Nov. 26, 2010

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The dream season came to end for the Georgetown women's soccer team on Friday night as Ohio State converted a penalty kick in the first half and scored seven minutes into the second half en route to a 2-0 win over the Hoyas in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament on a cold and windy night at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

The Hoyas close out the 2010 season with a 15-7-2 overall record, while Ohio State improves to 17-4-2 and advances to next weekend's NCAA College Cup.

"It's disappointing right now because you get so far, you want to keep moving one step further," Head Coach Dave Nolan said. "I don't have any qualms. I thought Ohio State was better tonight and at the right moment, they got the first goal, which got us on our heels, and in the second half, before we really had a chance to get them under pressure with the wind in our favor, they got the second goal and it was always up-hill after that.

"I'm proud of the kids at how hard they played. We battled and competed and we did everything we could...just tonight it wasn't good enough."

Ohio State took a 1-0 lead into the half when Lauren Beachey scored on a penalty kick in the 25th minute.

The Hoyas appeared to have the upper hand moments before when junior midfielder Ingrid Wells (Upper Montclair, N.J./Montclair) played a ball from the near sideline into the box toward freshman Kailey Blain (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack). The ball just missed connecting with Blain and went to the far sideline and the Buckeyes countered, with Lauren Granberg taking a feed in the Hoya offensive end. Granberg was taken down in the box by Georgetown senior defender Michaela Buonomo (Churchville, Pa./Council Rock), leading to the penalty kick. Beachy sent a low shot that senior goalkeeper Jackie DesJardin (Sunnyvale, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) nearly stopped but beat her to the far post at 20:27.

Georgetown had chances in the final minutes of the first half to tie. Wells controlled the ball on the far sideline and played a ball into the box, where junior forward Samantha Baker (Long Beach, Calif./Wilson) was able to flick it on but the shot was saved. A minute later, freshman Colleen Dinn (Kensington, Md./Holy Cross) took a feed in the box and nearly got a shot off before an Ohio State defender sent it off the endline for a corner kick. The corner kick from Wells with 30 seconds left stayed in but Georgetown was not able to net the equalizer.

The Buckeyes extended their lead to 2-0 early in the second half. Tiffany Cameron tracked down a long ball on the far sideline from Granberg and flicked a shot over the head of DesJardin. Ohio State had another chance in the 64th minute but DesJardin made a tremendous save on a shot from Cameron on the near post.

The Hoyas made a hard push forward in the latter stages of the game, but could not pull closer. In the 66th minute, a Baker shot from 20 yards out went wide and the team's best chance came in the 75th minute when a blast from Wells from 25 yards out went just wide.

Georgetown was out-shot by Ohio State, 17-8, with the Hoyas taking four shots on goal to the Buckeyes five. Ohio State maintained a 7-3 advantage in corner kicks.

The Hoyas, who finished the regular season with a 13-5-1 overall record and a 7-3-1 mark in the BIG EAST, were the No. 2 seed in the National Division of the BIG EAST Tournament. Georgetown earned its way to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament with wins over Siena (5-1), No. 4 Maryland (3-2 in penalty kicks) and Minnesota (1-0). The Blue & Gray started the season off with a program-best 7-0 record, won a school record 15 games and were ranked as high as No. 15 in the country before entering the postseason rated No. 19 in the RPI Ratings.

"Here we were at Ohio State, playing Ohio State for a chance to go to the Final Four," Nolan said. "We've come a long way over the seven years I've been head coach. I'd like to think the seniors, when they take a step back from tonight, will really see where we are now and how they helped us to get here. And I hope it will inspire the younger players to get us back here and take us to the next step."