Posted: Nov 07, 2015
Score: Roanoke 1, Shenandoah 0
Records: Roanoke 11-7-2 / Shenandoah 13-7-1
Location: Lynchburg, Va. ��
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The Lead: The Roanoke College Women's Soccer team defeated second-seeded Shenandoah to move on to the ODAC Championship against top-seeded Lynchburg on Sunday for the first time since 2007.
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How it Happened
- Sixth-seeded Roanoke College pulled off the upset over second-seeded Shenandoah in the ODAC Semifinals.
- RC is the first six seed to advance to the championship match since the league went to an eight team format in 1991.
- Senior Lauren O'Brien put away the lone goal of the match in the 77th minute after gathering a cross from Linnea Kremer and finding the back of the net.��
- RC was able to pepper Shenandoah keeper Erin Septer with shots throughout the entire match by outshooting the hornets 15-6.
- Roanoke controlled the pace of play from the outset, out shooting SU 10-3 in the first-half, forcing Septer to make four saves to keep the game scoreless at the break.
- Sarah Dvorak collected two saves in the net for the Maroons while Septer had eight for the Hornets.
Up Next: RC will head back up to LC on Sunday where the ODAC Women's Soccer Championship will be held at Shellenberger Field at 1:00 p.m. LC topped RC 1-0 in overtime earlier this year.
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