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During soccer season your one stop for weekly news for OWU Women's Soccer and from around the NCAC! ----------------------------------------------
Six Bishops Picked to All-NCAC Women's Soccer Teams Nov. 15, 2007
![[ Michelle Corbett ]](http://1001.netclime.net/1_5/032/118/267/11959191912685420.jpg "[ Michelle Corbett ]") A total of 6 Ohio Wesleyan University women’s soccer players were named to the All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams, it was announced today. Junior forward Michelle Corbett (Dublin/Scioto) and senior defender Jessie Seaver (Ann Arbor, Mich./Greenhills) were first-team All-NCAC selections; junior forward Allie Cozzone (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) and senior defender Lindsey Macklin (Columbus/Bexley) were second-team all-conference picks; and senior forward Meredith Gerrick (Durham, N.C./Indianapolis (Ind.) North Central) and senior defender Laura Harper (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) were honorable mention choices. Corbett led the Bishops in scoring with 10 goals and an assist, and had a team-high 5 game-winning goals. She was a first-team All-NCAC selection for the third straight season. Seaver, Macklin and Harper led an Ohio Wesleyan defense that allowed 22 goals in 19 games while compiling 9 shutouts. Macklin was a first-team All-NCAC choice in 2005 and a second-team selection in 2006, while Harper was an honorable mention pick in 2006. Cozzone ranked third on the team in scoring with 5 goals and 2 assists. She was a second-team all-conference pick for the third straight season. Gerrick ranked second on the team in scoring with 5 goals and 3 assists. Ohio Wesleyan finished the season with a 9-5-5 record. The Bishops finished third in the NCAC championship race and advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. ---------------------------------------------
Bishops' Seaver, Gary Named to Academic All-District Soccer Teams Nov. 1, 2007
Ohio Wesleyan University senior Jessie Seaver (16 - Ann Arbor, Mich./Greenhills),and senior Ali Gary (1 - Gahanna/Lincoln) were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV men’s and women's soccer teams, it  was announced today. Seaver was first-team Academic All-District selections and will advance to the national ballot for consideration for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® teams, while Gary was a second-team Academic All-District selection. Seaver, a starting defender, and Gary, a goalkeeper on the Battling Bishop women's soccer team, helped the Bishops to a record of 9-5-5 and a berth in the NCAC tournament. Seaver is a double major in sociology/anthropology and Spanish with a cumulative grade point average of 3.80, while Gary is an economics management major with a cumulative grade point average of 3.28.The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams are selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America, with District 4 consisting of schools in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. To be considered for the teams, one must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better and be a starter or important reserve. ---------------------------------------------
2007 NCAC Women's Soccer Conference Standings (final - All games)
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STANDINGS W- L- T Pts Pct GF GA W- L- T Pts Pct GF GA
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* Wittenberg...... 6- 0- 2 20 .875 11 2 15- 2- 2 47 .842 27 6
* Denison......... 5- 1- 2 17 .750 14 3 12- 4- 2 38 .722 37 10
* Ohio Wesleyan... 4- 1- 3 15 .688 10 3 9- 4- 5 32 .639 29 20
Wooster........... 4- 3- 1 13 .562 11 8 12- 5- 1 37 .694 36 15
* Kenyon.......... 4- 3- 1 13 .562 11 10 9- 6- 2 29 .588 21 20
Earlham........... 4- 4- 0 12 .500 15 12 12- 5- 1 37 .694 46 21
Allegheny......... 3- 4- 1 10 .438 7 9 6- 8- 2 20 .438 13 20
Oberlin........... 1- 7- 0 3 .125 4 20 3-12- 1 10 .219 8 27
Hiram.............. 0- 8- 0 0 .000 7 23 8-11- 0 24 .421 37 39
* Advance to the 2007 NCAC Tournament --------------------------------------------
Edited: Oct. 28, 2007
WITTENBERG WINS FIRST NCAC TITLE, ENTERS TOURNEY AS TOP SEED
Wittenberg (6-0-2, 15-2-2) earned its first conference championship after posting an unbeaten season in NCAC play. Ohio Wesleyan leads all NCAC teams with eight championships. Allegheny and Denison are next with six apiece. Wooster has won four titles. As the 2007 NCAC champion, Wittenberg has earned its first North Coast Athletic Conference championship and will enter the NCAC Tournament, which begins with semifinals Wednesday, as the top seed.
