Ohio Wesleyan 16, Mount St. Joseph 5

April 23, 2008

Junior attacker Nick Gallagher (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) scored 3 goals and sophomore attacker Rob Young (Langhorne, Pa./Council Rock South) added 2 more as Ohio Wesleyan opened the game with a 7-0 run and went on to defeat Mount St. Joseph in non-conference play on Wednesday in Cincinnati.

Gallagher's goal 2 minutes into the game put the Bishops on the scoreboard, and he added a goal midway through the first quarter for a 2-0 Ohio Wesleyan lead.

Senior midfielder Trevor Jones (Flanders, N.J./West Morris Mendham) followed with a goal, and Young added a pair of goals 20 seconds apart to stretch the Bishop lead to 5-0, and Gallagher and junior midfielder Connor McGowan (Worthington/Thomas Worthington) scored to give Ohio Wesleyan a 7-0 lead.

Mike Murphy put the Lions on the scoreboard late in the first quarter, but that would be it for Mount St. Joseph during the first half as the Bishop defense shut out the hosts during the second quarter.

Ohio Wesleyan got a pair of goals from Gallagher and single scores by senior midfielder Chris Eccles (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) and senior attacker Harrison Iuliano (Mendham, N.J./Blair Academy) made it an 11-1 game at halftime.

Gallagher led the Bishops with 7 goals and an assist, while Young finished with 2 goals.

Freshman Jud Hall (Columbus/Upper Arlington) was credited with 5 saves, while freshman Frankie Weschler (Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy) and freshman Andrew Busweiler (West Islip, N.Y.) were not tested during their fourth-quarter stints in the Bishop goal.

Anthony Pezzuitt scored 2 goals for Mount St. Joseph. Eric Wolery had 21 saves in the Lion cage.

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