Senior attacker Nick Gallagher (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) contributed a goal and an assist during a 6-0 first-half run that put Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay, and seven different players scored during a 7-0 second-quarter run that helped the Bishops pull away for a non-conference win over Colorado College on Sunday at Selby Field.

Carson Christman put the Tigers on the scoreboard first, tallying an unassisted goal with 11:49 left in the first quarter. Junior midfielder Chaz Narwicz (Yardley, Pa./Holy Ghost Prep) evened the game at 1-1 with an unassisted goal exactly a minute later, and Gallagher helped put the Bishops ahead to stay, finding junior attacker Dave Castignola (Dublin/Scioto) for a man-up goal with 8:36 left in the quarter.

Gallagher and junior midfielder Craig Aronoff (Potomac, Md./The Bullis School) followed with goals as Ohio Wesleyan led, 4-1, after the first quarter, and junior midfielder Chris Ehlinger (Radnor, Pa.) and senior attacker Karl Zimmerman (Utica, Mich./Brother Rice) added scores in the opening moments of the second quarter, extending the Bishop lead to 6-1, with the 6 Ohio Wesleyan goals scored by 6 different players.

Buck McKenna brought Colorado College within 6-2 early in the second quarter, but the Bishops countered with their 7-0 run.

Castignola started the Bishop scoring spree with a goal off a feed from junior attacker Rob Young (Langhorne, Pa./Council Rock South). Zimmerman, junior midfielder Alex Razzolini (East Aurora, N.Y./Iroquois), and Young scored goals in a span of 38 seconds, and senior midfielder Connor McGowan (Worthington/Thomas Worthington) added a goal for a 12-2 Ohio Wesleyan lead midway through the second period.

After a stretch in which the Bishops successfully killed a 2-man-down situation, Ehlinger and junior midfielder Andy Princehorn (Worthington/Thomas Worthington) tacked on goals for a 14-2 Bishop lead.

Narwicz scored twice as the Bishops added 5 goals during the third quarter, and Castignola, McGowan, and Aronoff tallied goals during the fourth quarter.

Castignola and Narwicz scored 3 goals apiece for Ohio Wesleyan, with Narwicz also collecting an assist. Young had 2 goals and 3 assists, Zimmerman finished with 2 goals and 2 assists, and Gallagher and McGowan each contributed 2 goals and an assist. Razzolini finished with 2 goals.

Sophomore Jud Hall (Columbus/Upper Arlington) recorded 7 saves during the first 49 minutes for Ohio Wesleyan. Freshman Dan Huckins (Commack, N.Y./Northfield-Mount Hermon (Mass.)) had 3 saves and sophomore Frankie Weschler (Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy) made 1 save in the fourth quarter.

Christman led Colorado College with 3 goals, while Hunter Sprole added 2 goals and an assist.

Scott MacArthur stopped 10 shots during the first three quarters, while Max Pluss had three saves during the fourth quarter.

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DELEWARE, Ohio – Carson Christman gave the Colorado College men's lacrosse team an early lead, but Ohio Wesleyan University scored 13 of the next 14 goals and went on to post a 21-9 victory over the Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

The Bishops answered Christman's goal with six in a row, and after Buck McKenna pulled Colorado College to within four goals 1:32 into the second period, OWU outscored the Tigers 7-0 and built a commanding 13-3 lead after two periods. CC stayed nearly even with the Bishops during the final 31 minutes, but the early deficit proved to be too large for the Tigers to overcome.

Ohio Wesleyan had a 51-34 edge in total shots, including a 30-12 advantage during the first two periods. Colorado College won 21 of 33 faceoffs and had a 43-37 advantage in ground balls, but was unable to cash in on any of its six man-up situations.

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