Tigers Grind Out 1-0 Win Over NCAC Rival Oberlin

Paige Vanerstrom's goal and Kelly McLean's defensive save key narrow victory as Wittenberg completes season sweep of Yeowomen.

Andrea Mattingly and her Tiger teammates needed all the intensity they could muster in a 1-0 win over Oberlin. File Photo | Erin Pence
Andrea Mattingly and her Tiger teammates needed all the intensity they could muster in a 1-0 win over Oberlin. File Photo | Erin Pence
October 13, 2013

OBERLIN, Ohio - Sophomore Paige Vanerstrom (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) scored 4:18 into the second half, and Wittenberg's defense did the rest in a tense 1-0 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory over Oberlin.

The win moved the Tigers to 6-9 overall and 4-6 in the league and in the hunt for the fourth and final spot in the 2013 NCAC Tournament. Oberlin lost for the second time this year to Wittenberg to drop to 3-9 overall and 2-7 in the NCAC.

Oberlin held a 17-9 advantage in shots, but none of the Yeowomen's offerings on the Wittenberg cage hit paydirt. Vanerstrom led the Tigers in shots with three in the game, with her game-winner coming after a nice build-up that included junior Megan Loofbourrow (Prospect, Ky./Ballard) and an assist from junior Beth Warning (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame).

Junior Casey Fry (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) also was credited with three shots in the game for Wittenberg.

Defensively, the freshmen goalkeeping tandem of Sarah Brownell (Ocnomowoc, Wis./University Lake School) and Laura Jansing (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) split the 70 minutes in goal. Brownell made four saves and Jansing made six, in addition to a key defensive save off the stick of junior Kelly McLean (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook South).

Wittenberg has four NCAC games left in the regular season, starting with a road trip to Kenyon on Wednesday, Oct. 16.