Polls: Wittenberg is ranked 12th and Denison 21st in the national NSCAA/adidas poll. The Tigers are tops in the Great Lakes Region, followed by the Big Red in third (tie) and Ohio Wesleyan in fifth. D3Kicks.com ranks Wittenberg 24th in their national Top 25. Denison received votes in the poll. Notes: A late goal by Ashley Hughes (Wexford, PA/North Allegheny) propelled ALLEGHENY to a 1-0 non-conference victory over Penn State-Behrend. The victory snapped Behrend's nine-game unbeaten steak. The Gators also lost to Kenyon, 3-0, to finish 6-9-3 overall ... DENISON defeated Earlham, 1-0, and Hiram, 4-0, to clinch the second seed in the NCAC tournament. Against the Quakers, Katie Eckenhoff (Glencoe, IL/New Trier) hit the back of the net in the second minute of play to account for the only scoring in the contest. Senior goalkeeper Liz Gillette (Chardon, OH/NDCL) has posted five straight shutouts and has a string of 490 shutout minutes running as the Big Red head into the North Coast tournament. She made 13 saves during the five shutouts ... EARLHAM finished the season with one-goal losses to Denison (1-0) and Wooster (2-1) to finish 12-5-1 overall. The Quakers set a school record for wins in a season, and also netted a school-record 46 goals. Sophomore Callie Thompson (Louisville, KY/Dupont Manual) scored on a penalty kick against the Fighting Scots. She has a team-best 14 goals and ranks second with 34 points in 17 games ... HIRAM finished the season with an 8-11 record. In the final week, the Terriers lost to Oberlin, 1-0 in overtime, and lost, 4-0, to Denison. Emily Bristol (Worcester, NY/Worcester Central) made 21 saves in 174 minutes of action last week ... KENYON defeated Allegheny, 3-0, and lost to Wittenberg, 2-1, and reached the NCAC tournament for the third consecutive season. Senior Amanda Drummond (Mayfield Hts., OH/Hawken) scored two of the Ladies three goals against the Gators ... OBERLIN defeated Hiram, 1-0, for its first conference victory of the season. The Yeowomen also lost to Fredonia State, 1-0, last  week. Freshman Lois Immerman (Elmira, NY/Horseheads) scored the goal and finished second on the team with two goals this season ...  Sophomore forward Caitlin Logan (9 - Findlay, OH/Findlay) scored the game-winning goal for OHIO WESLEYAN mid-way through the second half to lift the Battling Bishops over Wooster, 1-0. A save on a penalty shot in overtime by goalkeeper Laura VanHoey (31 - Rochester, MI/Rochester) preserved a 0-0 tie with Wittenberg. VanHoey made two saves against Wooster and made seven more against the Tigers ... WITTENBERG clinched its first NCAC regular season title with a 2-1 defeat of Kenyon and a 0-0 overtime tie with Ohio Wesleyan. Senior Amanda Farrell (Loveland, OH/Loveland) scored the game-winner against the Ladies and led the Tigers to their school-record 15th shutout of the season versus OWU ... WOOSTER lost to Ohio Wesleyan, 1-0, and defeated Earlham, 2-1, but fell short of the reaching the conference tournament. Freshman forward Liz Mott (Briarcliff Manor, NY/The Masters School) scored 6:45 in to the game with Earlham, and assisted on the second Fighting Scot goal to become the Wooster's scoring leader this season. Mott finished with five goals and eight assists for 18 points. --------------------------------------------
NCAC Player of the week 11/4/07: November 4, 2007
Wittenberg junior Suzanne Medwid (Columbus, OH/Upper Arlington) scored the game-winner 1:29 into the overtime seesion to break a 1-1 tie and hand the Tigers a 2-1 victory, and their second straight NCAC Tournament championship. --------------------------------------------
NCAC Player of the week 10/28/07: October 28, 2007
Oberlin freshman midfielder Lois Immerman (Elmira, NY/Horseheads) scored the game's lone goal to hand the Yeowomen their first North Coast victory of the season, a 1-0 decision over neighboring Hiram. --------------------------------------------
NCAC Player of the week 10/21/07: October 21, 2007
Allegheny junior midfielder Katie Murphy (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) scored twice in a 3-1 win over Oberlin, becoming the first Gator to score multiple goals in a single game this season. She leads Allegheny with five goals and is tied for the team lead with 10 points. Allegheny posted a 2-1 week, also defeating Hiram, 1-0, and falling to first-place Wittenberg, 1-0.
