2012-13 OHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY
WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM

Ohio Valley University played their final game of the season today against the Shepherd University Rams. The Fighting Scots honored seniors, Annie Campbell, Danielle Flynn, and Morgan Kelley as they played in their final collegiate soccer game. The team and coaching staff showed them much love and appreciation before the game kicked off.

The Rams and Scots came out to battle today for the win. OVU’s defense looked solid with Elle Ventre, Annie Campbell, Ashley Wilcox, and Carly Johnson kept the Rams offense from bringing to ball down field. Both teams played aggressive on the ball and the game was back and forth through the midfield. Victoria Bruce and Amanda Simpson kept solid control in the midfield creating scoring opportunities for OVU, but the Fighting Scots were unable to capitalize.

With 19:07 left in the first half Shepherd would strike when Kasey Canterbury sent a long ball over the defense to Morgan Gabriel. Gabriel was able to get past the OVU defense with her speed to run onto the ball and beat OVU keeper, Brianna Rice for the game winning goal.

The rest of the game would continue to be a back and forth battle. The Fighting Scots played hard and never gave up but were unable to come up with a goal to get them back into the game.

This ends the season for the Fighting Scots! Thank you Annie, Danielle, and Morgan for all your hard work and dedication to the Fighting Scots soccer team!

Ohio Valley University played Carlow University today in women’s soccer action at OVU’s field. This is the first time these two teams have met and it proved to be a close match between the Fighting Scots and the Celtics. Carlow would take the game with a 3-2 victory over OVU.

The first half was an even fight between the two teams in the midfield, but Carlow outshot the Fighting Scots 13-6. OVU senior, Annie Campbell, anchored the Scots on defense. The teams would go into half time tied 0-0.

The second half would have a bit more action. Almost 15 minutes into the half Carlow’s Lauren Closser had a 1v1 opportunity against OVU keeper Brianna Rice. Rice would shut down the shot but be taken out by Closser at the same time. Both girls would remain on the ground injured but no call would be made. Carlow would continue to attack at the open net and OVU defenders could only block so many open goal shots before Closser would get back up and take a pass from teammate, Tori Capo and score in the open goal.

Rice would remain in the game, but was quite injured from the tackle. Five minutes later Carlow’s Jordan Huffman sent a long ball over the top to Marisa Czapor who had a break away against Rice, and placed a perfect shot to the corner for goal number two for the Celtics.

With twenty-five minutes left the Fighting Scots wouldn’t give up. They knew they could stay in this game. They got reorganized on the field and at 15:21 left in the half when a direct kick taken by Victoria Bruce got deflected around in the box to the feet of Jody Bethune who scored for the Fighting Scots.

Carlow would attack back quickly scoring their third and final goal of the game at 12:53 left in the half. Lauren Closser took the ball through OVU’s defense and had a break away once again with keeper, Rice. Rice came out on the ball, but Closser would beat her for the goal. Rice was too injured to remain in the game and was replaced by Mary Salas.

Ohio Valley continued to fight. Victoria Bruce got the ball in the midfield and beat three defenders on Carlow’s team to get a pass of to midfielder, Kayla Keidel. Keidel made a beautiful shot past Carlow keeper, Ashlyn Fratto to put the Fighting Scots within one with 3:50 left in the half.

OVU battled down field but were unable to find the net again and lost in the end 3-2.

OVU plays again on Thursday, October 25th in their final game of the season. This will be Senior Night for the Fighting Scots who will honor Annie Campbell, Morgan Kelley, and Danielle Flynn.

Ohio Valley University and the University of Charleston battled in WVIAC play today at OVU’s field. The Golden Eagles would take home a 4-2 victory over the Fighting Scots. Both teams played well in this conference matchup.

Ohio Valley came out hard early in the game scoring the first goal within the first 4 minutes of play. Samantha Flynn took a throw in pass from Amanda Simpson past the last defender to give her an open shot on goal. She neatly placed a perfect ball past UC’s keeper.

The Fighting Scots battled for every ball making an effort to outrun UC to the ball on every play. The Scots dominated in the air and kept control of the ball the majority of the first half. The Golden Eagles would strike back before the half would end to tie the game up 1-1. Elyse Surbaugh sent a long ball over the top to Midfielder, Brittany Loveland who beat OVU keeper, Brianna Rice in a 1v1 situation to take the ball to the net.

