ASHLAND, Ohio - After trailing 1-0 early on a chilly Thursday evening, the Ohio Dominican men's soccer team kept their cool, rattling off four straight goals, three in the second half to down Tiffin 4-1 in the GLIAC Tournament Semifinals at Ashland's Ferguson Field.

With the win, the No. 2 seed Panthers (13-5-1) advance to take on Ashland in the conference finals at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at Ferguson Field. The No. 1 seed Eagles defeated Northwood (Mich.) 5-1 in the second semifinal.

The Dragons scored the opening goal of the tournament at the 16:33 mark in the first as Ryan Johnstone connected off a header pass from Christopher Hoerle from four yards out.

Unfazed, the Panthers responded just under three minutes later as Andrew Edler (So./Hilliard, OH) played the ball over the top to Pat McGrath (Sr./Cincinnati, OH) who beat a defender and the goalkeeper to knot the score at 1-1.

The score remained all square into the break as Tiffin posted a slim 6-4 advantage on shots.

Despite the weather, ODU began to heat up to start the second half. Just over nine minutes into the half, AJ Mueller (Sr./Dublin, OH) played a long pass to Felix Darko (Jr./Reynoldburg, OH) who beat the keeper one-on-one on the right side from  10 yards deep for his team-leading eighth score of the season and giving the Panthers their first lead of the night.   

In the 62nd minute, McGrath added his second score of the game and fifth of the season, heading in a perfectly placed cross six yards out from Duncan Campbell (Fr./Hilliard, OH) on the right side.

The Panthers added another insurance goal at the 68:24 mark as Darko flipped a header off a long pass over the attacking keeper and laid a pass to Chris Curry (Sr./Loveland, OH) for the open net score. Curry's goal was the first of his collegiate career after making the transition from defender to forward prior to the start of the season.  

ODU was able to cruise the remainder of the game as Mueller, the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year, and the Panther defense held the Offensive Player of the Year, Ashton Campbell, to just three shots and two shots on goal.