MCC News
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 - [Women's Soccer] - Viewed 825 times - Post By Brian Thiessen
SAU senior goalkeeper Erica Inendino
Krysta Schmitt, Brittany Ward and Sam Cohen scored shoot-out goals
helping St. Ambrose earn an automatic berth into the NAIA National
Tournament with a shoot-out victory over Grand View in the championship
match of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament. The two teams
were locked in a scoreless tie through two overtimes before the Bees
prevailed 3-2 in penalty kicks at Muscatine High School Wednesday afternoon.
The match was a defensive struggle between the top two teams in the MCC. SAU out-shot Grand View 12-6 but neither team had many good scoring opportunities.
SAU goalkeeper Erica Inendino made three saves, including a diving stop at the end of the second half, to send the match into the shoot-out.
In the shoot-out, the Bees fell behind early. Alex Hemmen misfired off the crossbar on the first PK attempt. With the Bees down 1-0 after the first shooters, Schmitt scored the equalizer and Inendino came up with a big save. Ward and Grand View's Kim Hall exchanged goals to knot the shoot-out at 2-2.
As SAU's fourth shooter, Cohen slipped one by the Vikings keeper to give the Bees the advantage. The Vikings fourth shooter, McKenzie McAdaragh, slid a shot just outside the left post. After Shelby Van Gieson's potential game-winning PK was stopped by Jorie Shields-Smith, Autumn Stephens, Grand View's final shooter, fired a shot off the crossbar to give the Bees the MCC title.
Video of the shoot-out and post-game reaction are available online, courtesy TV-11.
The Bees will now wait until Sunday when the NAIA National Tournament bracket will be announced. This will be the first NAIA National Tournament appearance for a St. Ambrose women's soccer team in program history.
The match was a defensive struggle between the top two teams in the MCC. SAU out-shot Grand View 12-6 but neither team had many good scoring opportunities.
SAU goalkeeper Erica Inendino made three saves, including a diving stop at the end of the second half, to send the match into the shoot-out.
In the shoot-out, the Bees fell behind early. Alex Hemmen misfired off the crossbar on the first PK attempt. With the Bees down 1-0 after the first shooters, Schmitt scored the equalizer and Inendino came up with a big save. Ward and Grand View's Kim Hall exchanged goals to knot the shoot-out at 2-2.
As SAU's fourth shooter, Cohen slipped one by the Vikings keeper to give the Bees the advantage. The Vikings fourth shooter, McKenzie McAdaragh, slid a shot just outside the left post. After Shelby Van Gieson's potential game-winning PK was stopped by Jorie Shields-Smith, Autumn Stephens, Grand View's final shooter, fired a shot off the crossbar to give the Bees the MCC title.
Video of the shoot-out and post-game reaction are available online, courtesy TV-11.
The Bees will now wait until Sunday when the NAIA National Tournament bracket will be announced. This will be the first NAIA National Tournament appearance for a St. Ambrose women's soccer team in program history.
