Nov. 7, 2014
Final Stats
THE BASICS
Score: Ohio 2, Central Michigan 1 (Shootout)
Records: Ohio (6-10, 4-2 MAC), Central Michigan (7-12, 5-1 MAC)
Location: Murphy-Mellis Field- Kent, Ohio
Short Story: After two overtimes were not enough, Ohio (6-10, 5-2 MAC) defeated top-seeded Central Michigan (7-12, 5-1 MAC) 3-0 in the semi-final of the Mid-American Conference tournament Friday afternoon at Murphy-Mellis Field in Kent, Ohio. With the victory, the Bobcats will take on Kent State (9-10, 5-1 MAC) for the MAC Tournament title Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Redshirt senior Lauryl Desch (Charlottesville, Va.) scored off a corner for her sixth goal of the season in the 25th minute to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
• Desch led the Bobcats with seven shots, three of them on goal. She leads the squad with 41 shots on the season, 21 of them have been on goal.
• Junior Adele Sammons (Upminster, England) totaled five shots -- one of which came on goal. She ranks second on the squad with 17 shots in 2014.
• Senior Caelyn Hartley (Escondido, Calif.) tallied four shots with two of them on goal.
• Hartley was credited with the assist on Desch’s goal in the first period. That assist gave her a team-leading seven on the season.
• Senior goalkeeper Brittany Walker (Elizabethtown, Pa.) tallied four saves while surrendering one goal in 100 minutes of work in the cage. Her season save total now stands at 66 while her career stops total is up to 215.
• Central Michigan’s Haley Bova scored her fourth goal of the season in the 29th minute to tie the game at one apiece.
• The Bobcats outshot Central Michigan 26-11, including 12 shots in the first half and 11 in the overtime periods.
• Cayleigh Immelman led Central Michigan with four shotsâ€"one of them on goal.
• CMU goalie, Sadie Reynolds recorded 10 saves on 100 minutes of action, allowing only one goal.
• Sammons, freshman Rachel Kho (Oakville, Ontario) and sophomore Kristen Buchanan (San Diego, Calif.) all scored in the shoot out to push the Bobcats into the finals.
QUOTABLE
“We played an excellent game today. I think we deserved to successful in the end. We played a solid first half and really put them under a lot of pressure and we did a great job in the second half controlling the pace. In the shootout Brit [Walker] came up absolutely huge. She made three very, very good saves and really denied them.†- Neil Macmillan
SCOUTING KENT STATE
• Kent State defeated Miami 3-1 to advance to the championship game.
• The Golden Flashes are 9-10 on the season.
• This will mark the fifth time that the Bobcats have met the Golden Flashes in the championship game.
• The last time the two teams battles for the MAC Tournament Title was on 2011, when the Bobcats walked away with the crown after a 3-2 victory in overtime.
• Ohio has defeated Kent State two times on the Championship game (2001 and 2011).
• This will mark the sixth time under head coach Neil Macmillan that the Bobcats have reached the MAC Tournament championship game.
• Under Macmillan, Ohio has won four MAC Tournament Championships.
UP NEXT
The Bobcats face Kent State for the MAC Tournament title Saturday afternoon at Murphy-Mellis Field in Kent, Ohio. The match is set to begin at 2 p.m.
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