Julie Kendall
Sports Editor
The Wooster men’s lacrosse team defeated St. Vincent College at home on March 28, bringing up their record to an even 5-5, now two-thirds of the way through the season.
Wooster got off to an impressive 3-0 start this season, in which they outscored Albion College, Bethany College and Aurora University by wide margins of 13, 18 and 9 points, respectively. They then suffered a four-game losing streak, falling to Washington and Jefferson College, Randolf-Macon College, Roanoke College and Adrian College over spring break.
On the March 21 game against Thiel College, the Scots racked up 23 points to the Tomcat’s five, marking the team’s best offensive output since 2003. They lost their first NCAA competition against No. 9 ranked Denison on March 24, but bounced back four days later in the home match against St. Vincent.
Despite trailing the Bearcats by one goal eight and a half minutes into the fourth period, the Scots rallied to score three goals in just over a minute to take home the victory. The duo of Matt Ranck ’13 and Mike Perrino ’15 teamed up in the assisting and scoring of two goals in less than a minute. In the next face-off, Dean Marchitelli ’14 took possession and ran downfield for the score, securing a 2-point victory for the Scots in the final minutes of regulation.
The men’s team travels to Ohio Wesleyan University tonight for more conference competition starting at 7 p.m.
The women’s team has achieved a 5-1-3 record through the end of March, and is looking ahead to the second half of their season against some strong inter-conference competition. The Scots started out winning four out of their first five matches, losing only their second match to Sewanee University after forcing the contest into overtime. Their March 22 game at Berry College was cut short due to lightning, resulting in a rare tie. They split their two-game series under the lights at John P. Papp stadium, losing a close-fought game to Fredonia State University before bouncing back to defeat Waynesburg University in a decisive 22-3 victory.
In the offensive routing of the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets, 10 different members of the Scots squad recorded scores. Pacing the team was attacker Madison Carey ’12 who earned five goals and two assists. Clare Nelson-Johnson ’13 and Jaqueline Wallat ’12 contributed six points apiece. Wooster’s defense was able to hold their opponents to just eight shot attempts for the game.
The Scots lost their first conference game against rival Wittenberg University on Saturday. The game was a closely-contested competition, which had the teams tied at four different times during the game. The Tigers were able to outpace Wooster in the game’s final minutes, ultimately winning with a final score of 10-8.
The Scots hosted Otterbein University on Thursday after press time and will play their next game at home tomorrow at 1 p.m. against Centre College.