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Ohio Wesleyan 2, Hanover 1

Sophomore midfielder Drew Wivell (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) and freshman midfielder Hector Gomez (Columbus/St. Francis DeSales) scored goals for Ohio Wesleyan, and the Bishops held off a determined Hanover side in taking a win in the second round of the annual Fred Myers-adidas® Invitational on Saturday at Selby Stadium.

In Saturday's other Fred Myers-adidas® Invitational second-round game, Capital defeated Waynesburg by a score of 8-0.

Hanover nearly took the lead in the opening minutes of the game when Fellipe Busato took a through pass and broke in on the Bishop goal but sent his shot across the goal mouth and wide left.  Shortly thereafter, the Panthers earned a corner kick but Tanner Korfhagen sent a header over the crossbar.

Ohio Wesleyan took the lead midway through the half when junior midfielder Antonio Romanelli (Lewis Center/St. Francis DeSales) sent the ball ahead to Gomez, who played it on to Wivell for the goal from the right side.

Sophomore midfielder Ryan Huelsman (Powell/Columbus St. Charles) had a chance to make it 2-0 in the 28th minute, but his header off a Gomez crossing pass was wide right.

The Panthers had an opportunity late in the first half, earning a pair of corner kicks during the final 30 seconds of play, but the Bishop defense did not allow a shot.

Hanover had another chance early in the second half when Ian Waldrop made a run at the Bishop goal, but junior goalkeeper J.P. Baughman (Westerville/St. Francis DeSales) knocked the shot away.

Gomez made it a 2-0 game in the 56th minute when he made a short run and fired a hard shot from the right side.

The Panthers answered in the 71st minute when Josh Hughes freed Korfhagen on a breakaway, and Korfhagen converted the opportunity to bring the visitors within 2-1.

Korfhagen had a look at the equalizer in the 79th minute with a run and shot, but his shot went wide right.

Hughes sent a shot wide of the net in the 83rd minute, and the Panthers earned a corner kick in the 85th minute but did not convert that into a scoring chance.

"I thought Hanover responded very well after their loss last night," said Bishop head coach Jay Martin.  "I was impressed that they kept fighting until the end, but our guys held their composure and did what they had to do.  We missed a ton of chances, and we'll have to address that."

Ohio Wesleyan outshot Hanover, 16-10.  Junior J.P. Baughman (Westerville/St. Francis DeSales) made 1 save in the Bishop goal.  Dolan had 8 saves for Waynesburg.

The Fred Myers-adidas® Invitational, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Delaware County, has been one of the featured events on the Battling Bishops' schedule for more than 40 seasons.  It honors the memory of Fred Myers, longtime soccer and lacrosse coach at Ohio Wesleyan. 

2018 Fred Myers/adidas® Invitational all-tournament team
 

Capital	Ohio Wesleyan	Hanover	Waynesburg
Logan Wiedman (#1)	Brady Whittekind (#2)	Tanner Korfhagen (#9)	Tyler Sisler (#2)
Chewy Gordon (#9)	Joe Brush (#5)	Evan Redmon (#33)	Cam Sutherland (#13)
Luke Morais (#19)	Antonio Romanelli (#10)
Greg Knox (#25)	Drew Wivell (#20)

Dick Gauthier Award (Tournament Most Valuable Player): Chewy Gordon, Capital.

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