Senior defender
Adi Turnbaugh has been named the 2026 Great Midwest Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament's Most Valuable Player, as the league announced its all-tournament team on Wednesday (Nov. 11) afternoon.
The No. 15-ranked Eagles won on penalty kicks, 3-2, following a 0-0 draw vs. Findlay in a tournament semifinal on Thursday (Nov. 5), then won 1-0 at Cedarville in the championship game on Saturday (Nov. 7).
Turnbaugh scored the only goal in that title game in the 51
st minute, and led an AU defense which turned in a pair of clean sheets.
Joining Turnbaugh as Eagles on the all-tournament team are sophomore goalkeeper
Izzy Ezzone, sophomore midfielder
Karleigh Cress, freshman defender
Addi Burkemper, and junior midfielder
Sofia Divine.
Ashland (14-3-3), the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region, will face No. 7 seed Grand Valley State (11-4-5) at 3 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 13) in a first-round NCAA Division II game at Ferguson Field.
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