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NCAC Player of the week 10/13/07: October 14, 2007
Wittenberg goalkeeper Meghan O'Rourke (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne) tied, and then broke, the NCAC career shutout record with her 41st and 42nd, leading the Tigers to a pair of wins over Denison, 2-0, and Oberlin, 1-0 in overtime. She made four saves in each game, including stopping a Yeowoman breakaway in the extra session, which allowed her team the chance to score the game-winner. --------------------------------------------
NCAC Player of the week 10/7/07: October 7, 2007
Wooster sophomore Simone DiSlavo (Reynoldsburg, OH/Reynoldsburg) scored the game-winner in overtime versus Hiram, a 4-3 decision, and also had an assist in the contest. The Scots were 1-1 on the week after losing to Kenyon, 1-0, in overtime. --------------------------------------------
NCAC Player of the week 10/2/07: October 2, 2007
 In a 2-0 victory over Otterbein, Ohio Wesleyan junior forward Michelle Corbett (Dublin, OH/Scioto) scored the game-winner in the fifth minute. Corbett then hit the back of the net twice to account for all of the Bishop scoring in a 2-2 tie with Kenyon. --------------------------------------------
Edited: Oct. 21, 2007 RACE FOR NCAC CHAMPIONSHIP GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE The outcome of one of the most competitive season's of North Coast Athletic Conference women's soccer won't be determined until the final day of the regular season as six teams enter the final week of the season with at least an outside shot at the championship. Also up for grabs are the four spots in the season-ending NCAC Tournament, contested to decide the conference's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III Tournament. Wittenberg (5-0-1, 14-2-1) enters the week as the NCAC's only unbeaten team in conference play. The Tigers have a narrow four-point advantage in the standings and look to strengthen that lead with a pair of road games. The Tigers travel to fifth-place (tie) Kenyon (3-2-1, 8-5-2) on Tuesday and to third-place (tie) Ohio Wesleyan (3-1-2, 8-4-4) on Friday. Wittenberg has never won an NCAC championship in women's soccer, although the Tigers did claim their first NCAC Tourney title last fall. Earlham (4-2-0, 12-3-1) sits in second place a mere point ahead of the two teams tied for third and two points ahead of the three teams tied for fifth. The Quakers are gunning for their first women's soccer title, as well as their first conference tournament berth. Earlham hosts third-place (tie) Denison (3-1-2, 10-4-2) on Wednesday and then travels to fifth-place (tie) Wooster (3-2-1, 11-4-1) on Saturday. Ohio Wesleyan shares third place with Denison. The Battling Bishops and Big Red are also in the hunt for the league title. Ohio Wesleyan leads all NCAC teams with eight championships, the last coming in 2004; Denison is not far behind with six, the last coming in 2005. Ohio Wesleyan will host Wooster on Wednesday in addition to the Bishops contest with Wittenberg on Friday. Denison closes out its week at home against eighth-place (tie) Hiram (0-6-0, 8-9-0) on Saturday. The Big Red also play at Earlham earlier in the week. Wooster, Kenyon and Allegheny (3-3-1, 5-7-2) enter the week tied for fifth. The Fighting Scots and the defending champion Ladies are mathematically in the running for the NCAC title as they each have two games left to play they would each have the opportunity to earn six points with a pair of wins. However, clinching the championship would involve losses by the teams above them in the standings and hopes to win any tiebreakers with current champion Wittenberg. Allegheny has only one game left on its schedule; the best possible finish for the Gators would be second. Wooster, Kenyon and Allegheny are also in the