The No. 5 seed Emporia State soccer team scored three times in the final 20 minutes of the match to blast into the semifinals with a 3-0 victory over No. 4 seed Central Oklahoma on Sunday in Edmond, Okla. Aubrey Seltman picked up her first goal of the year finishing a rebound off a penalty shot to get the Lady Hornets on the board and MIAA Offensive Player of the Year Ella Favot doubled the lead less than four minutes later on an assist by Megan Kephart. Avery Zimmerman added the punctuation with less than 30 seconds to play on an assist by Ava Huston. Head coach Jane Grimley-Gunn said the Seltman goal was huge to get ESU on the board.
Goalkeeper Terra Rybuck picked up her third shutout of the year in goal and said the team rallied at halftime.
The Lady Hornets are in the semifinals of the MIAA Tournament for the second-straight year and they’ve made at least the semifinal round in all of their last seven tournament appearances. ESU faces top seed Washburn on Friday at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kan. They advanced past Northeastern State 1-0. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m.
