Sophomore midfielder Chris Eccles (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) scored with :01 left in the first overtime period to lift Ohio Wesleyan over Wooster in North Coast Athletic Conference action on Sunday.

The Bishops had possession of the ball through most of the overtime period, launching 4 shots during the extra session, but sophomore goalkeeper Matt Beister (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) made a pair of saves to preserve the tie.

Eccles sent a shot over the goal with :13 to play, but Ohio Wesleyan retained possession, and with time running down, Eccles wound up and found the back of the net to end the game.

The Bishops sent the game into overtime with a 2-man up goal by freshman attacker Karl Zimmerman (Utica, Mich./Brother Rice) with 3:36 left in regulation time.

Wooster had taken a 7-6 halftime lead on a goal by freshman attacker Mark Weschler (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel) with :21 to play.

Trailing, 8-6, early in the third quarter, the Bishops rallied with a run of their own. Freshman attacker Eric Turner (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) and sophomore midfielder Steve Fowler (Wilton, Conn.) scored to tie the game, and senior attacker Jarred Law (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) added a man-up goal less than a minute after Fowler's score to give Ohio Wesleyan a 9-8 lead.

Wooster threatened to seize the momentum back when freshman midfielder Chris Curran (South Portland, Maine/North Yarmouth) tied the game at 9-9 with :27 left in the third quarter, but Eccles answered with a goal with :04 to play, giving Ohio Wesleyan a 10-9 lead heading into the final stanza.

Eccles added another goal in the first minute of the fourth quarter and freshman midfielder Phillip Johnson (Dallas, Texas/Jesuit) followed with a score to increase the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 12-9, but the Scots rallied midway through the period, scoring 3 times in a span of 1:20 to tie the game at 12-12, then taking a 13-12 lead on Weschler's goal with 6:03 left in regulation time.

Eccles led the Bishops with 5 goals and 2 assists, while Johnson, Law and Zimmerman each contributed 2 goals and an assist.

Junior attacker Hisham Hassan (Winchester, Mass.), whose goal tied the game at 12-12, led Wooster with 5 goals and 2 assists, while Weschler finished with 3 goals and 2 assists.

Sophomore Ryan Perone (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep) had 9 saves for Ohio Wesleyan, while Biester finished with 11 saves for Wooster.

Wooster (6-5, 1-2 NCAC)    2  5  2  4   0  — 13
Ohio Wesleyan (6-4, 3-1)   2  4  4  3   1  — 14
 
Scoring
Team    Qtr      Time     Goal (Assist)
Woo     1        11:49    Shawn Handy (Mark Weschler)
OWU     1        9:43     Chris Eccles (Steve Fowler)
Woo     1        7:38     Cole Simmons
OWU     1        3:10     Eccles
OWU     2        13:24    Phillip Johnson (Eccles)
Woo     2        12:32    + Hisham Hassan (Ben Abbott)
OWU     2        7:41     Jarred Law
Woo     2        3:56     + Hassan (Handy)
OWU     2        2:33     Karl Zimmerman (Johnson)
OWU     2        2:23     Nick Gallagher (Zimmerman)
Woo     2        1:26     Tim Lee (Hassan)
Woo     2        1:04     Weschler
Woo     2        :21      Weschler
Woo     3        13:44    Hassan (Weschler)
OWU     3        6:40     Eric Turner (Fowler)
OWU     3        3:30     Fowler (Eccles)
OWU     3        2:35     + Law (Gallagher)
Woo     3        :27      Chris Curran
OWU     3        :04      Eccles
OWU     4        14:07    Eccles
OWU     4        11:34    Johnson (Gallagher)
Woo     4        8:40     Abbott
Woo     4        8:05     Hassan
Woo     4        7:20     Hassan
Woo     4        6:03     Weschler (Hassan)
OWU     4        3:36     ++ Zimmerman (Law)
OWU     OT       :01      Eccles
 
+man-up goal    — man-down goal   ++2-man up goal
 
Scoring Summary
Ohio Wesleyan   G-A      Wooster G-A
Chris Eccles    5-2      Shawn Handy     1-1
Steve Fowler    1-2      Mark Weschler   3-2
Phillip Johnson 2-1      Cole Simmons    1-0
Jarred Law      2-1      Hisham Hassan   5-2
Karl Zimmerman  2-1      Ben Abbott      1-1
Nick Gallagher  1-2      Tim Lee         1-0
Eric Turner     1-0      Chris Curran    1-0
 
Goalkeepers
Wooster          Min     GA     Saves
Matt Biester    63:59    14       11
 
Ohio Wesleyan    Min     GA     Saves
Ryan Perone     63:59    13       9
 
Team Statistics Wooster OWU
Ground Balls      23     25
Faceoffs          16     15
Shots             35     38
Saves             11      9
Penalties       6/5:00  6/5:00
Man-Up           2/6      2/5

2006-04-16