Women's Soccer advances to OAC Tournament Finals with 1-0 win at Otterbein on Beachy's penalty kick

WESTERVILLE — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team advanced to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Finals with a 1-0 win at Otterbein on Thursday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (7-8-4 Overall), Otterbein (8-7-3 Overall).
• Venue: Memorial Stadium — Westerville, Ohio.

The Match

• Freshman Sarah Beachy (Springboro) scored on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute.
• A shot from senior Haley Cannon (Oregon/Clay) was blocked, but a handball was called in the box resulting in the penalty kick.
• Junior Morgan Moeller (Harrison/Roger Bacon) had six saves in goal for ONU.
• ONU out-shot OU 10-7, but the Cardinals had a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Notables

• ONU is making its 29th OAC Tournament appearance and will be making its 20th Finals appearance.
• Ohio Northern is the No. 5 seed and Otterbein was the No. 1 seed in the Tournament.
• Ohio Northern is now 27-19-5 all-time against Otterbein, including a 16-12-1 mark in Westerville.
• Freshman Ayva Moore (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) leads the team with nine points off three goals and three assists.
• Freshman Maddie Montgomery (Tipp City/Bethel) is second with seven points off three goals and one assist.
• Moeller is now ranked tied for 7th all-time in ONU history with 19 career shutouts.
• This is the 38th season of Ohio Northern women's soccer. The Polar Bears are now 450-227-61 all-time in program history.
• Third-year head coach Ben Tierney is now 32-23-6 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action on Sunday in the OAC Tournament Finals where they will play at the winner of the Capital and Wilmington game.