DELAWARE, Ohio – The Ohio Wesleyan University played host to the No. 11 team in the country Ohio Northern on Wednesday night. It was a brutal battle that stayed scoreless in the first half. An exciting second half was highlighted by both teams finding the back of the net in the 74th minute, ultimately leading to a 1-1 tie.

With the result, the Battling Bishops move to 1-2-3 on the season. Ohio Northern is now 4-0-2.

It was a very physical game that included a combined 35 fouls, 16 of those coming in the scoreless first half. In the second half, the teams would continue to trade blows on the field but not on the scoresheet. That was until the 74th minute when an Ohio Northern attacker found himself unmarked on the backside of the box after controlling the rebound of a contested header, giving ONU a one-goal lead.

It did not take long for OWU to retaliate – 39 seconds in fact. Following the ensuing kickoff, Sam Robledo received a throw in which he took down the sideline before sending a beauty of a long ball into the box. Rowan Kriebel would be on the receiving end, skying high to head the ball towards goal and out of the reach of Ohio Northern's diving goalkeeper to tie the game up at one apiece.

Despite the best efforts of both sides, neither team could get ahead, leading to a 1-1 final.

THE NUMBERS
Ohio Wesleyan was slightly outshot 15-12 overall, but was dead even in shots on goal at five a side.

Rowan Kriebel knocked in his first of his senior year on his only shot of the game.

Sam Robledo secured his second assist of the season.

Others on the offensive were Matt Boyd (2 SH, 1 SOG), Luis Cañas (2 SH, 1 SOG), Mitchell Cosler (1 SH, 1 SOG), Carson Browning (1 SH, 1 SOG), Alex Bucher (1 SH), Aiden Wightman (1 SH), Ryan Betts (1 SH), Callum Wiggins (1 SH), and Vittorio Renda (1 SH).

Sam Whitman (1-2-3) made a season-high four saves during his 90 minutes in the goal.

UP NEXT
The Bishops hit the road to West Virginia this weekend, taking on Bethany on Saturday at 1 p.m.