Ohio Wesleyan 4, Oberlin 3

Oct. 10, 2006

Sophomore midfielder Shannon McHenry (Powell/Rancho Buena Vista (Calif.)) scored the game-winning goal less than a minute into the first overtime period as Ohio Wesleyan knocked off defending North Coast Athletic Conference champion Oberlin on Tuesday at Selby Field.

Freshman midfielder Kat Mannix (Philadelphia, Pa./Berkshire (Mass.) School) moved the ball up the left side and centered it to McHenry, whose shot got past Oberlin keeper Lauren Malinowski with 14:09 left in the extra session.

Ohio Wesleyan had built a 3-0 lead early in the second half.

The Bishops broke the scoreless deadlock during the final minute of the first half, when sophomore defender Helen Herr (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Christian) took a shot from the right side of the circle. The ball glanced off an Oberlin defender's stick and caromed to junior defender Diana Boryczewski (Kensington, Conn./Kingswood Oxford), who scored with :25 left in the period.

The Bishops increased their lead to 2-0 on a breakaway goal by junior midfielder Maggie Donovan (Westport, Conn./Staples) in the 41st minute.

Senior attacker Julie Higgins (Gladstone, N.J./Voorhees) hiked the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 3-0 when she took a pass from sophomore midfielder Tara Porter (Chicago, Ill./Berkshire (Mass.) School) and finished the chance in the 48th minute.

Oberlin got on the scoreboard just over a minute later, when Christine Politis sent the ball into the circle and Catherine Meredith redirected it just inside the left post with 21:33 left in regulation time.

The Yeowomen closed to within 3-2 on a virtually identical play. Claire Cheney fielded an Oberlin penalty corner and sent the ball toward the left post, where Ashley Allen tipped it in with 14:24 on the clock.

The Politis-to-Meredith combination clicked again for Oberlin, with Politis sending the ball from the left side across the goal mouth to Meredith, who knocked it inside the right post to complete the Yeowomen comeback and even the game at 3-3 with 9:27 to play in regulation time.

Ohio Wesleyan had a chance to take the lead in the 64th minute when senior attacker Abbey Kelley (West Bloomfield, Mich./Mercy) set sail on a breakaway. Malinowski came out of her cage and broke up the play, with Ohio Wesleyan getting a corner. The Bishops got 3 shots off the ensuing corner, but the Oberlin defense held on, with Malinowski making a save to preserve the tie.

Oberlin outshot Ohio Wesleyan, 37-29. Junior Katie Jones (Pine Plains, N.Y./Stissing Mountain) had 11 saves in the Ohio Wesleyan cage and Malinowski finished with 11 saves for the Yeowomen.

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