It would be the Golden Eagles in the second half who would strike quickly against OVU scoring their second goal just 48 seconds in. Elyse Surbaugh would score an unassisted goal off a missed clear attempt by the OVU defense.

UC continued to shoot on the Scots making keeper, Brianna Rice, come up with some big saves to keep OVU in the game. OVU would come back to tie the game up 2-2 on a direct kick by junior, Victoria Bruce who found teammate Amanda Simpson to deflect the ball into Charleston’s goal.

Charleston’s ability to continue to bring the ball up the middle on OVU would create opportunities for the Golden Eagles. They capitalized on one such opportunity when Midfielder, Kelsey LaCroix brought the ball through the middle and made a through pass to Renee Boudreau who would score the game winner with 18:45 left in the game. With only seven minutes left in play Charleston would seal their victory with one final goal again by Renee Boudreau on a low cross from Brittany Loveland.

OVU Senior, Annie Campbell played a big game on defense for the Fighting Scots. 

The Golden Eagles outshot the Fighting Scots 28-6. OVU keeper Brianne Rice made 10 saves in the game.

Ohio Valley University took on Concord University at home today in women’s soccer action. The game would prove to be a battle between the Fighting Scots and Mountain Lions who took the game the game to overtime win for Concord 2-1.
Ohio Valley came out playing aggressively in the match. They were consistently winning the 50-50 balls from the Mountain Lions. It was a tight game from the start with each team giving every effort to capitalize on their scoring opportunities.

Former Parkersburg South standout, Kari Simon, would be the first to net a goal. In the 21:49 in the first half she would take a pass from Alyanna James and place a perfectly shot ball to the corner of the net past OVU keeper Brianna Rice.

The Fighting Scots would continue to battle and play tough. A few injuries took key defenders out of the game for the Scots including Ashley Wilcox (who would return to the game) and Brittany Anderson who went off on crutches. Each substitute who came in would step up and fill the shoes of those before them.

In the middle of the field Amanda Simpson, Victoria Bruce, and Mary Salas would string together some beautiful passes to bring the ball up field. Jodi Bethune entered the game at forward for the Scots and she had fire in her eyes today. She played a determined game of soccer.

It looked like the Mountain Lions would take a commanding 2-0 lead when Erika Hoff was awarded a penalty kick ten minutes into the second half but OVU goalkeeper, Brianna Rice came up with a huge save to keep the Fighting Scots in the game.

With only 18:51 left in the second half Samantha Flynn and Mary Salas would bring the ball down the left side of the field. Samantha found Bethune coming across the middle where she took a shot from the top of the 18 yard line and shot a perfect ball to score the tying goal for OVU.

Senior, Captain, Annie Campbell had a big game for the Scots on defense. She played aggressive in the back, stepping to every ball that came her way.

Both teams came out hard in overtime, but it was the Mountain Lions who would take the win. Alyanna James would take the ball off an OVU defender to create a 1v1 where she shot just past the reach of the keeper to score the golden goal.

Shots in the game were relatively even between the two teams with Concord just edging out OVU 17-14.

Ohio Valley keeper, Brianna Rice, had 6 saves in the game.

The Ohio Valley University women’s soccer team played at home against Point Park University Today.

The Fighting Scots came out ready to take a “W”. They took control of the game from the start. Leaders Amanda Simpson and Victoria Bruce took charge controlling play in the midfield.

Brittany Anderson and Elle Ventre led the defense for the Scots. Anderson stopped everything coming down the middle and Ventre swept up anything that squeaked through.

Going into the half the teams were tied at 0-0. The Scots started the second half with fire in their eyes. They were continually attacking up top but were having trouble getting a shot off. Fourteen minutes into the half Mary Salas squeaked a through pass to the foot of Gilda Arendse who found the left corner of the net. This would prove to be enough as OVU would win 1-0.

The team continued to play hard to the very end working together to get their second win of the season.
Goalie Brianna Rice had seven saves in the game.

The OVU Fighting Scots took on the Lady Griffins of Seton Hill University in the second game of a doubleheader with the men's soccer team today at OVU. 

