SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -Quarterback Chad Cavender directed a 99-yard scoring drive in the closing minutes Sunday to rally Sioux Falls to an 11-10 win over Missouri Valley in the weather-delayed semifinals of the NAIA playoffs.

Top-ranked and defending national champion Sioux Falls (13-0) advances to meet No. 2 Carroll (14-0) in the NAIA championship game on Dec. 15 in Savannah, Tenn. Carroll, whose four-year championship reign ended last season, defeated St. Francis, Ind., 23-7 on Saturday.

Sioux Falls, which has won 27 straight, beat St. Francis 23-19 in last year's title game.

Missouri Valley (10-3) scored first on quarterback Chris White's 3-yard run in the first quarter, but Sioux Falls got a safety and a field goal to make it 7-5 at halftime.

The Cougars extended the lead to 10-5 on Joe Park's field goal before Cavender went to work.

Battling the weather and a defense that had not given up a first down in the second half, Cavender converted two third downs and ran 14 yards on fourth-and-12 from the Missouri Valley 20. After an incomplete pass, Cavender found Josiah Fenceroy alone in the end zone.

Missouri Valley missed a 52-yard field goal as time expired.

The game was delayed by a winter storm that struck the area on Saturday, and the bitter cold stuck around. Temperatures were near 10 degrees and wind chills as low as minus-10.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.