Ohio Wesleyan 1, Kenyon 1

Oct. 9, 2008

Senior forward Allie Cozzone (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) scored to give the Bishops a 1-0 first-half lead, but Kenyon tied the game in the second half and 20 minutes of overtime could not determine a winner as the teams played to a North Coast Athletic Conference deadlock on Thursday at Roy Rike Field.

Cozzone put Ohio Wesleyan on the scoreboard in the 26th minute. The play started when junior defender Megan Goodrich (Seven Hills/Laurel School) won the ball in the Bishop end and sent it to senior forward Michelle Corbett (Dublin/Scioto) at the midfield line. Corbett headed the ball ahead to Cozzone, who was off on a breakaway against Kenyon keeper Kat Powers, and Cozzone blistered a shot past Powers for the score.

The Bishops had a good chance to take a 2-0 lead later the first half, first when freshman forward Makinzie Krebsbach (Vadnais Heights, Minn./Totino-Grace) ripped a shot that Powers saved in the 31st minute.

Kenyon had an excellent chance off a restart with just under 6 minutes remaining in the half when Kelly Schorling's header was saved by Bishop keeper Laura VanHoey (Rochester, Mich.), and a follow shot by Katie Fee was wide.

The Ladies had the first good chance of the second half on a cross from Amy Kessler to Shanna Keown, but Keown's shot hit from the right side hit the crossbar. Kessler had a look in the 78th minute, but her shot from a pack in front of the Bishop goal was saved by VanHoey.

Shortly thereafter, the Ladies earned a corner kick, and Lindsay Watts passed it into the box to Flora Horvath, whose left-footed shot snuck inside the left post to tie the score with 10:54 remaining in regulation time.

Kessler figured in another Kenyon scoring chance late in regulation, weaving between a pair of Ohio Wesleyan defenders to get off a shot in the 82nd minute, but VanHoey was there for the save.

Cozzone countered with a pair of opportunities at the go-ahead goal, ripping a shot that Powers saved at the right post with 1:26 to go, then taking a pass from Corbett and firing a another shot that Powers stopped with :54 to play.

After a relatively uneventful first overtime period, each team had a chance to end the game in the second overtime period.

Kenyon had a restart in the Ohio Wesleyan end early in the stanza, with VanHoey leaving her line to break up the play. VanHoey went down in a collision with a Bishop defender on the play, but the rest of the Bishop defense filled in, deflecting Kessler's shot out of bounds for a Kenyon corner kick, which VanHoey collected and cleared.

The Bishops had a couple of chances, with freshman midfielder Jenny Howe (Newton, Mass./South) winding up from 25 yards for a shot in the 105th minute, and sophomore midfielder Chelsea Keller (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy) fielding a crossing pass from senior forward Megan Quinn (Hilliard/Columbus School for Girls) and getting off a shot in the 106th minute only to have Powers make the save and keep the game alive.

Ohio Wesleyan outshot Kenyon, 22-19. VanHoey had 6 saves in the Bishop goal, while Powers finished with 10 saves.

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