do where Im competitive. ' ' '