COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Ursinus junior midfielder Megan Yoder (Lititz, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) had three goals and an assist as third-ranked Ursinus (17-2) defeated Haverford (9-10) 10-2 Saturday afternoon in the Centennial Conference semifinals at Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnae Field.
The Bears will face Johns Hopkins, as the third-seeded Blue Jays defeated Gettysburg 4-3, in the second semifinal of the day.
Ursinus held a 44-8 advantage on shots, and will try for its sixth-straight Centennial Conference title Sunday at 1 p.m.
Senior forward Jessica Zatwarnicki (Reading, Pa./Exeter), and sophomore forward Alyssa Thren (Barto, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) had two goals each for Ursinus.
Ursinus took a 1-0 lead 12 minutes in when junior forward Jennifer Bayzick (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area) scored on a rebound. The Bears added their second goal four minutes later, as Yoder scored on an assist by junior back Taylor Weidensaul (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin).
The lead grew to 3-0 at 19:14 when senior midfielder Sarah Brant (Collegeville, Pa./The Hill School) scored her first goal of the season on an assist by junior midfielder Michelle Wimmer (Palm, Pa./Upper Perkiomen).
Haverford scored its lone goal of the first half to cut the deficit to 3-1 at 22:23 when freshman midfielder Bridget Gibbons scoed her ninth goal of the season on a rebound.
Ursinus added two more goals before the end of the half, as Yoder scored at 23:29, followed by a goal from Thren at 28 minutes even for a 5-1 halftime lead.
In the second half, Haverford got on the board as sophomore midfielder Juliana Morgan-Trostle scored on a shot between the pads of Ursinus senior goalkeeper Erica Scott (Carney's Point, N.J./St. Elizabeth) at 36:08 for a 5-2 Ursinus lead.
From that points, Ursinus went up 6-2 at 39:43 when Yoder scored her third goal of the game, followed by a goal from senior forward Jessica Zatwarnicki (Reading, Pa./Exeter) at 41:08 on an assist by Yoder.
Weidensaul scored her lone goal of the game at 50:15 when she blasted a shot from the left side, for a 8-2 lead.
Zatwarnicki then scored at 59:46 on an assist from junior back Lindsay Doutt (Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), followed by the last goal of the game from Thren at 63:38.
Scott finished with one save in 46 minutes, while junior goalkeeper LauraLee Lightwood-Mater (Bethlehem, Pa./George School) held the Fords scoreless in 24 minutes.
For Haverford, junior Maggie Cronin had six saves in the first half, while freshman goalkeeper Sydney Hyder had 14 saves in the second half.