GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's soccer team captured its fourth straight Presidents' Athletic Conference title Saturday evening by earning a 4-0 home win over Saint Vincent in the conference tournament championship match at Don Lyle Field.
Senior midfielder
Tori Stevenson (Butler, Pa./Butler) and junior forward
Kiara White (Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) both recorded a goal and an assist for the Wolverines (14-2-4) while senior forward
Hannah Plunkard (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) and junior midfielder
Marina Hahn (Beaver, Pa./Beaver) also scored.
Stevenson gave top-seeded Grove City a 1-0 lead 2:57 into the match when she scored her 50th career goal. White and senior midfielder
Meghan Tischler (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) assisted Stevenson's score.
White registered her eighth goal of the season at 20:14 as her shot deflected off a Saint Vincent defender into the net.
The Wolverines then sealed the win with a pair of goals in the final 16 minutes. Plunkard scored her career-best eighth goal of the season at 74:08 after receiving a feed from Stevenson. Hahn closed the scoring with a goal at 83:52. Senior defender
Hannah Mitchell (Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg Christian) and freshman midfielder
Ava Soley (Butler, Pa./Butler) both notched assists on Hahn's goal.
Grove City amassed a 24-10 edge in total shots. The Wolverines had 12 shots on goal while No. 3 seed Saint Vincent (15-4-1) had four shots on goal. The Wolverines had six corner kicks while Saint Vincent netted five corners.
Senior goalkeeper
Maddie Mills (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) made four saves to secure the shutout victory. It is Mills' 27th career victory and her 13th career shutout. Grove City has blanked a dozen opponents this season.
Stevenson owns sole possession of third place in program history with 50 goals. She entered Saturday tied for third with Michelle Novosel, who scored 49 goals from 2001 to 2004.
Grove City's senior class went 43-0-7 against conference opponents in either regular season or tournament play over the last four seasons.
Saint Vincent made its first appearance in the conference tournament finals. Grove City and the Bearcats played to a 0-0 draw September 19 in Latrobe during the regular season.
As conference champion, Grove City earns the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The NCAA Tournament pairings will be announced Monday. The 64-team tournament starts next Friday.
This will be Grove City's ninth trip to the national tournament. Saturday's victory secured Grove City's 11th all-time conference title.
