Ohio Wesleyan 3, Pitt-Greensburg 1
Kalamazoo 1, Kean 0

Sept. 3, 2004

Sophomore midfielder Nick Markovich (Upper Arlington) scored the game-winning goal and junior forward Jeff Fisher (Westerville/North) added an insurance score as the Ohio Wesleyan men's soccer team opened its 2004 season with a win over Pitt-Greensburg in first-round action of the annual Fred Myers Invitational on Friday at Roy Rike Field.

Ohio Wesleyan advances to the tournament championship game to face Kalamazoo (Mich.) at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The consolation game will pit Kean against Pitt-Greensburg at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The Bishops had a couple good chances to score in the early going. Fisher wheeled and fired a shot from the right side of the box in the 11th minute, but Bobcat keeper John Harshman was there at the right post for the save.

Ohio Wesleyan had another chance just over a minute later when freshman forward Damon Wilson (Mullica Hill, N.J./St. Andrews (Del.)) was taken down in the box. Junior midfielder Ryan Martin (Dublin/Wellington) lined up for a penalty kick, but his blast went over the crossbar.

Pitt-Greensburg drew first blood in the 18th minute when Justin Innocent took a restart from about 25 yards out. Bishop keeper Tom Yaggi (Toledo/St. Francis de Sales) went up to bat the ball over the goal, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced straight down and into the net for a 1-0 Bobcat lead.

Ohio Wesleyan evened the game late in the first half on a Pitt-Greensburg own goal. Sophomore midfielder Brandon Bianco (Powell/Olentangy) beat a Bobcat defender along the left end line and centered the ball, but Bobcat defender Kris Richardson inadvertantly struck the ball into his own net with 8:19 left in the first half.

The Bishops turned up the offensive pressure in the second half and struck quickly for the go-ahead goal.

Sophomore forward Kevin Lehman (Easton, Conn./Barlow) centered the ball from the left end line to Markovich, whose header found the back of the net to put the Bishops ahead to stay.

Fisher followed with an unassisted goal in the 58th minute. He eluded a Bobcat defender near the top of the box and cracked a low shot into the back of the net.

Ohio Wesleyan outshot Pitt-Greensburg, 17-3. Freshman Chris Brown (Fitzwilliam, N.H./St. Bernards) had 1 save in the second half in the Bishop goal. Harshman finished with 5 saves for Pitt-Greensburg.

In Friday's opener, Kalamazoo's Steve Dendler scored exactly 7:00 into the second half to lift the Hornets over Kean.

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