The Griffins would take an early lead on a goal from Erika Wisniewski in the fifth minute of play.  They would score two more in the first half with goals from Madison Gourley, who would end the game with a hat trick, and Breanna Novosel assisted by Katelyn Wiater and Madison Gourley.  In the second half the Griffins would score three more goals to make the final score 6-0.  These would come from Madison Gourley assisted by Katelyn Wiater, Kara Lopoyda, and Madison Gourley assisted by Cayla Walters. 

Seton Hill would outshoot OVU 19-10.  Fouls were even in the game with 11 for Seton Hill and 10 for Ohio Valley.

OVU Goalkeeper Brianna Rice would have six saves in the game.

The OVU women’s soccer team played away at Lock Haven University today in regional play at 2pm. This is the second time in history that these two teams have faced one another and it would be a repeat win for the Bald Eagles of Lock Haven.

Lock Haven was able to seal the win over OVU within the first 13 seconds of play when Jamie Hunter took a pass from Madison Taylor to beat OVU keeper Brianna Rice for the game winning goal. LU would score 16 minutes later on a goal from Madeline Novack to complete the 2-0 score.

The Fighting Scots would be outshot in the game 20-3. All three shots for OVU would come in the second half of play. The Lock Haven defense would shut down several other offensive attacks by the Fighting Scots keeping them scoreless in this game.

OVU goalkeeper Brianna Rice would have 9 saves in the game for the Fighting Scots.

OVU hosted Urbana University in a doubleheader for the Fighting Scots men's and women's soccer teams.  The women played first and lost a close match 2-0 to the Blue Knights.

OVU came out ready to play, but at the start were having some trouble finding their teammates feet on passes.  They did not put their heads down, but hustled to make up for lost balls.  Victoria Bruce and Samantha Flynn were playing up top for the Scots and they made a great showing for the ball, moving quickly across the top to create opportunities for the offense.  OVU put a lot of pressure on the Blue Knight defense but were unable to get a lot of shots off having only one at the half. 

Brittany Anderson led the defense in a big way, stopping everyone that came at her.  She was back and forth across the field leading the defense by her voice and example. 

Brianna Rice was on point in goal for the Fighting Scots making some amazing save to keep them up and in the game.  At the end of 0-0 first half Rice had 3 great saves for the Scots.

The Fighting Scots started the second half with a lot of exuberance talking up the play on the field and creating more scoring chances, but Urbana would be the ones to strike first and find the net.  At the 61st minute of play Pearson took a corner kick for the Knights and found the head of teammate Abdulla for the goal.  The second goal for Urbana came on a penalty kick taken by Pearson after a handball in the box by OVU defender Brittany Anderson. 

OVU played hard to the very end, never giving up.  The offense was able to pick up 6 more shots in the second half after an offensive switch by Coach Flynn who brought a third forward to the top. 

OVU plays again away on Saturday at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.

The Ohio Valley University women’s soccer team played the Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals today in conference action.

Wheeling Jesuit’s offense and midfield came out strong from the start. They got their first goal on the board in the 3rd minute of play when Jessie Vilkofsky found the back of the net off a pass from teammate Aubrey Hutchinson. This would be enough for the Cardinals to seal the win.

The team would score 1 more goals in that half of play by Aliya Kureishy assisted by Ashley McGinnis.  In the second half of play the Cardinals would come out hard and score early on a goal from Jessie Vilkofsky assisted by Jenna Klemkowsky, and a second goal in the half by Ashley McGinnis. Later in second half play Jesuit would be awarded two penalty kicks for goals by Jenna Klemkowsky and Caroline Gacka. Sandwiched between the two was a goal by Aubrey Hutchinson assisted by Jessie Vilkofsky.

The Cardinals would post 28 shots to the Fighting Scots 3. Wheeling Jesuit had 13 fouls while OVU had 8 with a couple of cautions to Amanda Simpson and Brittany Anderson.

OVU goalkeeper Brianna Rice had 7 saves in the game.

The Ohio Valley University women's soccer team came out ready to play today against conference opponent West Liberty University at 4pm on OVU's home field.  This is the first time in history the Fighting Scots have faced a Hilltoppers women's soccer team from West Liberty. 

