OXFORD, Ohio- The Miami soccer team shut out rival Ohio 1-0 at Bobby Kramig Field Thursday afternoon to clinch a spot in the MAC Tournament. The RedHawks completed their first unbeaten home season since 1999 and improve their overall record to 8-4-6 (4-3-4 in MAC). Ohio falls to 10-4-4 (5-3-3 in MAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Dominique Popa kept the game level after Anna Burchett took a long-range effort and she punched it over the bar in the 65th minute. 
• In the 68th minute, Taylor Hamlett got in a cross to the back post that was knocked down by a Bobcat defender, but Makenna Morrison pounced on it and put it past Celeste Sloma to give Miami the lead. 

NOTES

• Miami finishes the home regular season with a 4-0-5 mark at Bobby Kramig Field and has an 11-game home unbeaten streak dating to last October.
• The RedHawks had 12 shots to the Bobcats' nine.
• Miami had nine corners to Ohio's one.
• Popa made two saves and recorded her sixth clean sheet of the season.  

UP NEXT:
Fifth-seeded Miami begins MAC Tournament play on Sunday, November 3 at fourth-seeded Kent State. The match will begin at 1 p.m. in Kent, Ohio. More information is available here.