ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drury and McKendree will battle for the 2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Women's Soccer Championship crown, as the two programs will kick off at 12 PM Central Time from Creve Coeur Park Soccer Complex in St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday afternoon.
The fifth-seeded Panthers won on penalties, 4-2, over the eight-seed Missouri S&T in Friday's first semifinal game, while the second-seeded Bearcats defeated third-seeded Maryville 2-1 in the first overtime period, in the second semifinal. This is the first time Drury and McKendree have matched up in the championship game.
The Championship broadcast on Sunday will begin at approximately 11:50 AM CT and can be viewed live behind a paywall on
GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. For more information, visit the championship central page at
GLVCsports.com/2025wsoc.
SEMIFINAL RESULTS
#5 Drury 1, #8 Missouri S&T 1 (DU adv. on PKs, 4-2)
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- S&T’s Grace Kohler kicked off the scoring in the 17th minute.
- DU’s Holland Hawkins answered immediately in the 18th.
- S&T’s Anastasia Barcom made eight saves while DU’s Katy Fitzler made six before the penalty shootout.
- DU’s Fitzler saved S&T’s Allie Workman’s penalty while DU’s Leah McDonald scored the winning kick to send DU to the final.
- This will be DU’s third time playing in the championship match.
#2 McKendree 1, #3 Maryville 0 (OT)
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- MCK’s Perry Rogan scored the game-winning goal in the 95th minutes after two scoreless regulation halves.
- MU’s Agnes Vilen made three saves.
- MCK's Peyton Baker stopped six shots.
- This will be the seventh time MCK has played in the championship match.
- In the championship game in back-to-back seasons since 2019-2020/21.