2010 guide - Ohio Wesleyan University

2010 OWU Men’s Soccer2009 in ReviewOhio Wesleyan 3, Capital 0Sept. 1 at ColumbusSam Striler scored late in the first half to give 15th-ranked OhioWesleyan a 1-0 lead, and the Bishops added second-half goals by EricFrancis and Dylan Stone on the way to a non-conference win over theCrusaders. The Ohio Wesleyan defense took over from there, limitingCapital to 3 shots — none on goal — during the second half.SCORING LEADERS: Striler, Francis, Stone 1-0.SAVES: Ott 2.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 22, Capital 10.Ohio Wesleyan 4, Carnegie Mellon 0Sept. 4 at Roy Rike FieldTravis Wall scored a pair of first-half goals and Eric Laippleset up a pair of scores as 15th-ranked Ohio Wesleyan defeated the21st-ranked Tartans in the first round of the annual Fred MyersInvitational.SCORING LEADERS: Tr. Wall 2-0, Halloran 1-0, Harmanis 1-0.SAVES: Ott 1, Hendricks 2.SHOTS: Carnegie Mellon 15, Ohio Wesleyan 12.Ohio Wesleyan 1, Calvin 0Sept. 5 at Roy Rike FieldJordan Halloran converted a penalty kick with 4:57 left in regulationtime to lift 15th-ranked Ohio Wesleyan over the Knights in thechampionship game of the Fred Myers Invitational. Laipple receivedthe Dick Gauthier Award as the Fred Myers Invitational’s Most ValuablePlayer. He was joined on the all-tournament team by Halloran,Tyler Wall, Travis Wall, and Ryan Harmanis.SCORING LEADERS: Halloran 1-0.SAVES: Ott 1, Hendricks 2.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 17, Calvin 9.Ohio Wesleyan 1, John Carroll 0Sept. 8 at Roy Rike FieldMatt Bonfini scored the game’s only goal with 10:26 left inregulation time, and the Bishop defense preserved the lead through atense final act as sixth-ranked Ohio Wesleyan defeated John Carrollin non-conference action. Paul Hendricks made a pair of saves duringthe final 5 minutes of regulation time to preserve the lead.SCORING LEADERS: Bonfini 1-0.SAVES: Ott 1, Hendricks 3.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 15, John Carroll 7.Ohio Wesleyan 3, Rose-Hulman 0Sept. 11 at Roy Rike FieldTyler Wall had a hand in all 3 goals as sixth-ranked Ohio Wesleyanblanked the Engineers in the first round of the annual adidas®Invitational. Wall put Ohio Wesleyan on the scoreboard in the 14thminute when he made a run into the top of the box and scored. Lessthan 30 seconds later, Wall won the ball and sent it ahead into theRose-Hulman end, where Striler tapped the ball into the unprotectednet for a 2-0 Bishop lead. Wall finished off the scoring with a goal inthe 66th minute.SCORING LEADERS: Ty. Wall 2-1; Striler 1-0.SAVES: Ott 0, Hendricks 0.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 21, Rose-Hulman 3.Ohio Wesleyan 7, Alma 0Sept. 12 at Roy Rike FieldHalloran scored Ohio Wesleyan’s first 2 goals, and Bonfini finishedwith 3 assists as the sixth-ranked Bishops went on to blank theFighting Scots in the second round of the adidas® Invitational. MattGiannetti, Halloran, Striler, and Tyler Wall represented the Bishopson the all-tournament team. Bonfini was named NCAC Player ofthe Week for his efforts in the John Carroll, Rose-Hulman, and Almagames.SCORING LEADERS: Halloran 2-1, Bonfini 0-3, Laipple 0-2.SAVES: Ott 1, Hendricks 1, Gobel 0.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 21, Rose-Hulman 3.Ohio Wesleyan 1, Otterbein 1Sept. 16 at WestervilleTravis Wall scored to erase a 1-0 deficit, but the third-rankedBishops could not push across the game-winning goal and played to a1-1 tie with the Cardinals in non-conference action.SCORING LEADERS: Tr. Wall 1-0, Greene 0-1.SAVES: Ott 1, Hendricks 2.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 23, Otterbein 7.Ohio Wesleyan 1, DePauw 0Sept. 19 at Roy Rike FieldTyler Wall converted a penalty kick for the game’s only goal to liftthird-ranked Ohio Wesleyan to a non-conference win over the 23rdrankedTigers.SCORING LEADERS: Ty. Wall 1-0.SAVES: Hendricks 1.SHOTS: Ohio Wesleyan 24, DePauw 1.2009 oWU REViewSam Striler23