BEREA, Ohio – The Ohio Wesleyan University women's lacrosse team traveled northwest on Saturday for a matinee meeting with Baldwin Wallace. It was a back-and-forth affair through and though, with the Battling Bishops holding the upper hand in the end, 12-11.
The Bishops' record remains unblemished at 4-0. Baldwin Wallace falls to 2-2.
Baldwin Wallace started on top, taking a two-goal lead in the first five minutes. OWU would break back even with back-to-back goals by
Sam Frary and
Emma Reynolds to make it 2-2 with 6:07 remaining in the first quarter. The Yellow Jackets shot ahead again at the end of the quarter, scoring three-straight to take a 5-2 lead into the first break.
Ohio Wesleyan eventually tied the game back up at the 7:01 mark in the second quarter thanks to a three-goal run from
Jules Kyle,
Jackie Harper, and
Brie Colangelo. Again, BW pulled back ahead with two goals before the half, making it a 7-5 game with 30 minutes to play.
The third quarter was very low-scoring with each side only getting one goal. Reynolds was responsible for the score for the Red and Black, coming off of an assist from Colangelo – her third of the game. This kept the deficit at two-goals entering the final 15 minutes, 8-6 in favor of Baldwin Wallace.
The teams traded two-goal runs to start out the fourth with
Tiffany Trinh and Kyle coming thought for OWU. The Battling Bishops finally pushed ahead on a four-goal streak to take a 12-10 lead with 2:20 remaining. Frary, Trinh and Colangelo all tucked in their seconds with
Riley Riordan nabbing a spot on the scoresheet. The Yellow Jackets took one back with 1:46 left but it was too-little-too-late as the Bishops walked away with a 12-11 win.
THE NUMBERS
Ohio Wesleyan held a 32-26 advantage in shots overall, and 23-15 in shots on goal. The Bishops also picked up 16 ground balls, and went 15-for-18 on clears.
Brie Colangelo surpassed 100 career points with six on the day off of two goals and four assists. She also grabbed a ground ball.
Tiffany Trinh,
Jules Kyle, and
Sam Frary all finished with two points on two goals. Frary recorded a caused turnover and a ground ball while Kyle collected a draw control and Trinh tracked down a GB.
Riley Riordan nabbed two points on a goal and an assist.
Jackie Harper scored a goal and grabbed a ground ball.
Abbie Grogan added two caused turnovers to her career-record total of 110 while also securing six draw controls and three ground balls.
Isabel Milner recorded the remaining caused turnover for OWU.
Morgan Leeper (4-0) spent the afternoon in the cage, making a career-high eight saves and earning her fourth win.
UP NEXT
The Battling Bishops head off to San Juan, Puerto Rico for spring break, playing Dickinson and Saint Joseph's (Maine) on March 10th and 11th at the Albergue Olympic Training Center. Due to Puerto Rico not observing daylight saving time, both games will start at 10 a.m. San Juan time and Delaware time.
