STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- The Grove City College women's soccer team's nine-match win streak ended Wednesday afternoon with a 4-1 setback at No. 2 seed Franciscan in the semifinal round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament at Trinity Health System Field. Third-seeded Grove City concludes the season with an 11-7-1 overall record.
Grove City grabbed a 1-0 lead at 3:56 when senior forward
Hailey Weinert (Bel Air, Md./Kennett, Pa.) scored an unassisted goal after a Franciscan turnover.Â
Franciscan forged a 1-1 tie with 3:51 left in the first half on a Tania Davidson goal. She then broke the tie by scoring at 47:29.Â
The Barons (12-4-2) extended the lead with second-half goals from Juliana Rubino and Anni Winogradoff.
Franciscan held a 21-12 edge in total shots. The Barons had nine corner kicks while Grove City recorded seven corners. Sophomore goalkeeper
Courtney Lisman (Mars, Pa./Mars) stopped 10 shots for Grove City.
The 2022 season marked the eighth consecutive year that Grove City reached double figures in victories. The Wolverines have had 10 or more wins in 15 of the last 16 seasons, with the lone exception being a nine-win campaign in 2014.
Grove City will lose Weinert, defender
Danae Hurd (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley), midfielder
Melia Lamie (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) and defender
Lydia Sedjo (West Chicago, Ill./Wheaton Academy) to graduation.
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