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Ohio Wesleyan 14, Carthage 6

Senior midfielder Kyle Foster (Medfield, Mass./Avon Old Farms (Conn.)) scored a pair of goals as third-ranked Ohio Wesleyan built a 9-0 halftime lead and went on to post a win over Carthage in a first-round matchup of the NCAA Division III tournament on Wednesday at Selby Stadium.

Ohio Wesleyan advances to host Albion (Mich.) in an NCAA Division III second-round game at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Selby Stadium.  Albion advanced in the tournament with a 13-12 win over Augustana (Ill.) in first-round action on Wednesday.  The win was the Bishops' 17th of the season, breaking the school-record winning streak of 16 games set by the 1985 team.

The first half of the first quarter was a defensive battle, with each team taking only 2 shots during the first 7-plus minutes of play.

Senior attacker Tommy Minkler (Oakton, Va./Landon School) finally broke the ice, taking a pass from senior midfielder Brendan Bouchard (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) and getting a shot past Carthage keeper Ryan Smith with 5:06 left in the first quarter.

Sophomore midfielder Matt Maier (Summit, N.J.) added an unassisted goal just under 90 seconds later, and Foster scored his first of the game with :32 left in the quarter for a 3-0 Ohio Wesleyan lead.

Senior attacker John Umbach (Montclair, N.J.) opened the second-quarter scoring with a goal off a pass from senior midfielder Sam Gioseffi (Harrison, N.Y.) just 25 seconds into the period, and junior midfielder Cooper Del Zotto (Orangeville, Ontario/Taft School) scored in transition just over a minute later for a 5-0 Bishop lead.

Junior midfielder Sean Roskamp (Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway West) scored off a Minkler feed midway through the quarter, and freshman midfielder Luke Leyden (Northfield, Mass./Northfield Mt. Hermon) and junior attacker Marcus Dietz (Westerville/St. Francis DeSales) added goals to increase the margin to 8-0.

As he did in the first quarter, Foster scored with :32 to play in the period for a 9-0 lead heading into the intermission.

Billy Lane put Carthage on the scoreboard with a goal early in the third quarter, and after a man-down score by senior attacker Edwin Foster (Medfield, Mass./Avon Old Farms (Conn.)), Jared Ferrell scored to bring the Red Men within 10-2.

Dietz and Kyle Foster answered with goals just over a minute apart to close out the third quarter scoring, and Maier added a man-up goal midway through the fourth quarter to give the Bishops a 14-3 lead.

Foster led the Bishops with 3 goals, while Dietz and Maier added 2 goals and an assist apiece, and Del Zotto scored 2 goals.  Senior Ryan McMahon (Springfield, Va./The Bullis School) had 4 saves in the Ohio Wesleyan crease.

Ferrell finished with 3 goals for Carthage.  Smith made 6 saves during the first half, and Jonah Lackey stopped 8 shots during the second half for the Red Men.

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