SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (October 21, 2011) With two evenly-matched field hockey teams battling Friday night in North Coast Athletic Conference action, the final decision boiled down to penalty corners. The host Wittenberg University Tigers scored twice off of seven penalty corners and held on for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Kenyon College Ladies.

The win sealed the regular-season series sweep for Wittenberg, which defeated Kenyon in Gambier by the same 2-1 score back on September 24. The win also improved the Tigers' overall record to 9-7 and kept them in third place in the NCAC standings with a 7-5 mark. Kenyon slid to 6-10 overall and still clings to fourth place in the conference standings.

After a scoreless first half, Wittenberg drew first blood during a penalty corner about 11 minutes into the second half. An initial shot rang off the Kenyon post and Wittenberg's Elizabeth Dwyer cleaned up the mess to put the Tigers up 1-0.

Kenyon didn't wait long to retaliate. About four minutes after the Wittenberg goal, the Tigers were called for a foul in their own zone. Kenyon sophomore Alex Bair scooped up the dead ball and walked it into the center of the circle, where she unleashed a bomb that didn't fizzle until it hit the back of the Wittenberg cage. The goal was Bair's fifth of the season.

With just four minutes and a couple seconds left in the game, Wittenberg earned its final penalty corner of the game and made it count. When the ball was inbounded, Darcey Caciano let loose with a shot that got past Ladies' goal keeper Sydney Carney-Knisely.

Carney-Knisely wound up making three saves, as did her counterpart Jenny Schaafsma. Kenyon had a total of six shots. Wittenberg had ten shots.