The Beloit College women's soccer team put together a historic season that culminated with a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Their phenomenal run came to an end Saturday with a 4-0 loss to host Washington University in St. Louis. 

Making their tournament debut against a perennial powerhouse, Beloit had their work cutout for them. The Bears took an early lead finding the back of the net in the first five minutes. WashU added three more over the next 85 minutes to advance in the tournament. 

The 2021 Buccaneers wrote their name all over program history. Beloit won the Midwest Conference Tournament title with a brilliant shootout win over Knox College to secure the team's first league tournament championship in program history. With that win, the Bucs punched their first ticket to the NCAA Division III tournament. 

Before making their debut, four Bucs including Natalie Ortiz, Makenna Downing, Lauryn Volza and Audrey Ketterer were named All-Midwest Conference. The largest contingent to be named all-league for Beloit since the early 1990s. Additionally,  Connor McKee became the third Bucs' third head coach to earn MWC Coach of the Year honors. 

The Bucs defense also set a number of program records along the way including fewest goals allowed in a season (16) and lowest goals against average (.84). The individual goals against average for the three Beloit goalies in the usual rotation take over the top three spots in the program record book.