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Ohio Wesleyan 11, Wooster 7
April 9, 2008
![[ Nick Gallagher ]](../images/gallaghr.jpg)
Junior attacker Nick Gallagher (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) scored twice as Ohio Wesleyan opened the second half with a 3-0 run and added a fourth-quarter score as the Bishops held off a Wooster rally to take a North Coast Athletic Conference win on Wednesday at Selby Field.
Senior midfielder Steve Fowler (Wilton, Conn.) put the Bishops on the scoreboard in the third minute of play and senior midfielder Chris Eccles (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) added a man-up goal shortly thereafter as the Bishops took an early 2-0 lead.
Wooster came back with a score by Mark Weschler, and Gallagher and Wooster's Matt Pullara traded goals as the first quarter ended with Ohio Wesleyan holding a 3-2 lead.
Sophomore attacker Chris Ehlinger (Radnor, Pa.) and Fowler scored to extend the Bishop lead to 5-2 late in the second quarter.
The Fighting Scots closed to within 5-3 on Chris Gatsch's man-up goal with 1:54 left in the half, but Ohio Wesleyan seized the momentum back when Gallagher found sophomore midfielder Chaz Narwicz (Yardley, Pa./Holy Ghost Prep) for a goal with 1:07 to play in the period.
Gallagher scored a pair of goals 90 seconds apart midway through the third quarter, and sophomore attacker Rob Young (Langhorne, Pa./Council Rock South) followed with a goal less than a minute later to give the Bishops a 9-3 lead.
Wooster closed to within 9-4 on a Cole Simmons score, then tallied a pair of man-up goals in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to 9-6, but Gallagher ended that Wooster run with a goal off a feed from Fowler, and the Ohio Wesleyan defense held the Fighting Scots off the scoreboard for nearly 8 minutes in preserving the lead.
Gallagher led the Bishops with 4 goals and an assist, while Fowler finished with 2 goals and 2 assists.
Senior Ryan Perone (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep) went the distance in the Bishop goal, recording 6 saves.
Weschler and Coyne each contributed 2 goals and an assist for Wooster. Matt Biester had 5 saves in the Fighting Scot crease.
