OKLAHOMA CITY – USAO kept Oklahoma City University coach Brian Harvey from getting his 800th career victory by eliminating the Stars from the Sooner Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament semifinals 3-0 on Monday at Stars Field.
Harvey will enter next season with a combined men's and women's college record of 799-323-68 in 33 years. OCU finished its season 11-3-2, while USAO (15-4-1) reached the SAC Tournament championship.
Oklahoma City won its 14th SAC regular-season title and reached double figures in wins for the 23rd time in the 25-year history of the program in 2018. Harvey has compiled a 370-121-27 mark in women's soccer and a 429-202-41 record in men's soccer. Harvey notched his 425th men's win Oct. 2 in a 3-1 victory at Texas Wesleyan.
Harvey entered this season as the NAIA's all-time wins' leader among women's coaches and sixth in all-time victories among men's coaches. The coaching veteran has forged an unmatched record, recording the most men's and women's wins in NAIA soccer history. He is the only head coach the Oklahoma City soccer program has ever had since the men's program began in 1986 and the women started in 1994. Harvey holds membership in the NAIA Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Soccer Association Hall of Fame and the OCU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Kirsten Thomas, a senior from Keller, Texas, had four saves and allowed three goals in the loss ending her season with a record of 9-3-2, while Brandi Hutchison received the win improving her record in the net to 13-4 grabbing four saves. Emma Rice snagged the game winning goal in the 27th minute for the Drovers. Mackenzie Holub scored in the 56th minute off of a Rice and Cristina Ramos attack and then in the 69th minute off a Rice cross that got past Thomas Holub sank the ball into the open net.
Madi Caputo, Natalie Eley, Sara Ricks and Jeanene Smith all led the Stars with two shot, with Eley having two shots on goal. Smith and Rachel Brantley each had one shot on goal.
The match was played under a partly cloudy sky, 60-degrees with an 8-mph northwest wind.
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament
WOMEN
At campus sites
Friday's Results
Quarterfinals
John Brown 5, Central Christian 0
Oklahoma City 4, Mid-America Christian 1
Texas Wesleyan 2, Southwestern Christian 0
USAO 5, Wayland Baptist 1
At highest remaining seed
Monday's Matches
Semifinals
USAO 3, Oklahoma City 0
John Brown (13-3-1) at Texas Wesleyan (13-3-1), 7 p.m.
Thursday's Match
Championship
USAO vs JBU-TWU winner
