Top-ranked Carmel won its fourth IHSAA Girls Soccer state title with a dominating 5-0 victory over first-time state finalist Chesterton. The Greyhounds, who won the inaugural IHSAA state tournament in 1994, also took top honors in 1995 and 1997. They were the state runner-up in 1996.

Carmel’s five goals was a state championship game record, and the Greyhounds finished tournament play unscored upon in eight games.

Emily Hunter, a senior back at Carmel, was named the 2000 recipient of the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award in Girls Soccer.

A three-year varsity member, Hunter started 32 games during her career. Academically, she ranks No. 1 in a senior class of 794 students and scored a 1,430 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. She is a member of the National Honor Society and the school’s student congress. Her college choice is undecided between Duke, Notre Dame or Wake Forest. Her career goal is to become a cardiovascular surgeon.

Farm Bureau Insurance, corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 check to Carmel High School in Hunter’s honor.

Carmel 3, Noblesville 0.

Chesterton 2, Evansville Memorial 1, sudden death shootout.

Carmel 5, Chesterton 0.

Top-ranked Carmel scored a decisive 3-0 victory over Noblesville and Chesterton outlasted Evansville Memorial 2-1 in a sudden-death shootout to advance to tonight’s championship game at 6 p.m.

Junior forward Vanessa Schwoegler tallied the winning shot for Chesterton (22-1-0) as the Trojans prevailed 5-4 in the shootout. The victory gave them their first berth in a state championship game. After a scoreless first half, senior forward Katie Keown gave Evansville Memorial (16-6-1) a 1-0 lead with 8:31 gone in the second half. Chesterton sophomore Amanda Harsy scored at 14:14 to tie the game. Schwoegler’s heroics came after the teams battled through two scoreless overtime periods and then deadlocked 4-4 on penalty kicks. Overall, Chesterton held a 6-1 shots-on-goal edge.

In the other game, Carmel maintained its tournament scoreless string as Noblesville (14-4-4) became the Greyhounds’ seventh straight shutout victim. Carmel held an 11-1 shots-on-goal edge.

Carmel (21-1-1), the state champion in 1994, 1995 and 1997, scored all of its goals in the first half. Goals came from junior Lesley Wells (21:43), senior Emily Heitholt (32:41) and senior Keeley Dowling (37:31).