The unlikely journey of the party crashers known as the John Carroll men's soccer team ended in Ada, Ohio, Saturday afternoon after a loss to the Ohio Northern Polar Bears, 5-0, in the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament championship match.

The Blue Streaks ended the 2011 season with a 12-8 overall record, including a 7-2 in the OAC.  Playing against Ohio Northern marked John Carroll's 11th appearance in the 20-year history of the OAC postseason playoffs.

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John Carroll kept Ohio Northern at bay until Nathan Bascom snuck a shot into the empty net after his first shot had been deflected.  From then on, the Blue Streaks could not keep up as the Polar Bears would go on to score two more times in the first half and two times in the second half.

For the first time since 2006 (which was also Ohio Northern), the same team that won the regular season crown in the OAC also won the tournamernt.

Not much was expected of the Blue Streaks in 2011 after graduating 12 seniors and seven starters from last year's squad.

But JCU stunned Baldwin-Wallace, who spent a better part of the season in the regional and national rankings on two occasions -- once in the regular season and once in the postseason -- to finish second in the league with a 7-2 record and as OAC tournament runner-up.

The Blue Streaks will say goodbye to six seniors, who tallied over 40 wins and four tournament appearances: Carl Contrascier, Jake Milli, Corey Rider, Ben Vietmeier, John Gabriele, and Joey Grace. But just by playing today, they became the 20th consecutive senior class at John Carroll to play in at least one OAC title match during the course of their careers.