The fourth-seeded John Carroll women's soccer team aimed to finish off a spectacular run to the Ohio Athletic Conference championship match with a victory, but it was Capital University that flexed its muscles and took home the hardware with a 4-2 win.

Riding high on a four-match winning streak, the third-seeded Crusaders found the net twice in the first 12 minutes of the contest.  Lauren Roy led off the scoring in the eighth minute, and Natalie Fiorelli put the home team up 2-0 with her eighth goal of the year in the 12th.

Capital controlled the ball for much of the first half, but in the 30th minute, John Carroll freshman forward Kaylin Akerly took a lob pass from Cara McDevitt and swung her right leg, and the momentum, with her ninth goal of the season.

The second half, however, belonged to the Crusaders.  After an early run by the Blue Streaks that featured a sequence of three straight bocked shots, Capital went on the offensive.

Delaney Thompson gave the Crusaders a 3-1 cushion with her score off a corner in the 53rd minute, before teammate Hilary Ells tacked on Capital's final goal less than four minutes later.

John Carroll senior and leading-scorer Colleen Harmon rounded out the scoring with her 11th goal of the year on an assist from Genny Goergen in the 78th minute.

The Blue Streaks outshot the Crusaders, 24-16, in the contest, but could not dig itself out of a 4-1 second-half hole.

Despite the loss, the Blue Streaks earned a program-record 14 wins in 2011, and upset top-seeded and nationally ranked Ohio Northern to reach the OAC championship match. 

John Carroll will bid farewell to seven seniors, who piloted a 14-8 season that included a 9-1 home record at Don Shula Stadium.

Capital, who defeated the Blue Streaks, 3-0, on the same field on October 29, improves to 7-0-2 this season at Bernlohr Stadium.