hunt for one of the four conference tournament berths. Wooster plays at Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday and hosts Earlham on Saturday. Kenyon hosts Wittenberg on Tuesday and then returns home to face Allegheny on Saturday. Oberlin (0-7-0, 2-11-1) and Hiram enter the final week of the season with a goal of their own each team is in the hunt for its first NCAC win of the fall. The Yeowomen and Terriers meet in Hiram on Wednesday. Polls: Wittenberg is ranked 12th and Denison 24th in the national NSCAA/adidas poll. The Tigers are first in the Great Lakes Region, followed by the Big Red in third and Ohio Wesleyan in sixth. Kenyon received votes in the poll. D3Kicks.com ranks Wittenberg 24th in their national Top 25. Denison received votes in the poll. Notes: ALLEGHENY posted back-to-back victories over Hiram, 1-0, and Oberlin, 3-1, before falling to first-place Wittenberg, 1-0. Junior Katie Murphy (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) scored twice in the win over Oberlin, becoming the first Gator to score multiple goals in a single game this season. She leads Allegheny with five goals and is tied for the team lead with 10 points. Ashley Miller (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) scored Allegheny's only goal in the win over Hiram ... DENISON and Ohio Wesleyan played to a scoreless tie, the second for the Big Red in the past seven days. The tie gave each of the teams a share of third place in the NCAC standings. Denison opened its week with a 1-0 win over Wooster, thanks to the fifth goal of the season from junior Sarah Ash (Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore). Senior goalkeeper Liz Gillette (Chardon, OH/NDCL) is working a string of three consecutive shutouts; she has 35 for her career. Gillette posted five saves in the double-overtime tie against Ohio Wesleyan and two in the win over Wooster. This fall, she has made 45 saves and has a 0.60 goals against average ... EARLHAM celebrated Homecoming by establishing a new standard with its 6-3 win over Hiram. The victory was the Quakers 12th of the season, the most since the 1999 squad picked up 11 victories. Earlham has also found the back of the net a school-record 45 times this season, topping the old mark of 40 goals set in 1999. Junior Maddie Daskovsky (Evanston, IL/Evanston), sophomore Callie Thompson (Louisville, KY/Dupont Manual) and freshman Karman Duchon (Decatur, GA/Decatur) scored two goals apiece in the victory. Daskovsky and Duchon also recorded two assists apiece giving Duchon 11 for the season which ties Lacy Berns school record (set in 1999). The Quakers opened the week with a 3-0 loss to Wittenberg, which snapped Earlham's four-game win streak ...Freshman Claire Connor (Aurora, OH/Aurora) scored twice in a 6-3 loss to Earlham to break the HIRAM single-season goal scoring record. She has 13 goals this season, surpassing the previous mark of 11, posted by Megan Crum during the 2004 campaign. Connor passed Crum for the single-season points record with 29 points off 13 goals and three assists. Crum turned in 28 points in 2004. Hiram also dropped a 1-0 decision to Allegheny last week ... KENYON pitched two shutouts last week courtesy of a solid defensive effort and stellar goalkeeping. The Ladies knocked off Oberlin, 2-0 and Case Western Reserve, 1-0. Senior keeper Rosie Davis (Decatur, GA/Decatur) made a combined nine saves to post her sixth and seventh shutouts of the season. Davis has not allowed a goal in the Ladies last 283 minutes of play ... Junior Leah McElhatton (Rocklin, CA/Rocklin) scored OBERLIN'S lone goal last week. The Yeowomen fell to Kenyon, 2-0, Allegheny, 3-1, and Wooster, 3-0 ... OHIO WESLEYAN battled Denison  to a scoreless double-overtime tie last week. Denison enjoyed a 6-2 edge in shots during the first half, but