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Ohio Wesleyan 5, Transylvania 0

Sophomore forward Emma Wright (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) posted her first collegiate hat trick to lead Ohio Wesleyan to a North Coast Athletic Conference win over Transylvania on Wednesday at Selby Stadium.

The win moved Ohio Wesleyan's record to 10-0, including a 4-0 start in NCAC play, and was the Bishops' seventh consecutive shutout.

Ohio Wesleyan fired 15 shots and earned 5 penalty corners during the first quarter, but the Pioneer defense held the Bishops off the scoreboard.

The Bishops broke the scoreless deadlock during the second period.  After a Pioneer foul, junior midfielder Zoë Nelson (Frederick, Md./Urbana) dribbled the ball toward the center of the field and wound up from the top of the circle, with freshman forward Mattison Hyland (Broadheadsville, Pa./Pleasant Valley) redirecting the shot inside the left post with 10:35 remaining.

Ohio Wesleyan broke the game open during the third quarter.  Sophomore forward Olivia Danley (Del Rio, Texas/Independence, (Va.)) had a shot stopped by Transylvania keeper Libby Bringard, but the rebound went to Wright, and Wright scored on the putback exactly a minute into the period.  Wright followed with a goal at the 40:45 mark, fielding a centering pass from Hyland and putting a shot into the back of the cage.  A foul on the Pioneers set the Bishops up with a penalty corner after time had expired.  On the corner attempt, Ohio Wesleyan was awarded a penalty stroke, and senior forward Allie Crawford (West Hartford, Conn./Hall) converted the shot to make it 4-0.  The Bishops' 3 goals during the third quarter tied the school record accomplished 4 times previously.

Wright completed the hat trick with 5:27 left in regulation time, picking up a loose ball and scoring.  After going nearly 5 years without a hat trick, the Bishops have accomplished that feat in back-to-back games after Danley's trifecta on Saturday.

Ohio Wesleyan outshot Transylvania, 47-0.  Junior Meg McCarthy (Trumbull, Conn.), junior Brynn Schlesinger (Arnold, Md./Broadneck), and freshman Payton Mindel (Louisville, Ky./du Pont Manual) combined on the shutout.

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