Ohio Valley's team came out to win today and within the 8th minute of play were able to score on a long pass from midfielder, Brianne Hart, to a waiting Victoria Bruce up top.  Bruce with a two on one opportunity, took the ball herself and beat West Liberty keeper Rachel Coles for her fourth goal in as many games.

The Fighting Scots generated a lot of offense but had some trouble finding the target.  West Liberty did not give up and fought back with a long ball from Madalyn Bodnar finding teammate Megan Minsker at the top of the 18 yard box on the right side.  With a high shot to the left corner, Megan was able to beat keeper Brianna Rice for the Hilltoppers first goal in the 33rd minute.  They weren't done there.  West Liberty struck again just 3 minutes later off a free kick once again to the top left corner of the goal taken by Paige Petroval. The teams would head into the half with West Liberty up 2-1.

The Fighting Scots came out hard in the second half continuing to put pressure up top.  They generated 29 total shots with 11 on goal for the game outshooting West Liberty who had 12 shots with 8 on goal.  Bruce's goal in the first half would prove to be the only one for the Scots today. 

Ohio Valley's defense played well through some injuries today.  Elle Ventre and Annie Campbell were strong in the back supported by great efforts by Brittany Anderson and Danielle Flynn to shutdown a fast offense by West Liberty.

In the 52nd minute of play West Liberty would make their final goal of the game off a penalty kick by Paige Petroval to make the final score 3-1.

Ohio Valley University keeper, Brianna Rice would have 5 saves in the game while Hilltoppers keeper Rachel Coles would save 10.

OVU plays again in conference action on Monday against Wheeling Jesuit University at 4pm.

 The Ohio Valley University women’s soccer team played the Golden Bears of WVU Tech. These teams matched off against one another the past two seasons where each team was able to come away with a close win. This year’s game was once again a battle between the Fighting Scots and Golden Bears.

Ohio Valley outshot Tech in the first half of play and was able to be the first to capitalize on a scoring opportunity. Victoria Bruce was fed a pass across the middle from Amanda Simpson, which she placed perfectly in left corner of the net to take a 1-0 lead for OVU. This is Bruce’s third goal for the Scots this season.

Elle Ventre directed the defense perfectly from sweeper in that half and had stopper, Brittany Anderson, shutting down every player that came her way from Tech. Anderson was a constant presence for the Scots throughout the game.

Tech wasn’t about to go down without a fight and came out strong in the second half. The Golden Bears outshot the Fighting Scots in the second half 8-1. In the 71st minute of play Tech made a charge down the field and Sierrah Soto scored off a deflection from an OVU defender to tie the game 1-1.

Neither team was about to give up and both continued to play tough soccer but it was the Golden Bears who were able to find the back of the net one more time. Sierrah Soto managed to get a bouncing ball in the 18 yard box at her feet and placed it past OVU keeper Mary Salas for the game winning goal.

OVU keeper, Mary Salas played a tough, aggressive game in net. She had five saves for the Fighting Scots.
OVU will play next at home on Friday against conference opponent West Liberty University at 4pm.

Ohio Valley University women’s soccer traveled to Muskingum University for their second game of the season. OVU was missing a few key players tonight due to some injuries on the team. They battled hard in a close game losing 1-0 to the Muskies. The Fighting Scots had 11 shots in the game but couldn’t find the back of the net in this one.

Muskingum’s loan goal of the game came in the 54th minute of play off a deep thrown in into the box by Noelle Kleppel who managed to find Raven Francis to put it in the goal. This was enough to get the Muskies the win.

Mary Salas played keeper for the Scots and had 5 saves in the game.

In their season opener the Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots women’s soccer team defeated the Salem International University Tigers 5-0.

Ohio Valley took the lead early in the game with a goal from junior, Victoria Bruce assisted by freshman, Brianna Hart in the 5th minute of play. This proved to be the game winner for OVU. The Fighting Scots didn’t slow down there; they continued to score two more goals before the half was over first a second goal for Victoria Bruce off a pass from sophomore, Carly Johnson and second from sophomore, Samantha Flynn assisted by Victoria Bruce.
Going into the second half with a comfortable 3-0 lead OVU continued to play hard and find the back of the net. In the 60th minute of play Brianna Hart scored her first goal of the season followed just ten minutes later by freshman, Vivian Lobato.

