Women's Soccer Championship - Semifinal Recap

5.1.21

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Findlay and Cedarville will face off for the Great Midwest Women’s Soccer Championship title after wins in Friday afternoon’s semifinal matches. 

The semifinal matches were originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, but were pushed to Friday due to inclement weather. No. 1 Findlay and No. 5 Walsh took the field first with No. 3. Cedarville and No. 7 Malone following. 

No. 1 Findlay vs No. 5 Walsh

The Oilers defeated Walsh 2-1 to advance to Sunday's conference championship match. Much of the first period was a defensive battle as the match was scoreless until the 30 minute mark when Walsh got on the scoreboard with a goal from Hannah Bowman. 

With the first period winding down, Findlay's Sami Hild drilled a goal to tie the match going into halftime. Madison Mlsna recorded the assist. 

In the 79th minute, Addie Graham scored the game-winning goal for the Oilers, once again assisted by Mlsna as the Cavaliers were not able to come back from the one-point deficit. 

Due to injury, starting goalkeeper Kennedy Slovak only played 30 minutes for the Oilers, recording one save. Kelti Wise subbed in to earn the win in goal with four saves on the day. 

No. 3 Cedarville vs No. 7 Malone

In the final match of the day, the Yellow Jackets defeated the Pioneers by a score of 2-1. Aleah Martone put the Yellow Jackets on the board early with a goal off of a free kick five minutes into the match. 

Neither team was able to get many other scoring opportunities through the first period. Malone's first shot of the day was successful as Amanda Kinsley scored in the 34th minute.

Cedarville's Tiffany Campbell recorded the game-winning goal in the 61st minute of play.

Jocelyn Gross recorded two saves in goal for the Yellow Jackets to earn the win. 

The championship match is set for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. ET.