Ohio Wesleyan 26, Mount St. Joseph 4

March 24, 2007

Junior midfielder Chris Eccles (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) set up Ohio Wesleyan's first 2 goals and the Battling Bishops got first-quarter scores from 5 different players on the way to a non-conference win over Mount St. Joseph on Saturday at Selby Field.

Eccles fed sophomore attacker Eric Turner (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) for the Bishops' first goal, a shot from the right side that found the upper left corner of the Lion goal with 10:58 left in the first period. Eccles then set up sophomore attacker Karl Zimmerman (Utica, Mich./Brother Rice) for a score midway through the quarter.

Freshman attacker Chris Ehlinger (Radnor, Pa.), senior midfielder B.C. Green (Cazenovia, N.Y.) and junior defenseman Andres McAlister (Washington, D.C./Gonzaga) added goals to increase the Ohio Wesleyan to 5-0 after the first quarter.

The Bishops sealed the game by erupting for 3 goals during the first minute of the second quarter. Turner fed sophomore attacker Dave Castignola (Dublin/Scioto) for a score 14 seconds into the quarter, then junior midfielder Steve Fowler (Wilton, Conn.) followed with a score at the 14:15 mark and Turner scored off a feed from freshman midfielder Peter Boucher (Harrison, N.Y./Salisbury (Conn.) School) just 8 seconds later for an 8-0 Bishop lead.

Sophomore midfielder Brian Deal (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) and Eccles added goals as Ohio Wesleyan extended its lead to 10-0 midway through the quarter.

Mount St. Joseph got on the scoreboard on a diving shot by Michael Basch with 5:08 left in the first half, but Ohio Wesleyan scored the final 4 goals of the quarter, with Eccles and Castignola each contributing a goal and an assist during that stretch.

Eccles led the Bishops with 2 goals and 4 assists. Freshman attacker James McCready (East Aurora, N.Y./Iroquois) scored a team-high 5 goals, Turner finished with 3 goals and an assist, and Castignola and freshman attacker Rob Young (Langhorne, Pa./Council Rock South) contributed 2 goals and an assist apiece.

Junior Ryan Perone (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep) had 8 saves during the first half, while freshman Gavin Bennett (Lebanon, N.J./The Millbrook (N.Y.) School) had 5 saves during the second half.

Basch led the Lions with 3 goals, and Neal Barnes had 2 assists.

Blake Herner was credited with 16 saves in the Lion goal.

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