OWU freshman goalie Laura VanHoey (31- Rochester, MI/Rochester) recorded three saves to keep the Big Red off the scoreboard. The Bishops had a 5-3 advantage in shots in the second half, but couldn't find the back of the net. VanHoey finished with five saves as the Big Red out shot the Bishops, 12-8. The tie ensured that Ohio Wesleyan and Denison enter the coming week tied for third ... WITTENBERG 'keeper Meghan O'Rourke (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne) added a pair of shutouts to her NCAC career shutout record she now has 44 after blanking Earlham, 3-0, and Allegheny, 1-0, last week. O'Rourke owes a huge thanks to senior defender Rachel Morgan (Cincinnati, OH/Colerain) after Morgan cleared a ball from the penalty box in the second half of the win over Allegheny. O'Rourke and an Allegheny forward tangled up at the top of the 18-yard box and ended up on the ground. Morgan recovered to force the ball back up field. Wittenberg has posted a school-record 14 shutouts this season, bettering the team mark of 13 set each of the past two years ... WOOSTER head coach David Geordie Brown notched his 200th career win when the Scots defeated Oberlin, 3-0. He has posted a 200-99-23 (.657) record over his 17 seasons at Wooster and is the winningest coach in Scots women's soccer history. Junior forward Letitia Clark (West Chester, PA/George School) recorded her first career two-goal game to help Wooster to the victory, raising her season total to five goals, also a career high. The Scots opened the week with a 1-0 loss to Denison. --------------------------------------------
Edited: Oct. 14, 2007 OWU, WITTENBERG SHARE LEAD ENTERING FINAL TWO WEEKS OF SEASON With two weeks left in the regular season, the race for the North Coast Athletic Conference championship is wide open. Wittenberg (3-0-1, 12-2-1), the only team without a loss in league play, shares first place with Ohio Wesleyan (3-1-1, 8-4-3) as each has posted three wins and a tie, good for 10 points. The Tigers will test their record and look to separate themselves from the Battling Bishops with a pair of games this week. Wittenberg travels to third-place Earlham (3-1-0, 11-2-1) on Tuesday and returns home to host seventh-place Allegheny (1-2-1, 3-6-2) on Saturday. The Battling Bishops only have one game slated for the coming week, a road contest at fourth-place (tie) Denison (2-1-1, 9-4-1). Earlham jumped into third place courtesy of a pair of NCAC wins over Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan last week. Earlham has three wins for nine points. In addition to their showdown with first-place Wittenberg, the Quakers host eighth-place (tie) Hiram (0-4-0, 8-7-0) on Saturday. Three teams enter the week in fourth place the Big Red, Kenyon (2-2-1, 6-5-2) and Wooster (2-1-1, 10-3-1). Things should shake out a bit this week, as the Fighting Scots host Denison on Wednesday. Wooster then welcomes eighth-place (tie) Oberlin (0-4-0, 2-8-1) on Saturday. Kenyon will take to the pitch only once this week, at Oberlin on Tuesday the same day seventh-place Allegheny hosts Hiram. Polls: Denison is ranked 13th and Wittenberg 17th in the national NSCAA/adidas poll. The Big Red are first in the Great Lakes Region, followed closely by the Tigers in second, Ohio Wesleyan in sixth and Kenyon in ninth ... D3Kicks.com ranks Denison 23rd in their national Top 25. Wittenberg received votes in the poll. Individually, Wooster sophomore Simone DiSalvo was named to theD3Kicks.com Team of the Week after she scored the game-winner in overtime versus Hiram, a 4-3 decision, and also had an assist in the contest. Notes: ALLEGHENY sophomore forward Ashley Miller (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) scored her third goal of the season to give the Gators a 1-0 lead over Wooster until the 67th minute, but the