Category: Sports

  • Crossfire: Ohio State versus USC

    Yes, we all know that if the same Ohio State team that squeaked by Ohio last week shows up this week to play USC, the Buckeyes will be run out of California faster than Barry Bonds. However, that same Ohio State team that struggled against Ohio won’t show up this week.

  • Field hockey team drops two on road trip to N.Y.

    During the opening weekend of the 2008 field hockey season, it was the Scots’ suffocating defense that enabled them to come away with opening wins against Transylvania University and Centre College. This past weekend, the Scots’ offense shouldered more of the load, but the defense struggled in two close losses on an eastern road swing…

  • Women’s soccer wins Herb Lauffer Tourney

    The Fighting Scots women’s soccer team has historically been one of the strongest teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference. In five of the last six seasons, the team has finished with at least 12 wins. From the looks of this past weekend, this upcoming season will be no different.

  • Volleyball team loses opening tournament

    After finishing third in the conference last year, the women’s volleyball team got off to a false start in the 2008 season opener. The team opened their season last weekend with the River City Tournament at Marietta, fighting through a series of four matches to earn a 1-4 record.

  • Men’s soccer team drops two close ones to Aurora, Heidelberg to kick off 2008 season

    This was not the opening weekend the Wooster men’s soccer team was hoping for. Coming off the first season in nearly a decade in which the Fighting Scots were unable to finish the year with a winning record, Friday’s and Sunday’s games versus Aurora and Heidelberg were supposed to be the first steps in the…

  • Sara’s Outlook

    Olympians are the world’s best athletes. Even people who don’t typically watch sports tune in every two years to watch both Winter and the Summer Olympics, despite their nationality or where they happen to reside. The 2008 Olympics took place in Beijing, China. There were 10,500 athletes that were competing in 28 different sports.