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Ohio Wesleyan 9, Earlham 0

by Michaela Alfano '25

Sophomore midfielder Grace Ammon (Southborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional) had one goal and 2 assists in the Ohio Wesleyan field hockey team's 9-0 win over Earlham on Wednesday at Selby Stadium.  Senior forward Colleen McMenamin (Chester, N.J./West Morris Regional) scored the game-winning goal 3 minutes into the match for the second game in a row.  The win was Ohio Wesleyan's 23rd in a row in North Coast Athletic Conference play, breaking the school record of 22 set during the 1988-90 seasons.

McMenamin received a pass from junior midfielder Quinn Dachisen (Byram, N.J./Lenape Valley Regional) on the right end line, tucking it inside the left post.

Five minutes later, Ammon added a second goal, shooting from the center of the circle after a penalty corner.  Freshman midfielder Emma Reynolds (Delaware/Columbus Bishop Watterson) made the score 3-0 with a shot in front of the goal off a pass from freshman forward Reagan Shifflett (Henrico, Va./Godwin).

Junior midfielder Alyssa Markell (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County) scored her first of 2 goals with a shot in front of the net after a corner pass in from Ammon.

Shifflett scored back-to-back goals with a tip-in and shot after a corner to make the score 6-0.  Freshman forward Nova Dekker (Almere, the Netherlands/Montessori Lyceum Flevoland) got on the board next with a shot right through the center of Earlham defenders.  The goals marked their first collegiate goals.

Markell added her second, and the Bishops' eighth, with a top-shelf rocket into the upper left of the net after a corner pass sent in by Ammon.

After earning a corner in the fourth quarter, sophomore forward Brogan Heilig (Monroeville, N.J./Saint Joseph Academy) collected a loose ball in the circle and sent the ball sailing into the back of the net for a 9-0 score.

The Bishops outshot the Quakers, 38-1. Ohio Wesleyan also outearned Earlham on penalty corners, 12-3.

McMenamin led with 7 shots and Shifflett added 5.  All 3 goalkeepers for the Bishops saw action between the posts.  Senior Meg McCarthy (Trumbull, Conn.) earned the start while senior Brynn Schlesinger (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) and sophomore Payton Mindel (Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual) rotated in.

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