SPRINGFIELD — Sophomore Anna Roller (New Albany, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) and senior Jessica Flick (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon) both recorded hat tricks to lead the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team in a 15-9 loss to Ohio Wesleyan in North Coast Athletic Conference play on Wednesday.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (6-8 overall, 0-4 NCAC), Ohio Wesleyan (12-2 overall, 4-0 NCAC)
• Venue: Edwards-Maurer Field - Springfield, Ohio
• The start of the game was delayed by 30 minutes due to hazardous weather.

Stat Leaders

• Roller led the Tigers with five points on four goals and one assist. She has seven hat tricks this season.
• Flick tallied four points on three goals and one assist. She has 12 hat tricks this season.
• Sophomore Sophia Meek (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Orange) and freshman Essence Wyse (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy) scored one goal each. Wyse also had a team-high seven draw controls.
• Sophomore Maren Raymond (Louisville, Ky./Ballard) recorded one assist.
• Freshman Margaret Pickrel (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) led Wittenberg in caused turnovers with three.
• In goal for the Tigers, junior Sidney Sheridan (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Hartley) recorded 13 saves in 45 minutes, and junior Gabrielle Weckerly (Delaware, Ohio/Hayes) had four saves in 15 minutes.
• Nicole Klabus led the OWU offense with five points on four goals and one assist.

The Game

• Ohio Wesleyan opened the game with two straight goals, but the Tigers answered with scores from Flick and Meek to tie the score at 2-2.
• The Battling Bishops closed the first quarter with a 4-0 scoring run over the final 6:49 for a 6-2 lead going into the second.
• OWU extended that scoring run to 8-0 through the start of the second quarter, taking a 10-2 lead.
• Wittenberg responded with back-to-back goals from Roller to cut the deficit to six, 10-4, with 1:40 left in the opening half. The Bishops scored a goal with 1:06 remaining and took an 11-4 edge into intermission.
• Flick scored just under two minutes into the third quarter, and the Tigers outscored the Bishops 3-2 in the period. Flick added a second goal with 9:27 left in the quarter, and Wyse scored with 2:11 remaining to bring Wittenberg within five, 12-7. But the Bishops scored with four seconds left to take a six-goal edge into the fourth quarter.
• The teams scored two goals apiece over the final 15 minutes. Roller accounted for both of the Tigers' goals in the fourth quarter.
• OWU out-shot Wittenberg by a 45-20 margin and won 15 of the 27 draw controls. The Bishops finished with a 35-23 edge in ground balls.

Quote - Head coach Becca Joseph

• "It was a hard-fought game and exciting to see us starting to compete with some top teams in our conference. We have two more games left in our season, and I am excited to see us continue to improve day by day."

Records & Milestones

• Wittenberg is now 20-35 all-time against Ohio Wesleyan.
• Third-year head coach Becca Joseph, who played at Wittenberg from 2014-2017 and holds program records for career points (328) and assists (138) and ranks second all-time in goals (190), is now 13-34 at the helm of the Tigers.
• Flick has 170 career points on 144 goals and 26 assists. She is tied for sixth all-time at Wittenberg in goals and ranks 10th all-time in points. She has a team-high 70 points, 58 goals and 12 assists on the season. She has 28 career hat tricks.
• Roller has 41 goals and nine assists for 50 points this season. She has 66 career points on 56 goals and 10 assists and has nine career hat tricks.
• Sheridan has 316 career saves, which ranks sixth all-time at Wittenberg. Weckerly has 213 career saves.
• Senior Zoe Chirumbolo McKee (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) ranks sixth all-time at Wittenberg with 65 caused turnovers in her career.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Saturday at NCAC foe Oberlin at 4 p.m.