Box Score If John Carroll was intimidated by Ohio Wesleyan's #4 national ranking, it did not show.

The Blue Streaks pushed the host Battling Bishops for the full 90 minutes before falling by a 2-1 count Saturday in Delaware, Ohio.

Box Score

Ultimately, the difference in the match was a first half penalty kick.

Ohio Wesleyan opened the scoring in the 34th minute when Dylan Stone connected on the "PK".

In the 59th minute, the hosts pushed their lead to 2-0 when Kit North headed in a pass in the box from Andrew Miller off a restart.

Despite the deficit, JCU did not relent. The Blue Streaks efforts were rewarded when Mariusz Trzeciak parked a loose ball in the 78th minute and sliced the Bishops lead in half.

John Carroll spent the final 12 minutes pressing for an equalizer but could not come up with one.

The Streaks won the battle of shots (16-14) in falling to 3-5. Ohio Wesleyan, the #4 team in the most recent D3soccer.com top 25, improved to 7-1.