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Semifinals: Wednesday, Oct. 31		Championship: Saturday, November 3
#4 Allegheny 0 at #1 Kenyon 0 (2ot) (boxscore)		Ohio Wesleyan 1, Allegheny 0 (boxscore)
Allegheny advances on penalty kicks (6-5)
#2 Ohio Wesleyan 0, #3 Wittenberg 0 (2ot) (boxscore)
Ohio Wesleyan advances on penalty kicks (5-3)

Ohio Wesleyan claimed its sixth North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 1-0 victory over Allegheny in the final game. The Battling Bishops' goal, scored by freshman back Eric Laipple in the 25th minute, was not only the lone goal of the game, but also was the lone goal of the three-game tournament. Both the Bishops and Gators tied their semifinal opponents, 0-0, in double overtime, then emerged victorious after penalty kicks. OWU slipped past third-seeded Wittenberg, 5-3, while the Gators outlasted top-seeded Kenyon, 6-5. Allegheny and the Lords matched each other through the first round of five PKs, and then through a pair of sudden-death rounds before Gator junior Pat Doherty found the back of the net, and senior goalkeeper Ryan Larkin stopped Kenyon's final PK attempt.

Ohio Wesleyan kept their tourney streak alive - the Bishops have never lost a conference tournament championship game. As the tournament champion, Ohio Wesleyan earned the Conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament. This will be the Bishops' NCAA-record 30th appearance in the event.

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