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PICTURED ABOVE: Keri Shannon scored a goal and distributed an assist in the win against Augustana.
Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton women's soccer team defeated Augustana 4-0 on Wednesday night in a Semifinal contest of the 2011 CCIW Women's Soccer Tournament. Illinois Wesleyan defeated Elmhurst 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday in the tournament's other semifinal match to advance to the Championship Match on Saturday.
Top-seeded Wheaton (18-1-1) will host second-seed Illinois Wesleyan (14-3-1) on Saturday at 7 PM at Joe Bean Stadium in the CCIW Tournament Championship Match. The winner of Saturday's match will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament. As a CCIW Championship event admission for Saturday's match will be $6 for adults; $3 for seniors and students. Students with a valid CCIW school ID will be admitted free and youth under 13 years of age are also free of charge. No season passes, or other regular season passes will be accepted for this event.
Wheaton played the Vikings to a 0-0 draw tonight until the 38:38 mark of the match when freshman
Anna Seabolt (PICTURED LEFT) netted her ninth goal of the season off of a header that was assisted by
Keri Shannon. Wheaton maintained its 1-0 lead at halftime.
Shannon extended Wheaton's lead to 2-0 when she put the ball in the back of the net at the 53:19 mark off of a
Katelyn Kishkunas corner kick. In the 65
th minute of the match, senior
Jaime Orewiler distributed the ball to freshman
Sarah Guidera (PICTURED RIGHT) who netted her seventh goal of the season for a 3-0 Wheaton lead. Wheaton's fourth goal was scored by
Dani DeLeon from 18-yards out; thanks to a
Val Lelle assist.
Wheaton out-shot the Vikings 25-9 in the match, with the Thunder owning a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks. Wheaton goalkeepers
Kelsey Graham and
Hilary Barreto each made two saves in 45 minutes of action for the Thunder to post Wheaton's 11
th shutout of the season. Augustana netminder Kayla Radloff made six saves and allowed four goals in 90 minutes of work for the Vikings.
