The Forester women's soccer team defeated Cornell College 7-0 at home on Saturday to clinch a share of the 2024 Midwest Conference regular season title.

Lake Forest finished the regular season with a 7-0-1 record in league play, tied with Lawrence University for first place in the standings. Thanks to a better goal differential in those games, the Foresters earned the right to host next weekend's MWC Tournament and will be the top seed in the four-team event.

Junior Izzy DeStefano recorded her second collegiate hat trick and matched her career high with seven points. She gave the home team the early lead on a penalty kick in the 15th minute, took a through-ball from classmate Anna Hoffman and scored in the 55th, and added another penalty kick goal in the 61st. DeStefano now has a dozen goals this season and 25 over the last two years.

While DeStefano's first goal gave Lake Forest the lead for good, the score remained 1-0 until the final minute of the first half. Junior Caitlin Mulcahy netted her third score of the season off a pass from sophomore Isabella Rivera with just 52 seconds on the clock.

Halftime festivities included recognition of Forester seniors Kristina Kellogg, Lauren Covarrubias, Greta Gerard, Theresa Presberg, Krissy Kuwahara, and Franco Finch during the final regular season home game of their careers.

The Foresters' other five goals were scored in a 13-minute span early in the second half, beginning with DeStefano's second of the contest. Hoffman added her league-leading 15th score of the season and senior Greta Gerard followed up DeStefano's third with another penalty kick conversion. Freshman Maggie Balas closed out the scoring at the 67:44 mark with her third of the year.

Finch, Lake Forest's goalkeeper, made three saves in the team's ninth shutout in the last 11 games and 11th this season. Finch owns the lowest goals against average in the conference at 0.85 and her six shutouts are tied for the league's highest total.

Saturday's victory extended the second-longest unbeaten streak in program history to 14 games and raised the Foresters' overall record to 13-2-3. Cornell finished the year 2-13-1 overall and 1-6-1 in the MWC.

Lake Forest will take on Beloit College in Friday's 11:00 a.m. semifinal on Mohr Field. Lawrence will face Grinnell College in the other semifinal at 2:00 and the winners will play in the final 24 hours later.