Fighting Scots twice found the back of the net for the victory. Allegheny then battled nationally ranked Denison to a 0-0 double overtime tie. Freshman Rebecca Shurak (Meadville, PA/Meadville Area) posted her first shutout, stopping 11 of the 18 shots that came her way ... DENISON suffered a 2-0 loss to Wittenberg and then battled Allegheny to a double-overtime scoreless draw. Senior goalkeeper Liz Gillette (Chardon, OH/NDCL) posted her fifth shutout of the season and the 33rd of her career. Denison has scored 31 goals in 2007 and has allowed just 10. The Big Red are out-shooting opponents 273-95 ... EARLHAM has won four games straight and nine of its last 10. The Quakers have built an 11-2-1 record, tying the 1999 squad for most wins in a season. Last week, the Quakers blanked Kenyon, 3-0, and edged Ohio Wesleyan, 1-0. Freshman Karman Duchon (Decatur, GA/Decatur) found the back of the net 43 seconds into the match against OWU. She also recorded an assist against the Ladies. Sophomore Callie Thompson (Louisville, KY/Dupont Manual) scored against Kenyon. She and Duchon lead Earlham, and share the NCAC lead, with 11 goals apiece. Duchon leads the NCAC with 2.21 points per game over 14 games (11 goals and nine assists for 31 points) ... HIRAM freshman Claire Connor (Aurora, OH/Aurora) has 11 goals this season; she shares the lead in the NCAC. The Terriers fell to Ohio Wesleyan, 3-0, and Kenyon, 2-0, last week ... KENYON fell to Earlham, 3-0, last week, but bounced back for a 2-0 win over Hiram. Jean Arnold (Atlanta, GA/Westminster) scored her first goal of the season against the Terriers it proved to be the game-winner. Classmate Rosie Davis (Decatur, GA/Decatur) made three saves to record her fifth shutout of the season and the 25th of her career ...  Freshman Lois Immerman (Elmira, NY/Horsehead) scored OBERLIN'S lone goal last week. The Yeowomen fell to Earlham, 3-1, and to Wittenberg, 1-0, in overtime ... OHIO WESLEYAN opened last week with a pair of shutout wins, topping Hiram, 3-0, and Washington & Jefferson, 4-0. The Battling Bishops then dropped an NCAC game to Earlham, 1-0. Freshman Laura VanHoey (Rochester, MI/Rochester) posted back-to-back shutouts the first two of her short collegiate career, and entered the game against the Quakers to hold them scoreless for the final 89:17 of the game. For the week, she compiled 269:17 minutes of scoreless net minding ... WITTENBERG keeper Meghan Rourke (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne) tied, and then broke, the NCAC career shutout record with her 42nd. The Tigers defeated Denison, 2-0, and Oberlin, 1-0 in overtime. Rourke made four saves in each game, including stopping a Yeowoman breakaway in the extra session ... Senior defender Angela Evans (Worthington, OH/Thomas Worthington) scored the game-winner in WOOSTER'S 2-1 win over Allegheny off a free kick roughly 50 yards from the goal. A defensive standout for the Scots, Evans has a career-high three goals this season. --------------------------------------------
Edited: Oct. 7, 2007 OHIO WESLEYAN HOLDS ONE-POINT LEAD IN EARLY GOING Ohio Wesleyan (2-0-1, 6-3-3) has a narrow lead in the North Coast women's soccer standings with seven points, one point over second-place Denison (2-0-0, 9-3-0). The Battling Bishops look to extend their lead with home contests against two of the teams involved in a seventh-place tie, Hiram (0-2-0, 8-5-0) on Tuesday and Earlham (1-1-0, 9-2-1) on Saturday. The Terriers and the Quakers head into the week looking to record their first league wins of 2007. The Big Red take aim on the Bishops with a road contest at third-place (tie) Wittenberg (1-0-1, 9-2-1) Wednesday, and a home game against sixth-place Allegheny (1-1-0, 3-5-1), Saturday. The Tigers have four points, while the Gators have three. Other games on tap include Wooster (1-1-1, 