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Ohio Wesleyan 13, St. Vincent 8
March 21, 2009
![[ Jessica Copeland ]](../images/copelan2.jpg)
Junior midfielder Jessica Copeland (Ligonier, Pa./Foxcroft (Va.))
scored twice during a 5-0 run that gave the Bishops the lead for good, and Ohio Wesleyan held off a second-half rally to defeat St. Vincent in non-conference action on Saturday in Latrobe, Pa.
Junior midfielder Haleigh Rohr (Nelson, N.H./Northfield Mt. Hermon (Mass.)) tallied a pair of goals, the first off a feed from Copeland, as the Bishops took an early 2-0 lead.
The Bearcats answered with 5 straight scores, with Liz Louison compiling 2 goals and an assist during that run, to take a 5-2 lead midway through the first half.
Copeland scored off an assist from senior midfielder Hannah Mudge (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School) to end that St. Vincent spree, and junior midfielder Abbey Miller (Woolwich, Maine/Morse) and freshman defender Kat Enders (Lake Oswego, Ore./St. Mary's Academy) followed with goals to tie the game at 5-5 with 3:21 left in the first half.
Mudge rang up an unassisted goal less than a minute later, putting Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay, and Copeland finished off the first half with an unassisted score with 1:16 left in the half, giving the Bishops a 7-5 lead at halftime.
Sophomore midfielder Marlowe Mavian (Columbus/Wellington) opened the second half with a score to extend the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 8-5, but the Bearcats came back, pulling to within 8-7 on Anne Roslonski's goal midway through the half, and the Bearcats were still within 9-8 after Mudge and St. Vincent's Kelly Naugle traded goals.
Ohio Wesleyan then slammed the door on the Bearcats by scoring the last 4 goals of the game, with Rohr, Enders, Mudge, and Copeland each scoring once during the game-ending run.
Copeland led the Bishops with 3 goals and 2 assists, while Mudge and Rohr each finished with 3 goals and an assist.
Freshman Liz Searfos (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) posted 12 saves during 52-plus minutes of action in the Ohio Wesleyan goal, while freshman Lauren Figy (Westfield, Mass.) had 1 save during her 7 minutes in the crease.
Roslonski, Louison, and Sarah Peranteau each scored twice for St. Vincent. Erica Lisi had 21 saves for the Bearcats.