The Polar Bears have advanced to the OAC finals! In exciting fashion, ONU earned a
2-1 double overtime win over #3 seed Capital and a spot in the final this Saturday!
Eager to make their 2010 tournament debut, the Polar bears came out of the gates and kept the Crusaders on their heels for much of the first half. In the 21st minute Junior Kim McGowan would get the scoring started for the Polar Bears off of an assist from Freshman Sami Atkinson. McGowan started the play by winning the ball at the top of the 18 and laying off a pass to Atkinson who would take her defender to the touch line and play a cross back to McGowan to put ONU up 1-0. Northern continued to possess the ball in the Capital defensive end and created many dangerous scoring opportunities for the reaminder of the first half.
Not ready for their season to be over, the Crusaders would step up the pressure in the second half. Brilliant saves from sophomore keeper Erin Waehner would keep Capital off of the scoreboard. However, in the 83rd minute Capital would find their equalizer and force the match into overtime. Despite both teams creating scoring chances, neither would find the game winner in the first overtime. Again, the Polar Bears would keep the pressure on the Crusaders in the second overtime. With less than 2 minutes to go, McGowan would again win the ball in the midfield to begin the play. Freshman classmates Abbie Schauble, Lauren Brown, and Sami Atkinson would build the ball up through the middle to find McGowan who would collect the ball and send a shot toward the Crusader goal for the game winner!
With the win, the Polar bears will travel to Westerville to take on #1 seed Otterbein this Saturday at 2pm. The winner will be awarded the OAC tournament championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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