9-3-1) at Allegheny and the Quakers at Kenyon (1-1-1, 5-4-2) on Wednesday. Saturday afternoon, the Tigers welcome Oberlin (0-2-0, 2-6-1) and the Terriers host the Ladies. Polls: In the NSCAA/adidas National Rankings (Oct. 2), Denison is ranked 12th and Wittenberg stands 19th. In the NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes Region poll, Denison is first, Wittenberg is second, Kenyon is sixth, and Ohio Wesleyan is seventh. In the D3Kicks.com Top 25 poll, Denison is 20th. Notes: ALLEGHENY tied Carnegie Mellon, 0-0 in overtime and lost to Ohio Wesleyan, 1-0, last week. Kelsie Mozzoni (Pittsburgh, PA/Thomas Jefferson) picked up her third career shutout in the scoreless tie with the Tartans. In a tight game with Ohio Wesleyan, the winning score did not come until the 84:44 mark of the contest. Mozzoni made two saves ... In a 3-0 defeat of Kenyon, DENISON got goals from three different players, including team scoring leader Anna Rusch (Washington, DC/Friends). Goalkeeper Liz Gillette (Chardon, OH/NDCL) recorded the 32nd shutout of her career in that contest. The Big Red also dropped a 1-0 decision to the NAIA's 12th-ranked team, Ohio Dominican, last week ... EARLHAM posted two victories last week, over Oberlin, 3-1, and Franklin, 5-0. Junior Maddie Daskovsky (Evanston, IL/Evanston Twp.) scored twice against Franklin, including the first goal of the contest. Freshman Karman Duchon (Decatur, GA/Decatur) recorded a goal and an assist. Duchon added another goal and assist in the victory over the Yeowomen. Sophomore Callie Thompson (Louisville, KY/Dupont Manual) hit the back of the net once in each game, and added an assist ... HIRAM went 1-2 last week, defeating Franciscan, 2-0, then losing a pair of one goal games in conference play. The Terriers lost in overtime to Wooster, 4-3, then dropped a 2-1 decision to Wittenberg. Freshman forward Courtney Cosley (Crystal Lake, IL/South) scored one goal and contributed two assists on the week ... KENYON split a pair of conference matches, losing to Denison, 3-0, but bouncing back to defeat Wooster, 1-0, in overtime. Junior Amy Kessler (Bowling Green, OH/St. Urusla Academy) headed in the game-winner just three and a half minutes into the extra session. It was her first goal of the year and fourth point in three games ... OBERLIN dropped a 3-0 decision to Ohio Wesleyan and a 3-1 game to Earlham. Lois Immerman (Elmira, NY/York) scored the team's only goal ...Junior forward Michelle Corbett (Dublin, OH/Scioto) recorded the game-winning goals in both of OHIO WESLEYAN'S North Coast wins last week. In a 3-0 defeat of Oberlin, she scored the opening goal, then added an assist. In a 1-0 defeat of Allegheny, Corbett hit the back of the net with 5:16 left in regulation ... WITTENBERG picked up two victories last week, 3-0 over Indiana Wesleyan and 2-1 over Hiram. Of the Tigers' 10 wins, only one is not by shutout and that was the contest with the Terriers last week. Goalkeeper Meghan O'Rourke (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne) made a season-high six saves against Indiana Wesleyan to record her 40th career shutout, one shy of the conference career mark. The goal scored by Hiram was the first goal allowed by the Tiger defense since Sept. 12 ... WOOSTER saw plenty of time on the field this week as the Scots defeated Hiram, 4-3 in overtime, then lost to Kenyon, 1-0, also in overtime. Sophomore Simone DiSalvo (Reynoldsburg, OH/Reynoldsburg) scored the game winner in overtime versus Hiram, and also had an assist in the contest. --------------------------------------------
Edited: Oct. 2, 2007 ALLEGHENY AND DENISON SHARE EARLY LEAD
