The weather and crowd were wonderful. The result was much less so.
Denison scored a goal in the first five minutes of Saturday's match at Mud Hollow Field on the way to a 3-0 victory over Wabash in North Coast Athletic Conference soccer.
The Big Red quickly silenced a large Homecoming crowd on hand to support the Wabash squad (view photos of the match). Denison's Andy Leindecker took a pass from Ryan Linn and scored five minutes into the match. Tyler Dolanch added a second goal in the 24th minute to make it a 2-0 contest.
Denison took nine shots to three for Wabash in the first period. The Big Red finished with nine shots on goal and 16 total shot attempts. Wabash put three of its five shots on net. Gary Simkus had two shots on goal, while freshman Mark Babcock added one. Jon Miller made six saves.
Aaron Libman scored the final goal in the closing minutes of the match for Denison (7-2-1. 1-1 NCAC).
Wabash (2-9, 0-3 NCAC) has the week off before heading to Hiram on Saturday for a 2 p.m. contest.