2018 GLIAC Women's Soccer Tournament Central

ALLENDALE -- The Saginaw Valley State University Women's Soccer team, fresh off a 4-0 shutout victory over Parkside in the 2018 GLIAC Women's Soccer Quarterfinals, have advanced on to play in the tournament's semifinals round this weekend.

The Cardinals, seeded #3 in the annual postseason tournament, will square-off with #2 Ferris State University on Friday. First kick is set for 7:30 p.m. at Grand Valley State University.

The winner of that match will face the winner of the GVSU / Ashland match that is to be played at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. 

Saginaw Valley stands at 12-3-3 overall on the season and the 12 victories are the most since the 2009 campaign. The team has a program record nine shutouts and and looking to make another run in this year's tournament. In 2017, the Cards finished runner-up to GV in their first appearance in the tournament's title match since 2012. 

The Bulldogs are 15-2-2 overall and ranked #14 in the nation. The teams have met twice this season, with Ferris defeating SVSU 2-1 in an early season regional match at SVSU before the two teams tied 1-1 in Big Rapids on Sep. 30. 

2018 GLIAC Women's Soccer Tournament

Quarterfinals – Tuesday, Oct. 30

Hosted at higher seed campus site

Match 1 (3 PM):  No. 1 Grand Valley State vs. No. 8 Purdue Northwest, 6-1 | BOX SCORE
GVSU: Radamaker (Trombley) 13'
GVSU: Baron (Cook) 14'
GVSU: Lierman (Radamaker) 31'
GVSU: Becker (Sagara) 50'
PNW: Hanson (Abdulla) 60'
GVSU: Sagara (Dehaan) 72'
GVSU: Cook (Graves) 73'

Match 2:  No. 5 Ashland def. No. 4 Michigan Tech, 1-0 | BOX SCORE
AU: Kelly (Baker) 48'

Match 3:  No. 2 Ferris State def. No. 7 Davenport, 4-1 | BOX SCORE
FSU: Campbell 32'
FSU: Dubbert (Verhage) 46'
FSU: Verhage (Dawes) 68'
FSU: Gilmore 76'
DU: Stone (Linsell) 87'

Match 4:  No. 3 Saginaw Valley def. No. 6 Parkside, 4-0 | BOX SCORE
SVSU: Vanderhoff (Dunn) 24'
SVSU: Muana (Minissale) 51'
SVSU: Vanderhoff (Giambanco) 69'
SVSU: Ismail (Schultz) 88'

Semifinals – Friday, Nov. 2

Hosted by Grand Valley State University

Match 5 (5 PM): No. 1 Grand Valley State vs. No. 5 Ashland | LIVE STATS | VIDEO

Match 6 (7:30 PM): No. 2 Ferris State vs. No. 3 Saginaw Valley | LIVE STATS | VIDEO

Championship – Sunday, Nov. 4

Hosted by Grand Valley State University

Match 7 (1 PM): Match 5 Winner vs. Match 6 Winner | LIVE STATS | VIDEO