STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Four different Grove City College men's soccer players scored goals Wednesday night to help lead the Wolverines to a 4-1 victory over defending Presidents' Athletic Conference champion Franciscan in the semifinals of the 2023 conference tournament, held at Franciscan's Trinity Health System Field.

Third-seeded Grove City (9-5-5) will visit top-seeded Geneva in Saturday night's tournament championship match at 7 p.m. Geneva downed Waynesburg in Wednesday's other semifinal, 3-1. 

Grove City charged out to a 2-0 lead in the first 18 minutes of the match. Junior midfielder Luke Kimmich (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) opened the scoring at 6:24 with his fourth goal of the season. Senior forward Hunter Hardin (North Ridgeville, Ohio/Freeport) assisted Kimmich's goal, the first of his two assists on the night.

Sophomore Aidan Eck (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) doubled the lead at 17:14 when he recorded his fourth goal of 2023. 

Franciscan, the tournament's No. 2 seed, halved the lead at 72:55 when Ryan Miller scored on a penalty kick. Grove City quickly countered, though, by scoring twice in a three-minute span.

Senior forward Ari Campbell (Memphis, Tenn./White Station) gave Grove City a 3-1 lead at 81:55 when he scored after receiving Hardin's second assist of the night. Hardin then clinched the win with a goal at 84:56. Eck and senior defender Chris DeLucia (Kent, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) each provided assists on Hardin's goal.

Franciscan (11-5-3) held a 20-16 edge in total shots. Grove City owned a 9-6 advantage in shots on goal. Franciscan had six corner kicks and Grove City tallied a pair of corners. 

Sophomore goalkeeper Teddy Almeter (Monroeville, Pa./Serra) made five saves to earn the victory, his eighth of the season. 

Campbell and Hardin share the team lead with five goals. Hardin also leads the team with five assists and 15 total points. Kimmich's four goals have come in Grove City's last four matches. 

Franciscan went 6-1-3 in conference play this year, with the lone loss coming September 23 at Grove City, 3-1. 

Geneva defeated Grove City in the teams' October 7 regular season meeting in Beaver Falls, 1-0. Grove City is making its first title game appearance since 2018. It is the first time that Grove City and Geneva will meet in the championship round.