WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The Northeastern State women's soccer team fell 1-0 in overtime to No. 9 Central Missouri in the finals of the 2015 MIAA Championship Sunday afternoon at Jennies Field.
 
The RiverHawks saw their season come to a close with a 14-5-2 record. The win total is the second-highest in school history, and the team advanced to the finals of a conference tournament for the first time in program history.
 
NSU was outshot 20-7 in the contest, and the Jennies (19-2) led 8-1 in corner kicks.
 
The RiverHawks were able to withstand the onslaught from UCM for the entire regulation 90 minutes, and the team was less than a minute away from sending the match to a second overtime.
 
Hannah Pyle got loose along the right flank late in the first OT session, and she a sent a pass to the top of the box. Megan Woolley was waiting, and she was able to bury a shot into the top of the net to send Central Missouri to claim the conference title.
 
Junior goalkeeper Jordan Woodruff (14-5-2) made eight saves in the match, while her counterpart, UCM goalkeeper Ana Dilkes (19-2), made two saves.
 
Scoring Summary
NSU                 0          0          0          –          0
UCM                0          0          1          –          1
 
Individual Scoring
Megan Woolley (UCM) at 99:01 (Hannah Pyle)
 
Goalkeeper Saves
Jordan Woodruff (NSU) – 8
Ana Dilkes (UCM) – 2
 
NORTHEASTERN STATE COACH CHASE WOOTEN
Opening statement…
"The team played really hard. I'm proud of their effort. We had a scheme that we wanted to stick to, and I thought we played inside that very well. We did some good things in the game inside of the game. We were able to create scoring chances off crosses, which is what we were trying to do. (Central Missouri) made a good goal-line clearance in the second half off (Rachel) Gleason's chance. In the big picture of it all, we wanted to have some good counterattacks and we were able to do that. Obviously (Central Missouri is) a good side, and they do a really good job of keeping the ball. They like to push their numbers forward, and we were able to sponge that for the most part. We spared Jordan (Woodruff) having to make some big-time saves, which was good. We created enough chances to score that we could have capitalized on. It was frustrating that we weren't able to get anything to fall."
 
On being able to take a top-10 team to overtime…
"I am proud with that part of it. We rocked the crossbar in the first 10 minutes with (Anastasia Robinson's) shot. We had two really great looks on goal that (Central Missouri was) beat on. We played through some injuries and our team showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit. We played OK soccer, which a week and a half ago we were really struggling in that area. I'm just really proud of their effort and their season all the way from September and October to now."
 
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