NCAC Women's Soccer Tournament Central

This Week's Outlook: The second-seeded College of Wooster women's soccer team will host fourth-seeded Wittenberg University in the championship game of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament at 2 p.m. Saturday. The game will be played at John P. Papp Stadium.

Media Coverage: Fans can follow Wooster's championship game through the available live stream and live stats pages. Fans can also follow the women's soccer team's Twitter account @CoWWSoccer for live updates.

How we got here: Wooster scored twice in the final seven minutes to steal a 2-1 victory over Kenyon College in their semifinal match Wednesday. Senior Erica White scored both goals. Wittenberg performed some heroics as well as they knocked off top-seeded Denison University 2-1 in overtime. Wittenberg scored in the 71st minute to send the game into extra time and won it in the 94th minute.

To close the regular season: In their final NCAC regular season game, Wooster defeated Allegheny College 3-0. Sophomore Mila Zunich scored in the 24th minute to open the game. White assisted and later scored the final two goals in a four-minute span in the second half. White also had a goal and an assist in the team's 4-1 win over Thomas More College. Junior Krissy Blanchard scored two goals, and Miura Wiley put the Scots on the board in the 15th minute. Wooster finished the regular season 11-3-3 overall and 6-2 in the NCAC.

Who are the Tigers?: Wittenberg enters with a 6-8-4 overall record and a 3-2-3 NCAC record. Freshman Sydney Weaver leads the team with five goals. Goalkeeper Kelly Corbin enters with a 5-7-3 record and has made 110 saves this season for second in the NCAC. She also has a 1.19 goal against average. After a three-game losing streak to begin October, the Tigers are 3-0-2 in their last five and have went to overtime in their last four games.

First Meeting: Wooster hosted Wittenberg on Oct. 6 and won 2-0 thanks to two goals from White. White scored in the 28th minute and later scored on a penalty kick in the 84th minute. Goalkeeper Molly Hutter collected two saves for the shutout. The Scots outshot the Tigers 17-3.

Historically Speaking: This will be the 34th meeting between the two teams as Wittenberg holds a slight 16-15-3 advantage over the Scots. The last time Wooster played in the NCAC Tournament Championship game was against Wittenberg. The Tigers won 1-0 in double overtime.

White's Pace: Erica White has 17 goals and captured the program single season record after scoring two goals in the team's 2-1 semifinal win over Kenyon. White has also ran away with the conference scoring crown, ending the regular season with 34 points. Denison's Maggie Armstrong, who sits in second, trails White considerably in both categories with 24 points and nine goals. 

It Takes Two: Sophomore Molly Hutter and senior Maddy Ireton have both shared a considerable amount of time in net this season. At the close of the season, Hutter appeared in all 17 games and had started 15, while Ireton had appeared in 10 and started two. The duo had combined for 45 saves, six shutouts and a goal against average of 0.61.

NCAC Tournament: Last year's semifinal exit to Kenyon was sure to sting as the Scots tied 3-3 and fell in penalty kicks 3-1. What stung the most, however, may be the fact the fourth-seeded Scots held a 3-1 lead over the first-seeded Ladies with just over nine minutes to play in regulation. No seniors graduated from that team, and now they'll look to play for the tournament championship. As a whole, the Scots are making their ninth appearance in the NCAC Tournament and are looking for their first tournament title. Wittenberg is making their seventh straight appearance in the tournament. The Scots at 2-5-5 with a home record of 1-1-1 in tournament play. Before this year's tournament, Wooster's last win came in 2008 when they knocked out No. 1 seed Denison 1-0 as the No. 4 seed. The winner will earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championships. 

Ticket Information: Tickets for adults are $7, while youth and student tickets are $3. Students currently attending a NCAC institution are admitted free of charge with their student ID card.