Tigers Settle For Tie At Ohio Wesleyan In Regular Season Finale
The Wittenberg Tigers didn't quite close out the 2007 regular season as they had hoped, but it wasn't for lack of effort that they ended up with a 0-0 tie at Ohio Wesleyan University.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers didn't quite close out the 2007 regular season as they had hoped, but it wasn't for lack of effort that they ended up with a 0-0 tie at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Despite outshooting the home team 16-8 and generating no fewer than four quality scoring chances in the game, the Tigers wound up with a tie to end the finest regular season in school history with a 15-2-2 overall record. It also secured the first unbeaten North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) record in school history as Wittenberg finished at 6-0-2 in the league.
The Tigers hit the crossbar twice in the game, including a late second-half shot by junior forward Corey Shubitowski (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson). Moments earlier, senior midfielder Amanda Farrell (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) was stopped on a header from close range.
Wittenberg's last big scoring chance came in the first overtime, but OWU's netminder was up to the task with a save on a penalty shot by senior midfielder Lindsey Rusch (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne).
The Tigers, who are the No. 1 seed in next week's NCAC Tournament for the first time ever, picked up four saves from senior goalkeeper Meghan O'Rourke (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) in another outstanding defensive effort. It was Wittenberg's school-record 15th shutout of the 2007 season and the 12th individually for O'Rourke.