Upper Arlington Won 1-0 at Crew Stadium. Ohio Played Five Girls Soccer Finals That Fall.

Ohio did not play one girls soccer final in 2025. It played five, all at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, and the OHSAA recaps published a different score for each. Upper Arlington beat Cincinnati Seton 1-0. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne beat Hudson 3-2. Bay Village Bay beat Hamilton Badin 1-0. Cincinnati Summit Country Day beat Gahanna Columbus Academy 4-0. Cincinnati Madeira beat Doylestown Chippewa 3-0.

Those are not interchangeable games. Division I was a penalty kick in the 62nd minute and a keeper who made four saves. Division II was a hat trick and a 3-2 finish. Division IV was a 23-0 shot advantage and four goals after halftime. A Columbus soccer director who posts “Saturday, the complex” is publishing less than the state posted for a single night in the same city.

The participation number behind the bracket is older than the finals and still large. The NFHS 2024-25 survey, released September 9, 2025, counted 393,048 girls in soccer, up 2.38 percent. It was the third-largest girls sport, behind outdoor track and field at 513,808 and volleyball at 492,799. Ohio had 335,808 high school participants across sports, third among states. The pipeline is already counted. The rec field still has to be named.

Who won the 2025 OHSAA girls soccer state titles?

Five schools, five scores, one stadium. Three of the finals were shutouts. Two were not.

• Division I: Upper Arlington 1, Cincinnati Seton 0. First title in school history.
• Division II: Anthony Wayne 3, Hudson 2. First title in school history.
• Division III: Bay 1, Hamilton Badin 0. Fifth title, second in a row.
• Division IV: Summit Country Day 4, Columbus Academy 0, on Nov. 7. Third straight title, sixth overall.
• Division V: Madeira 3, Chippewa 0. Madeira was 18-4-1. Chippewa was 22-2-0.

Seton was in its fourth state tournament. Columbus Academy was in its third and finished runner-up for the first time. Chippewa was runner-up for the fourth time, including a rematch of the previous year’s final. The association wrote the appearances down. A rec bracket can write the field down.

How did Upper Arlington win Division I?

Sophie Khelashvili scored from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute. The first half had ended 0-0.

The OHSAA recap says junior goalkeeper Alina Montero played all 80 minutes and made four saves. Upper Arlington had five corner kicks to Seton’s four. Each team put four shots on goal. It was Upper Arlington’s second state tournament, after 2008, and its first title. A 1-0 game is a game of one action and a lot of keeping. A Cincinnati soccer family that watched Seton, and a Columbus family that watched the Bears, both left with a score they can repeat. They should be able to repeat Saturday’s field the same way.

What did Anthony Wayne’s hat trick look like?

Lydia Smucker scored all three Anthony Wayne goals in a 3-2 win over Hudson. It was the program’s first state title.

Smucker scored in the 8th minute, again nine minutes later off a corner, and a third time seven minutes after halftime to make it 3-1. Hudson’s Hannah Meese had scored in the 37th minute to make it 2-1. Chloe Bigham scored in the 66th minute for the 3-2 final. Goalkeeper Katie Carr played all 80 minutes and made nine saves. Anthony Wayne had been state runner-up in 2019 and had reached the semifinals in 2020, 2021, and 2025. The hat trick is the line people will remember. The nine saves are why it was 3-2 and not a blowout.

Which finals stayed shutouts?

Bay, Summit Country Day, and Madeira. The margins were 1-0, 4-0, and 3-0.

Bay freshman Meg Webster scored in the 10th minute against Hamilton Badin. Junior Olivia Ruma played 40 minutes, made three saves, and allowed none in that stretch. Badin keeper Blake Sakach played all 80 minutes and made one save. It was Bay’s fifth title and second in a row, in a 10th semifinal appearance. Summit Country Day, on Nov. 7, outshot Gahanna Columbus Academy 23-0. Carolyn Federle scored 14 seconds into the second half. Aubrey Blakely scored three minutes later, assisted by Mia Stevens, and Stevens added goals in the 55th and 75th minutes. Academy keeper Taylor Gillett made six saves. Madeira beat Chippewa 3-0 in a rematch: Olivia Naegeli in the 13th minute, Natasha Davis in the 28th, Tessa Combs in the 72nd. Keeper Makayla Davenport made two saves in 80 minutes. Madeira outshot Chippewa 10-5.

How did Dublin Jerome end a six-title streak?

On penalty kicks, in the seventh round, after a 2-2 draw with Cleveland St. Ignatius in the Division I boys final on Nov. 10.

The OHSAA recap says Jerome was 15-3-5 and in its first state final. St. Ignatius was 18-1-2, in a 12th straight tournament, and had won the previous six titles. Nathan Gray put St. Ignatius ahead in the 27th minute. Brady Delmore tied it early in the second half and scored again in the 46th. Sammy Trivisonno tied it at 2-2 in the 71st. Overtime settled nothing. Sean Dempsey converted in the seventh round after keeper Mason Jestice made another save. Jestice finished with nine saves. St. Ignatius outshot Jerome 27-14. A Cleveland soccer dynasty and a Dublin first title shared one stadium and one published shootout. A rec final that ends on kicks still needs the field written down before the whistle. The recap also notes the teams had met on Oct. 11, when St. Ignatius won 2-1. The state final was the second meeting. A rec rematch should say which field the second game uses. Families should not have to remember October’s pin in November.

How many girls play high school soccer?

393,048 in the NFHS 2024-25 count, a 2.38 percent increase. That is the third-largest girls sport in the survey.

Boys soccer in the same survey was 484,908. The girls finals above are one state’s November. The 393,048 is the reason a Dallas soccer complex and a Houston soccer complex already run out of fields on Saturday. Los Angeles soccer and Chicago soccer are in the two largest participation states, Texas and California, which the NFHS listed at 879,403 and 852,575 high school athletes. Ohio’s own total was 335,808. The number does not assign Field 4. The field flip still does. Five OHSAA divisions also describe a rec complex better than a single “soccer Saturday” does. A park with five fields can host five games at once, the way Crew Stadium hosted five championships, and still fail if Field 3 and Field 5 share one arrival note. Dayton soccer families and Columbus soccer families already know what a posted score looks like. They should get a posted field that looks as finished.

What should a rec director copy from a state final?

The division, the opponent, the site, and the result. A rec game can publish age group, opponent, field, and start before it is played.

Crew Stadium held five girls finals and a boys final that went to kicks. Nobody in those recaps was told “same complex as last week.” Toledo soccer and Akron soccer families driving to a Saturday game need the same sentence: which field, which gate, which whistle. Put it in the league dashboard before a coach texts a different number from the parking lot. Coaches Pick keeps that line next to the roster. Pricing stays free for league owners.

What should a director check before the next soccer Saturday?

Each game needs its own field and start. Five finals at one stadium were still five matches.

• Every age group has a field number, not only the name of the complex.
• A 1-0 age group and a 4-0 age group are not the same time slot by accident.
• The gate matches the field, so the family is not using last week’s pin.
• Coaches and parents see the same assignment.
• A two-child household can tell which whistle is which.
• If you cite demand, cite the source: OHSAA for the scores, NFHS for the 393,048.

Upper Arlington’s title was one kick in the 62nd minute. The state wrote the minute down. A rec league can write the field down. Brands that want to be at that field can sponsor a game. Directors can request a demo. Coaches Pick stays free for league owners.