Box Score NCAA Division III Womens Soccer BracketCHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer team overcame a one goal deficit for 80 minutes to come back and defeat Centre 2-1 in overtime at Stagg Field on Sunday, Nov. 23.
In its deepest NCAA tourney advancement in the program's history, Illinois Wesleyan will next play No. 1-ranked
Lynchburg (25-0-1) in the 5 p.m. semifinal on Friday, Dec. 5, in Kansas City, Mo. Lynchburg and No. 2-ranked Messiah (22-0-3) battled to a 1-1 tie Sunday before the Hornets advanced to the semifinals by a 3-1 penalty kick advantage.
Illinois Wesleyan, playing in its second straight overtime game of the tourney, won its school-record 18th game to improve to 18-6-1 while the Colonels end their season 16-6-3. IWU had offensive possession for most of the overtime period. Centre turned the ball over near the midline to IWU's
Jenna Baker, who sent a go-ahead pass to sophomore
Alison Seger, who then kicked in the game-winning goal with 2:01 left in OT.
In a game that featured sloppy field conditions with rain throughout, neither team saw many scoring opportunities. The Colonels broke through for a 1-0 lead in the 5th minute (4:47) off a header by Anne Mitchell. Centre held onto the 1-0 lead for nearly 80 minutes before Baker put the ball past four Centre defenders on a large scramble for the ball in the front of the goal at the 83:03 mark to tie the score at 1-1.
The Titans outshot the Colonels 10-9 in the game and held an 8-5 shots on goal advantage. Sophomore goalkeeper
Dana Jourdan picked up her single-season record 18th win of the season, making four saves and improving to 18-6-1 on the year.
IWU IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT: IWU meets Lynchburg for the first time in school history ... The other semifinal will feature
Williams (20-1-1) vs.
Johns Hopkins (19-3-2) at 7:30 on Dec. 5. The national championship game will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 ... The semifinals and finals are held at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri, the official training facility of MLS squad Sporting Kansas City ... IWU is now 7-4-3 overall in the NCAA Tournament, having won all four of their games in the tournament this season.
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