Denison 12, Ohio Wesleyan 6

Sophomore attacker Colin Short (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) and sophomore midfielder Drew Scharf (Redding, Conn./Barlow) scored goals that brought Ohio Wesleyan within 4-3 at halftime, but 13th-ranked Denison opened the second half with 3 straight scores and went on to post a North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Bishops on Saturday.

The Big Red had taken a 3-0 lead after the first quarter, getting goals from Colin Molloy, Emmett Jones, and Davis Lukens while holding the Bishops to one shot during the period.

That changed during the second quarter, with sophomore midfielder Pat Bassett (Naperville, Ill./North) putting the Bishops on the scoreboard. Denison got a goal from Jones midway through the period to increase the lead to 4-1, but Short answered with a score just 25 seconds later. Scharf followed with a spectacular catch-and-shoot goal from close range to bring Ohio Wesleyan within 4-3 with 4:33 left in the half.

Denison opened the second half with a pair of scores from Cory Couture sandwiched around another Jones goal, and after Bassett ended that run, the Big Red tacked on goals from Chapin Speidel, Molloy, and Jones to take a 10-4 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Ohio Wesleyan rallied with a man-up score from junior attacker A.J. Pellis (Edmonton, Alberta/St. Francis Xavier) and another score from Scharf to pull within 10-6 midway through the quarter, but that was as close as the Bishops would come as Tanner Smith scored twice to seal the outcome.

Bassett and Scharf led the Bishops with 2 goals apiece, while freshman midfielder Spencer Schnell (Dublin/Jerome) was credited with 2 assists.

Sophomore Stephen Ford (Worthington/Thomas Worthington) recorded 11 saves.

Jones led Denison with 4 goals. Nick Petracca stopped 3 shots for the Big Red.

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