Bishops enjoy offensive explosion in 13-0 shutout of Ferrum

Rocky Mount, NC - In Saturday's USA South soccer opener, the Battling Bishop men of North Carolina Wesleyan had nine different players score goals as NCWC cruised to a 13-0 shutout of Ferrum College at Scalf Field.  Up 2-0 at the half, Wesleyan netted four goals in a three-minute span near the start of the final period to put the game away and ignite an offensive explosion. Wesleyan has now won six straight to move to 6-1 on the season, 1-0 in league play. Ferrum is now 2-5 overall, 0-1 in the USAC.

Junior Edgar Zalivar (pictured) scored the eventual gamewinner in the 11th minute on an Owen White assist.  Ousman Sarr netted an unassisted goal in the 23rd minute to complete the first half scoring.

Danny Persson got the Bishops' offense going just 2:19 into the final period when he booted home the game's third goal on a Robert Ivanovich assist.  Wesleyan then proceeded to tally four goals in a three-minute span, beginning with a Jimmy Pierce goal at the 51:28 mark. Sarr, Luke Oakley, and Ivanovich all followed suit with scores, the final coming at the 54:11 mark.

Up 7-0, the Bishops continued their on-slaught when Sarr completed his first collegiate hat trick in the 59th minute on Christopher Helms' second assist of the contest. Goals by Persson and Tom Sharp were followed by a pair of goals by Fred Acheampong, and Dennis Tasche completed the scoring with his first goal of the season with 21 seconds remaining.  Tasche finished with three assists, while Benjamin Schmedes, Nicolai Laudrup, Stefan Hauksson, Persson, and Sharp also recorded helpers.

Wesleyan out-shot Ferrum 32-4 in the contest.  NCWC keeper Benjamin Kruk earned the shutout by making three saves.  Chris Taylor took the loss for the Panthers after facing 21 shots in 53 minutes and making five saves.

The Bishops will continue USA South play on Wednesday when they travel to Averett University. Game time is slated for 4:00 p.m. in Danville, VA.

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