No. 3 Baldwin-Wallace Ends Season With 2-0 Loss At No. 2 John Carroll, In OAC Men’s Soccer Tournament Semifinals
No. 3 Baldwin-Wallace Ends Season With 2-0 Loss At No. 2 John Carroll, In OAC Men's Soccer Tournament Semifinals
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OHIO -- The fourth-seeded Baldwin-Wallace College men's soccer team falls to second-seeded John Carroll University, 2-0, tonight (Tuesday, October 25, 2011) in an Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal match on Wasmer Field in the Don Shula Stadium.
John Carroll improves to 12-7 and advances to play top-seeded Ohio Northern University on Saturday, November 5 in the OAC Tournament championship game at 2:00 p.m. on the ONU Soccer Field. The Polar Bears knocked off fifth-seeded the University of Mount Union, 6-0, earlier today in Ada. With the loss, B-W ends the season with a record of 16-5 overall.
John Carroll opened the scoring on an unassisted goal by sophomore forward Kevin McKamish (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) at the 50:45 mark of the second half. The Blue Streaks closed out the scoring (2-0) when sophomore midfielder Nathan Sharbaugh (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) found the back of the net off a rebound shot.
In net for the Yellow Jackets, junior Ryan Hulings (Centerville) had eight saves and ended the season with a record of 15-4 this season. For the Blue Streaks, senior Carl Contrascier (Hinckley/Medina Highland) collected seven saves and improves to 11-6 on the season.
John Carroll outshot B-W, 18-15 and won the corner battle, 9-2.
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