Ohio Wesleyan 11, Whittier 10

April 6, 2006

Freshman attacker Karl Zimmerman (Utica, Mich./Brother Rice) scored the game-winning goal with 2:29 left in regulation time to lift Ohio Wesleyan over Whittier in non-conference action on Thursday at Liberty High School in Powell.

Zimmerman scored off a pass from senior attacker Jarred Law (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) to break a 10-10 tie and give the Bishops the lead for good.

Whittier had rallied from a 10-7 deficit in the fourth quarter, tying the game on goals by Dave Gerbarg, Matt Mulry and Conner Schryver, setting the stage for Zimmerman's score.

After the teams battled to a 4-4 tie at halftime, the Bishops outscored the Poets 4-1 in the third quarter, getting a pair of goals from sophomore midfielder Chris Eccles (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) and single scores from freshman midfielder Phillip Johnson (Dallas, Texas/Jesuit) and sophomore midfielder Nick Gallagher (Columbus/Dublin Scioto).

Gallagher added another score early in the fourth quarter to give Ohio Wesleyan a 9-5 lead.

Whittier closed to within 9-7 on scores by David Denniston and Peter Hinton, the latter with 10:25 left in regulation time.

The Bishops answered with a goal by junior attacker John Kingston (Huntington, N.Y.) with 8:37 remaining, setting up the final few minutes of action.

Gallagher led the Bishops with 4 goals, while Eccles finished with 2 goals and 4 assists.

Sophomore Ryan Perone (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep) had 12 saves for Ohio Wesleyan.

Gerbarg led the Poets with 4 goals, and Hinton finished with 2 goals.

Ben Brown stopped 9 shots in the Whitter goal.

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