Women's Soccer: Denison and OWU play to 0-0, tie
Senior Liz Gillette recorded five saves in goal in a 0-0 tie Saturday. (from the Denison University web site)
Date: October 20, 2007
Location: GRANVILLE
In a very physical game, Denison and Ohio Wesleyan played 110 minutes of scoreless soccer on Saturday night at Barclay Thomsen Field in Granville. It marked the second time in the past seven days the Big Red women's soccer team has logged a scoreless tie. The same result occurred last Saturday against Allegheny.
Denison attempted twelve shots with five of them going on-goal while Ohio Wesleyan got off eight shots with five resulting in Liz Gillette (Chardon, Ohio/NDCL) saves. DU was led in the shot category by Anna Rusch (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) with three, two of them on goal.
The two teams combined for 24 fouls and five cards in a very tough, physical match. Denison is now 3-1-2 in NCAC play, tied with the Bishops. They return to conference action Wednesday as they travel to Richmond, Ind. to face the Quakers of Earlham College at 4:30 p.m.
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Women's Soccer Ties Denison....The Bishops and Big Red played to a scoreless tie on Saturday. (OWU Sports Information)
Ohio Wesleyan 0, Denison 0
Oct. 20, 2007
Two overtime periods weren't enough time to provide a winner as Ohio Wesleyan and Denison battled to a scoreless tie in North Coast Athletic Conference action on Saturday in Granville. 
Denison enjoyed a 6-2 edge in shots during the first half, but freshman Laura VanHoey (31 -Rochester, Mich.) recorded 3 saves to keep the Big Red off the scoreboard.
During the second half, it was Ohio Wesleyan with the edge in shots by a margin of 5-3, but Denison keeper Liz Gillette had 2 saves to keep the game deadlocked. Both teams had one shot during the first overtime period, with VanHoey and Gillette each keeping the game alive with a save, and Denison had 2 shots during the second overtime.
Denison outshot Ohio Wesleyan, 12-8. VanHoey finished with 5 saves, while Gillette ended up with 4 saves in the Denison goal.
Defense Rules!
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