COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Summit Country Day girls soccer team is state champion for the fifth time in program history, including the second consecutive season.

Summit Country Day defeated Ottawa-Glandorf 3-0 Friday night in the Division IV state final at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus. Summit Country Day also won the 2023 Division II state championship.

Summit Country Day is just the third school (Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit – 11, Strongsville – 5) with at least five girls soccer state championships, according to the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Summit Country Day’s previous state titles came in 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2023.

Friday also marked the second state championship for Greater Cincinnati girls soccer. Madeira defeated Chippewa 3-0 in the match State final division V Friday afternoon.

Ottawa-Glandorf (20-3-0), meeting Summit for the first time, finished in first place for the fourth straight season and fifth overall in five state championship games. It became the 12th different school — and Kirtland’s first since 2017-20 — to play in four consecutive girls soccer tournaments.

Summit Country Day (22-1-1) led 1-0 at halftime Friday night. Abigayle Penote’s shot rattled the crossbar, then deflected off the back of an Ottawa-Glandorf player and into the net.

Carolyn Federle scored on an unassisted goal to give Summit a 2-0 lead. Alex Gardner scored on a header off Emma Gibson’s corner kick to give Summit a 3-0 lead.

Summit outshot Ottawa-Glandorf 22-6 for the game. Summit had seven corner kicks to Ottawa-Glandorf’s five.

Summit coach Mike Fee told the team this week to be thankful and grateful for the opportunity to play in a state final.

“Playing at this late stage is never guaranteed,” Fee said. “It has to be won on the field and I worked hard for this opportunity. The vibe was different this season. Last year we hunted the entire season with the goal of playing for a regional title. To accomplish this and beat an incredibly talented Rocky River team in the finals was a surprise.”

Fee said earlier this week that the outlook was different for this year’s ride.

“This season we’ve been hunted and we’ve gotten the best from every team we’ve played,” Fee said. “Our mentality had to be a little different. The girls met all the challenges with a tough regular season schedule and tough opponents in the postseason.”

Fee, who completed his 24th year^th season as a head coach, he has a 335-106-44 coaching record.

This weekend is the 40th annual girls state tournament. This year, the OHSAA expanded from three to five soccer divisions for both girls and boys.

On Sunday, Indian Hill plays Twinsburg in the Division III boys soccer state final at 1 p.m.

On Nov. 11, Summit Country Day plays Minford at 4:00 pm in the Division V boys soccer state final.

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