SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Jamie Ford (Jr., Edina, Minn.) scored her 11th goal of the season with 1:31 to play in the second overtime to lead the Bemidji State Universty soccer team to a 1-0 win over Augustana College Sunday afternoon in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Bemidji State ends its season 12-7-1 overall and 5-7-1 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play, while the Vikings move to 13-4-1 and 10-3-0 in conference play. BSU tied the record for most wins in a season (12) and least goals allowed with just 19.

Sunday’s game was an extremely hard struggle for both teams. There was intensity and aggressiveness on every play.

After two back and forth halves, the Beavers and Vikings were notted and 0-0. AC led the way in shots, taking 21 to BSU’s 10, but the two Bemidji State goalkeepers had phenomenal performances. By the end of the game, Augustana finished the game with 26 shots to BSU’s 11.

After one 10-minute extra session, neither team could find the back of the net despite pressure on both sides of the field.

Then the second overtime began.

Augustana pressured Bemidji State for the majority of the second overtime, but then the team finally got a legitimate chance at scoring a goal.

Ford received a ball and dribbled up field before making a pass to Ashlee Ellefsen (So., Hugo, Minn.). Ellefsen sent a through ball along the left side near the end line back to Ford who was overlapping on the play. She sent a pass into the box, but she mishit it and it went over the keeper’s head into the back of the net for her second game-winning goal in as many games.

BSU goalkeeper Samantha Ross (So., Stillwater, Minn.) played the first 45 minutes, making seven saves. Abby Kjonaas (Fr., Fargo, N.D.) came in on relief duty, playing 63:29 minutes and making a career-high 11 saves, taking the win. She moved to 2-0-0 for her career.

Ellefsen ended the season with 31 points, and Ford ended the year with 27. The combined 58 points is the most by a BSU tandem in school history, surpassing the previous high of 57 by Katie Meinhardt and Whitney Sengthao (2004).

Ellefsen also notched her seventh assist of the year, which ties the school record for most in a season, and her 31 points is third in a single season in school history.

Ford’s 11 goals this season are tied for fifth-most in a single season, and her 27 points are fifth-most in a single year.

The Beavers have three graduating seniors who played in their final collegiate game. The three seniors are Kelly Hyvare (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Lauren Olivares (El Paso, Texas) and Katherine Wheeler (Bemidji, Minn.).

Hyvare scored 23 career goals and had 19 assists for 65 career points. She is in the top three in BSU history in each category. She played in 81 games, and her 75 starts are ninth most in school history.

Olivares ended her career with 11 goals and 10 assists, which are both in the top 10 in school history. She also has 31 career points, which is ninth in school history. She played in 67 career games, making 24 career starts.

Wheeler played in 42 career games, making one start. She scored one goal for two points in her career.

 

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