Ohio Wesleyan 25, Morrisville State 20

April 5, 2009

Senior attacker Tara Porter (North Quincy, Mass./Berkshire School) scored 3 goals as Ohio Wesleyan opened the game with a 5-1 run and went on to outscore Morrisville (N.Y.) State in non-conference action on Sunday in Oneonta, N.Y.

The game, originally scheduled to be played at Morrisville State, was moved to the campus of Hartwick College when Morrisville State's field was rendered unplayable.

Porter put the Bishops on the scoreboard just over a minute into the game, and after Jennifer Caffarelli evened things for the Mustangs, it was Porter again, tallying another unassisted goal to kick off a 4-0 Bishop run.

Sophomore midfielder Marlowe Mavian (Columbus/Wellington) scored just over a minute later, then Porter converted a free-position shot and junior midfielder Jessica Copeland (Ligonier, Pa./Foxcroft (Va.)) added a score to give the Bishops a 5-1 lead exactly 10 minutes into the contest.

Senior midfielder Hannah Mudge (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School) scored twice during another 4-0 Bishop run, this one extending the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 11-3 with 9:36 left in the first half.

Copeland, Mudge, and Mavian added goals to give Ohio Wesleyan a 14-4 lead with 3:21 remaining in the period.

The Mustangs rallied with a pair of goals by Caffarelli and another by Sybil Stanton to close to within 15-7 at halftime, and early in the second half, Morrisville State got consecutive scores by Amanda Walter, Stanton, and Caffarelli to cut the deficit to 16-10.

Ohio Wesleyan reeled off 3 straight goals of its own, with junior midfielder Abbey Miller (Woolwich, Maine/Morse), Porter, and Mudge providing the scoring.

Morrisville State countered with scores by Caffarelli and Stanton, only to see the Bishops respond with goals by Miller and Copeland.

The Mustangs chipped away at the deficit, scoring back-to-back goals on 3 more occasions and coming as close as 23-18 on Elizabeth Peck's free-position shot with 9:18 left in regulation time.

Miller recorded a pair of unassisted goals less than a minute apart, restoring the Bishop lead to 25-18.

Morrisville State got scores from Elizabeth Fish and Peck to pull within 25-20 with 4:26 left, but that was as close as the Mustangs would come.

Ohio Wesleyan's 25 goals tied the school record set against Earlham on April 30, 1996. The 45 goals scored by both teams also tied the Ohio Wesleyan record, set in a 23-22 Bishop win over Kenyon on April 21, 1998.

Porter led the Bishops with 5 goals and 3 assists, while Miller finished with 5 goals and 2 assists, Mudge added 5 goals and an assist, and Copeland finished with 3 goals.

Freshman Liz Searfos (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) started in goal for the Bishops, making 1 save. Freshman Lauren Figy (Westfield, Mass.) was credited with 6 saves, freshman Maddie Mauk (New Canaan, Conn.) had 2 saves and junior Nat D'Antonio (White Hall, Md./St. Paul's School) also had 2 saves.

Caffarelli led the Mustangs with 10 goals and 2 assists, while Stanton had 5 goals and an assist.

Jennifer May recorded 15 saves for Morrisville State.

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