GREENCASTLE, Ind. – The Ohio Wesleyan University women's lacrosse team traveled across state lines to meet up with DePauw on Wednesday night. The Tigers held a slight edge throughout the majority of the contest, but a late four-goal run was enough to put the Battling Bishops ahead in the end, 14-13.

The Red and Black climb to 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the NCAC, challenging for the three-seed with just over a week-and-a-half left in the regular season. DePauw drops to 6-8 overall, also 2-2 in conference play.

The Bishops struck first thanks to a Brie Colangelo goal about two minutes in, kicking off what would be a 3-3 quarter. Emma Reynolds and Sam Frary scored the other two for the Bishops after two goals from the Tigers. DePauw tied it up to end the first quarter with 26 seconds remaining.

The Tigers eventually took the advantage in the second quarter, outscoring Ohio Wesleyan 6-4. OWU's goals were spread throughout the period, with Tiffany Trihn tallying the first, followed by Lila Hall, then two back-to-back by Colangelo right before the half. This made it 9-7 in favor of DePauw at the break.

The second half started the same way as the first: with three goals per side in the third quarter. Trihn netted the first for the Bishops in the period before DePauw extended their lead to four at 12-8. Luckily, a pair of goals by Sam Frary and Jackie Harper with less than a minute-and-a-half remaining made the deficit much more manageable at 12-10 entering the final 15 minutes.

The Battling Bishops kept the Tigers to just one goal in the fourth quarter, allowing the period opener to make it 13-10. The rest of the period was all OWU with the Red and Black coming back on a four-goal run to steal the game courtesy of Frary, Julia Kingsly, Hall, and Trinh. Ohio Wesleyan scored 14th and game-winning goal with just under four minutes left, prompting the Bishops' defense to stand strong and secure the 14-13 victory.

THE NUMBERS
Brie Colangelo led OWU with six points split evenly at three goals and three assists along with two ground balls.

Sam Frary recorded four points on three goals and one assist with two ground balls.

Tiffany Trinh tallied a season-high three goals to go along with two draw controls, one caused turnover, and one ground ball.

Lila Hall had two goals and one ground ball.

Julia Kingsly scored once and assisted once for two points, also grabbing three ground balls.

Jackie Harper and Emma Reynolds both scored one goal. Reynolds nabbed three ground balls while Harper had a caused turnover.

Abbie Grogan led the squad on the draw with a career-high 12 draw controls – the second-most in a single game since at least 2007. She also had one caused turnover and three ground balls.

Jules Kyle collected a career-high four ground balls and caused one turnover.

Morgan Leeper (W, 8-4) picked up the win in the cage, playing the full 60 minutes and making six saves with four ground balls.

UP NEXT
The Battling Bishops return to Selby Stadium on Saturday for senior day against Wooster at noon.