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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University will square off against No. 1-ranked Lynchburg College in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III women's soccer championships at 5 p.m. Friday, December 5, at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo.

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Making its second straight and seventh overall NCAA Division III tournament appearance, Illinois Wesleyan (18-6-1) plays Lynchburg (25-0-1) in the first semifinal of the 2014 NCAA Division III championships at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5. The winner of that match would play on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. against the winner between Williams (20-1-1) and Johns Hopkins (19-3-2) for the championship.
The Titans have a 7-4-3 record in seven NCAA Division III tournaments and the 18 wins this season is a new school record for wins in a season. IWU finished with a 5-1-1 mark (second place) in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin and were one of 20 at-large teams selected to the 64-team field.
Head coach David Barrett has a 14-year overall record of 185-70-32 (.700 winning percentage) with a conference-only mark of 67-22-9 (.737 percent).
Seniors Tess Bottorff and Julie Govedarica along with junior defender Mary Kate Schmidt were chosen to the first team of the 2014 CCIW all-conference squads. Freshman midfielder Rachel Westerkamp was selected as the league's "Newcomer of the Year" and was named to the all-CCIW second team along with Tomko. Govedarica was also a first team selection in 2013 and a second team honoree in 2012 as a sophomore while Schmidt is a first team selection for the second straight season and was a three-time CCIW "Player of the Week" this season.
Sophomore goalkeeper Dana Jourdan has a 0.75 goals-against average and has made 59 saves with six shutouts. Jourdan's 18 wins is the most in a season by an IWU keeper.
The Titans have outscored opponents 66-20 this season and have allowed only six first-half goals.

The Titans' opponent in the semifinals will be Lynchburg College (25-0-1). After advancing on penalty kicks over Messiah, the Hornets are in the semifinals for the first time since 2009. Lynchburg advanced to the 2009 national semifinals on penalty kicks, coming against Trinity (Texas) University in a 1-1 game on the road.
Lynchburg, whose 25 wins are a school season record, received three major Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) awards as senior Angela Bosco was named Player of the Year, freshman Emily Maxwell was recognized as Rookie of the Year and Todd Olsen earned Coach of the Year.
Bosco led the conference in goals (27), assists (13) and points (67). She brings player of the year honors to Lynchburg for the second-straight year as Dessi Dupuy received the title last season.
Olsen has received ODAC Coach of the Year honors for the fourth time in the last five years and Maxwell won Rookie of the Year honors after starting in all 24 of her games played. She has anchored a defensive line that leads the nation with a 0.15 goals-against average while posting 18-straight shutouts.
Tess Frelick has a 0.15 goals-against average and 10 shutouts.
 
Williams College (20-1-1) is in the semifinals as a result of a 1-0 win over The College of New Jersey. With the win, the Ephs eclipsed the 20-win milestone for the first time in program history and they will look for revenge for last year's 2-1 last-minute overtime loss to Johns Hopkins that abruptly ended the Ephs' season in the round of 16.
Sophomore forwards Kristi Kirshe and Audrey Thomas and junior midfielder Mai Mitsuyama were named First Team All-NESCAC while senior defender Lilly Wellenbach, senior goalkeeper Hannah Van Wetter and senior back/midfielder Alison Magruder were the Second Team All-NESCAC selections. 
Kirshe and Thomas each have 12 goals this season, tied for both the conference and team lead. Kirshe has 28 points due to four assists and Thomas 26 thanks to two assists.

For the first time in program history, the Johns Hopkins women's soccer team (19-3-2) advances to the semifinals after a 1-0 win over Thomas More. Hopkins earned an at-large bid after finishing second in the Centennial Conference championship. The Jays last earned an at-large bid in 2012, after falling to Haverford in the conference championship, and advanced to the Elite Eight. Last season, Hopkins advanced to the Elite Eight where the team fell 1-0 to Middlebury. Hopkins is 1-0 all-time against Williams.
Five Johns Hopkins women's soccer players received all-Centennial Conference recognition as senior forward Hannah Kronick was named Centennial Conference Player of the Year for the third straight season. The all-time leading scorer in school and conference in history, Kronick is the first player in conference history to win Player of the Year three times and is one of eight players to receive first-team all-Centennial recognition four times. Through the regular season and Centennial Tournament Kronick led the conference in goals (15) and points (37) and was second in assists (7).
Sydney Teng and sophomore Ana Bengoechea were also on the first team. For Teng, it was her first time being named to the all-conference team after scoring 10 goals and adding two assists. The 10 goals were second in the conference, behind Kronick. Half of her season goals were of the game-winning variety. Bengoechea was a first team selection for the second straight year. The former Centennial Rookie of the Year had two goals and four assists this year. Defenders Emily Nagourney and Adrienne Johnson were both selected to the second team.