COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Summit Country Day girls soccer team is state champions 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 Cincinnati metropolitan area’s second girls soccer state championship. Madeira defeated Chippewa 3-0 in the Division V State Final Friday afternoon.

Ottawa-Glandorf (20-3-0), facing Summit for the first time, finished in second place for the fourth straight season and fifth time overall in five state championship game appearances. It became the 12th different school, and the first since Kirtland from 2017 to 2020, to play in four consecutive girls’ soccer state tournaments.

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

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

Summit outshot Ottawa-Glandorf 22-6 in 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. “You have to earn it on the field and we have worked hard to have the opportunity. The atmosphere was different this season. Last year we were hunting all season with the goal of playing for a regional title. To accomplish that 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 trip.

“This season we’ve been hounded and gotten the best out of every team we’ve played,” Fee said. “Our mentality has had to be a little different. “The girls have faced every challenge with a tough regular season schedule and tough opponents in the postseason.”

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

This weekend marks the 40th annual women’s state tournament. This year, the OHSAA expanded from three to five divisions for men’s and women’s soccer.

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

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

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