In net for the Scots was sophomore, Mary Salas receiving her first win and shutout for OVU.

VIENNA, WV  – Ohio Valley University head women’s soccer coach, Jack Flynn, has been hard at work recruiting for his second season with the Lady Scots. With 10 returning players to the team, Flynn has signed eight more girls to the fall 2012 season. New recruits hail from four states and two countries.

“I am extremely excited about the upcoming season,” said Flynn. “We were fortunate to be able to recruit a number of very strong players to supplement the team this coming year. This year’s team will have tremendous heart, strong work ethic and overwhelming ability. The outlook for the coming season is very promising and I look forward to seeing how we grow as a team.”

New Recruits

Brittany Anderson, the daughter of Evon and Donny Anderson, joins the Lady Scots from Port St. Lucie, Fla. During her high school career, she made first team all-area and MVP. Anderson is a junior transfer from Broward College. She will play defender and major in pre-med/biology at OVU.

Jody Bethune will transfer to OVU after playing a year at South Georgia College in Douglas, Ga. where she was the player of the year in 2009. Bethune, daughter of Carlton and Janet Bethune, is from St. Catherine, Jamaica, and attended Dinthill High School. Bethune is an all-around player who will add to the Lady Scots team overall. “This was a very wise decision for me” says Bethune. “I felt utterly most proud to represent Ohio Valley University. I am proud to say that I will be a positive contributor to the development of this program.”

Victoria Bruce, daughter of Jason and Tina Bruce, joins the Lady Scots from Franklin County, Va. Bruce, a junior, will major in sports management at OVU. She finished her high school soccer career as the all-time player in 2010 and first-team all-district. She earned the record for most goals scored in one game, as well as most goals in one season. Bruce will bring offensive action to the field, playing forward. On her decision to come to OVU Bruce explains, “OVU is a place for human development, a place where challenges are met, fought, and conquered.”

Brianna Hart joins the Lady Scots as a freshman. She is the daughter of Cynthia and Jeff Hart and is a native of Anaheim Hills, California. Brianna was a scholar athlete at Canyon High School and played center midfield for her team there. She will help bring depth to the midfield at OVU. “I look forward to challenging myself academically, physically, and spiritually” says Hart. Hart plans to major in Biology at OVU.

Vivian Lobato, a native of Coconut Creek, Fla., is a national letter of intent signee. She recently graduated from Coconut Creek High School. Her soccer honors include serving as team captain and South Plantation High School girls’ offensive player of the year. She plans to major in sports management and play forward for the Lady Scots.

Brianna Rice signed her national letter of intent to play soccer for the Lady Scots earlier this summer. Rice is the granddaughter of Curt and Becky Rice from Glendora, Calif. Rice received honorable-mention all-league at Glendora High School. She also earned first place in three age divisions of Keeper Wars, a national women’s soccer competition. She plans to major in psychology while studying at OVU and will serve as goalkeeper for OVU this fall. Rice says, “After my college visit, OVU was an easy decision. The coach and team as well as other students made me feel right at home. The environment will definitely help me spiritually as well as academically. I am very excited to be a Lady Scot and look forward to the next four years!”

Ashante Odogun, the daughter of Serina Ovigwe-Daniels, comes to Ohio Valley University as a freshman from South East London, England. Odogun will help the Fighting Scots on defense this year bringing lots of speed and experience to the back. “It’s a great opportunity to come play in the USA” says Odogun. “I want a great future and I believe playing here, playing at this university will provide it for me. To be honest I cannot wait to start. It would be amazing, not only for myself but for my on-going future as well.”

Heather Taylor joins the Lady Scots team from Lakeland, Fla. Taylor is a recent graduate of Summerlin Military Academy. She will bring discipline and skill to the women’s team this fall, planting herself as a hard worker with a positive attitude. She will major in accounting. Position on the team will be midfield. When Taylor was asked about coming to OVU she said, “Everyone was so nice. I really liked the small campus and the Christian environment. It’s a chance to experience something besides the Florida heat.” Taylor is the daughter of Deanne Taylor.

Ohio Valley University is a proud member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and competes in the NCAA Division II in men's baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer and wrestling, as well as women's basketball, golf, cross country, softball, soccer and volleyball. Visit www.ovu.edu to learn more.

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