By Andrew Korba

The No.12 Ohio Northern men's soccer team kicked off their season in dominating fashion, defeating Geneseo State (N.Y.) by a 4-0 score Saturday afternoon at the Hern Lauffer Memorial Tournament hosted by Penn State Behrend.

Northern (1-0-0) advances to the championship game tommorrow and will face off against Centre (Ky.) at 11:30 am.

The Knights fall to 0-1-0.

ONU got on the board first in the 27th minute when senior Nate Bascom beat the goalie who came out on the play.

Northern would tack on three goals in the second half, all within 20 minutes of each other.

First, freshman Keegan Ross took a pass from senior Cameron Johnson and scored in the 58th minute.

Then, in the 60th minute, Johnson took a pass from Ross put it in the net to give the Polar Bears a 3-0 lead.

Freshman Chase Mueller would put the game away with a bending shot into the net to give ONU a 4-0 lead in the 76th minute.

Senior goalie Mac Church made one save and picked up his first victory of the season.

Nick Voggel made five saves for Geneseo State and falls to 0-1-0.

ONU fired 16 shots on the day with nine of them being on goal compared to just five shots for the Knights with just one on goal.