Wheaton, Ill. – Hope College used the match's lone goal to defeat the host Wheaton Thunder 1-0 on Friday in a first round match of the 2014 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament. Hope (17-3-2) advances to the tournament's second round on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. to face either Illinois Wesleyan or University of Dubuque.

Wheaton ends the season with a record of 18-2-2 after winning both the CCIW Championship and the CCIW Tournament. Today's loss marks only the second time that the Wheaton women's soccer program has left the NCAA Tournament in the first round. Wheaton's other first-round loss was a 2-1 loss to University of Chicago in 1998.
 
Hope held the momentum early in the match as the Flying Dutch possessed the ball in their end of the first for the first 15 minutes. Wheaton held a 16-7 advantage in shots in the opening half that was scoreless at the halftime intermissions.
 
It was Wheaton's momentum in the second half that came out early from the intermission. The Thunder held a 12-8 shot advantage in the second half, with a 4-1 edge in shots on goal.
 
Wheaton out-shot Hope 6-0 in the first overtime as Flying Dutch goalkeeper Kat Dickson made three saves. Dickson also made a save in the second overtime period. Erin Brophy was just outside the 18-yard penalty box when she found her teammate, Allie Wittenbach wide open. Wittenbach put the game-winning goal in the net out of the reach of Thunder goalkeeper Kelsey Graham. Wittenbach's eighth goal of the year came in the 105th minute of the match and secured the win and the trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for Hope.
 
Wheaton attempted 35 shots in the match and was awarded 10 corner kicks. Hope attempted 16 shots and had three corner kicks. Graham made eight saves in the match in 104:03 minutes of action, allowing just one goal. Dickson made 14 saves to record the shutout for the Flying Dutch.