The women’s soccer team finished their regular season on the highest of highs, winning their first regular season NCAC championship since 1996 with a win over archrival Wittenberg University at Carl Dale Memorial Field last Saturday.
Unfortunately, the Scots were knocked out of the NCAC tournament on Wednesday by Allegheny College.† The Scots and Gators tied with two points each at the end of regulation and went scoreless in two overtime periods.† Wooster’s two regulation goals came off of shots by Paige Piper ’13 and Erin Davison ’13.
After going neck-in-neck with the Gators for 90 minutes, the Scots fell out of the tournament in penalty kicks.
Both Wooster and Allegheny missed their first shots, but the Gators made the next four attempts, while the Scots missed their final shot, ending their tournament hopes.
Wooster had high hopes for the tournament coming off of its win against Wittenberg last weekend. The Tigers came into the game with a 5-1-0 record in NCAC play, while the Scots had a 4-1-1 NCAC record, making it a must-win game for both teams.
In the 43rd minute, Maggie Kehm ’12 scored a goal off of the keeper’s deflection to give Wooster a 1-0 lead heading into halftime. Goalie Michele Ring ’13 kept the shutout alive for the rest of the game and Piper scored the game-sealing goal with 55 seconds left in the game to give the Scots a conference-clinching 2-0 victory.
Wooster finished 11-6-1, 5-1-1 NCAC. Wittenberg ended the regular season with a 13-4-1, 5-2-0 record and played Denison University in the conference tournament on Wednesday. The Scots hosted Allegheny College in the tournament semi-final on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, the men’s soccer team closed out the season last Saturday without an NCAC win, when the Scots traveled to Wabash College to take on the Little Giants in the season finale for both teams. After starting goalie Taylor Takacs ’12 was injured against Ohio Wesleyan University last Wednesday, Luke Butcher ’13 had to step up to defend the net.
Butcher and the Scots’ defense played an admirable first half, allowing only one goal from Wabash midfielder Allan Swan in the 11th minute.
The second half was a different story. Wabash forward Femi Oluyedun scored in the 66th minute, followed just over a minute later by forward Austin Jennings.
In the 77th minute, defender Mark Babcock scored the fourth and final Little Giant goal on a penalty kick. Wooster forward Yousef Aliakbar ’11 scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season with two minutes left in the game to prevent the shutout, making the final score 4-1.
Wooster finished their season 6-7-3, 0-6-2 NCAC. Wabash finished 8-10-0, 2-6-0 NCAC. Neither team will play in the conference tournament.