Box Score
GAMBIER, Ohio -- The Allegheny women's soccer team suffered a 2-0 loss to Kenyon in its North Coast Athletic Conference regular season finale on Saturday. The defeat drops the Gators to third place in the NCAC and may knock them as low as fourth, depending on the outcome of a Saturday night game between Ohio Wesleyan and Earlham.
Caddie Durrett struck first for the Ladies, converting a goal in the seventh minute with an assist from Shanna Keown. Amanda Maxfield scored Kenyon's second goal during the 66th minute.
Allegheny's Abby Silvester nearly cut the score in half during the 75th, but her shot clanged off the crossbar of Kenyon's net.
Winning goalkeeper Kat Powers stopped seven shots for the Ladies while Allegheny goalie Emily Karr made six saves.
Denison will be the No. 1 seed of the NCAC Tournament after finishing with a 6-0-1 conference record (19 points). Allegheny is tied with Wittenberg -- both with 14 points and identical 4-2-2 records -- but Wittenberg will receive an edge during tournament seeding based on its two-goal differential in conference play compared to the Gators' one-goal differential.
With its win, Kenyon jumped to 4-3-1 (13 points). Ohio Wesleyan, with a 4-3-0 slate, has 12 points heading into its match against Earlham.
An OWU win will propel the Battling Bishops to second place and bump Wittenberg and Allegheny to third and fourth place, respectively. The Gators would then visit Denison in an NCAC semifinal on Wednesday. An OWU tie or loss would set up an Allegheny/Wittenberg semifinal.