Ohio Wesleyan 1, Oberlin 1
Junior forward Travis Wall (Columbus/Upper Arlington) scored to give sixth-ranked Ohio Wesleyan an early lead, but Oberlin came back to even the game and the teams played to a stalemate in a North Coast Athletic Conference game on Saturday at Roy Rike Field.
The tie ended Ohio Wesleyan's NCAC-record 24-game winning streak in NCAC competition dating back to Oct. 12, 2007. The Bishops' 25-game unbeaten streak in conference action continues.
The Bishops took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute when senior midfielder Tyler Wall (Columbus/Upper Arlington) centered the ball to Travis Wall, who sent a shot into the upper corner of the Yeomen net.
The duo nearly connected again in the next minute, but Travis Wall's shot was wide left.
The Yeomen had a chance to tie the game midway through the first half after a foul was called inside the Oberlin penalty area, but Yeomen forward Oliver Miller-Farrell sent his kick wide left.
Junior midfielder Dylan Stone (Easton, Conn./Barlow) had a couple of good chances later in the half, first with a header that glanced off the crossbar in the 28th minute, and later with a shot that Yeomen keeper Zach Lipshultz tracked down for a save.
Oberlin pulled even in the 51st minute when Wyatt Hayman headed the ball to Miller-Farrell, who finished the chance to make it 1-1.
Lipshultz preserved the tie twice, grabbing first a rocket by Travis Wall from point-blank range in the 62nd minute, then grabbing another shot by Stone in the 65th minute.
The Bishops had a few scoring opportunities in the second overtime period. First was a restart just outside the Oberlin penalty area in the 102nd minute, with Lipshultz saving a blast by senior back Eric Laipple (Westerville/South). Tyler Wall slotted a pass to freshman midfielder Paolo Bucci (Dublin/Bishop Watterson), but his shot was high in the 106th minute, and Stone sent a shot wide left in the 110th minute. Ohio Wesleyan had one final chance, getting a restart about 40 yards away from the Oberlin goal with :04 to play, but the Yeomen defense headed the ball out of the penalty area.
Ohio Wesleyan outshot Oberlin, 31-8. Sophomore Paul Hendricks (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) went the distance in the Ohio Wesleyan goal. Lipshultz finished with 7 saves for the Yeomen.
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