Box Score

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Senior Molly O'Brien scored a goal with 2:57 to play in the second overtime period to give Illinois Wesleyan a 2-1 win over Elmhurst on Wednesday (Nov. 2). The win sends Titans into the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin finals at Wheaton in a 7 p.m. game on Saturday.

The No. 16-ranked Titans improved to 14-3-1 while the Bluejays fell to 13-4-1. IWU faces the tourney top seed Thunder (18-1-1), who were 4-0 winners over Augustana on Wednesday. This marks the fourth straight year for Illinois Wesleyan to be in the CCIW tournament final game.

O'Brien's goal, her 17th of the season, came from 10 yards out in front of the goal on a pass from freshman Alex Nasca.

The Titans trailed 1-0 at halftime as Elmhurst's Ali Siebel got her first goal of the year at 13:25 on a shot from midfield and bounced over the head of IWU goalkeeper Renata Butikas.

Illinois Wesleyan's first goal to tie the match at 1-1 came at 74:19 as junior Emily Hinchman scored with an assist on a throw-in from sophomore Tillie Bill. That goal was Hinchman's 13th of the year.

The teams battled through one overtime period and 7:03 of the second before O'Brien's game-winner.

Illinois Wesleyan finished with 16 shots compared to nine for the Bluejays. Butikas made three saves in goal for IWU while Maddie Fitzpatrick made seven saves for Elmhurst.

NOTES: The Titans and Thunder have met five times in the CCIW tournament championship match with Wheaton leading by a 4-0-1 count...The Titans and Wheaton tied 0-0 in 2010 and IWU claimed the title and the NCAA Division III tournament automatic bid by winning the shootout, 3-1...Wheaton downed the Titans in 2002 (2-1), 2004 (5-1), 2005 (4-0) and 2008 (1-0)...