Allegheny (1-0-0, 3-4-1) and Denison (1-0-0, 8-2-0) won their first NCAC games of the year to share the early lead in the conference race. The Gators face Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh tomorrow, then return to conference play at home against Ohio Wesleyan (0-0-1, 4-3-2) on Saturday. The Big Red welcomes Kenyon (0-0-1, 4-3-2) tomorrow, then travels to Ohio Dominican on Saturday. Wooster (0-0-1, 8-2-1), Wittenberg (0-0-1, 8-2-1), Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan all opened the North Coast season with overtime ties. This week, the Scots provide the opposition for Hiram (0-0-0, 8-3-0), the only team yet to play in conference. Wooster travels to the Terriers' home field tomorrow, then returns home to face Kenyon on Saturday. The Tigers play at Indiana Wesleyan tomorrow, then visit Hiram on Saturday. The Ladies play at Denison tomorrow and at Wooster on Saturday. The Bishops also play two NCAC contests on the road this week, at Oberlin today and at Allegheny on Saturday. Earlham and Oberlin both opened conference play with losses. The Quakers take aim at Franklin today, then host the Yeowomen on Saturday. Oberlin entertains the Bishops today before traveling to Earlham on the weekend. Polls: In the latest NSCAA/adidas National Rankings (Oct. 2), Denison is 12th, up from 15th a week ago, and Wittenberg falls from 9th last week to 19th in this poll. In the NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes regional poll, Denison is first, followed by Wittenberg in second. Kenyon is sixth while Ohio Wesleyan is seventh ... In the D3Kicks.com national poll, the Big Red are ranked 20th. Notes: In its only action last week, ALLEGHENY defeated NCAC foe Earlham, 2-1. Katie Murphy (Venetia, PA/Peters Township) and Abby Silvester (Mentor, OH/Lake Catholic) scored the goals for the Gators ... DENISON also won its only contest last week, defeating North Coast opponent Oberlin, 5-1. Anna Rusch (Washington, DC/Sidwell Friends) scored twice. She now leads the Big Red with seven goals this season. Junior Sarah Ash (Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore) contributed a goal and two assists .. EARLHAM tied a school record with its fifth straight victory when they defeated Manchester, 1-0. The last time a Quaker team won five in a row was in the 1996 season. Earlham's streak ended with a 2-1 loss to Allegheny. Callie Thompson (Louisville, KY/Dupont Manual) scored both goals for Earlham, both on penalty kicks ... HIRAM improved to 7-3 on the year with a pair of 3-0 non-conference decisions. The Terriers defeated Muskingum and Thiel by the same score. Claire Conner (Aurora, OH/Aurora) scored once and assisted on another as she took eight shots to lead the offensive attack ... KENYON tied Ohio Wesleyan, 2-2, in its only action. Beth Blackey (Versailles, KY/Sayre School) and Katie Fee (Pelham, NY/Pelham Memorial) scored the goals, while junior Amy  Kessler (Bowling Green, OH/St. Ursula Academy) assisted on both tallies ... In their only contest last week, the OBERLIN Yeowomen lost to Denison, 5-1. Junior Joelle Sesar (Vacaville, CA/Vacaville) scored the goal ... In a 2-0 victory over Otterbein, OHIO WESLEYAN junior forward Michelle Corbett (Dublin, OH/Scioto) scored the game-winner in the fifth minute. Corbett then hit the back of the net twice to account for all of the Bishop scoring in a 2-2 tie with Kenyon .. Nationally ranked WITTENBERG defeated Ohio Northern, 1-0, and tied Wooster, 0-0. Senior goalkeeper Meghan O'Rourke (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne) recorded the 38th and 39th shutouts of her career ... Both of WOOSTER'S games last week went to overtime and the Scots came away with a 1-0 win over John Carroll and a double-overtime 0-0 tie with Wittenberg. Senior goalkeeper Abby Brown (Copper Canyon, TX/Marcus) made four saves against the Blue Streaks and made six more against the Tigers. ----------------------------------------------
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