ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Playing at a neutral site for the first time all season, the No. 7-ranked Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer team saw their quest to return to the Final Four end in a 2-1 overtime loss to No. 23-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater in an NCAA Division III women's soccer sectional game at Francis Field in St. Louis on Sat., Nov. 21. 

The Titans end their season with a single-seaon school record 20 wins and a 20-3-0 record while the Warhawks advance to tomorrow's NCAA sectional final to play host Washington U.-St. Louis at 1 p.m. 

UW-Whitewater found the back of the net just 3:19 into the game to become only the third team all season to take a lead on the Titans. Junior Emily Snider would find an equalizer right before the half in the 43rd minute (42:17) to knot the game at one going into halftime. 

IWU outshot the Warhawks 6-1 in the second period as neither team would be able to fire one past the goalie, sending the game into extra time. In the first overtime session, Illinois Wesleyan would fire off two shots before Marie Lesparence headed one past the Titan keeper for the game winner at the 94:16 mark. 

Freshman Katie Denney played the entire game and lost for only the third time all season, finishing with a 20-3-0 record. 

TITAN NOTES: Senior Tess Bottorff ended her Illinois Wesleyan career as the career leader in games played with 89. Senior Sydney Fox wound up second in career games played with 88...Bottorff also finished fifth in Titan career history with nine game-winning goals while Fox finished second in penalty kicks made (3) and 10th in points with 79 career points ... Illinois Wesleyan seniors Bottorff, Fox, Mary Kate Schmidt, Jenna Baker and Allisa Gurtner end their IWU careers with a combined record of 60-21-7.