Category: Sports

  • Men and women finish near top at swim invitational

    Anna Hartig Staff Writer This weekend, The College of Wooster swimming and diving teams hosted the Wooster Invitational at Ellen Shapiro Natatorium at Wooster High School, as well as Timken Natatorium. The women placed second, earning 1,370 points over the three days of competition. This is one of the best showings the Fighting Scots have…

  • Men’s basketball drops hard-fought contest to Wabash

    Saeed Husain Chief Copy Editor The College of Wooster men’s basketball team fell 85-72 Saturday afternoon at Timken Gymnasium to visiting Wabash College. The loss meant that the 25th-ranked Fighting Scots are now 1-2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) and 3-3 overall. Wabash took an early 8-2 lead just two minutes into the…

  • Thunder good enough to bounce back from slow start to season

    It’s the seventh week of the NBA regular season, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are in Orlando facing off against the Orlando Magic (8-13). With one minute left in the game, Paul George has 22 points, Carmelo Anthony 16 and Russell Westbrook with a team high 37 points, but when the buzzer sounds, the Thunder…

  • Women fall to Case Western

    Chloe Burdette Contributing Writer The Wooster women’s basketball team played a hard-fought game against the Case Western Reserve University Spartans this past Saturday at Horsburgh Gymnasium, but were defeated 86-54 by the scrappy Spartans. Case Western improved to 3-3 with the victory, while Wooster fell to a 2-4 record. The Fighting Scots started strong from…

  • Men’s basketball rolls to decisive victory over Hanover

    Sam Kuhn Senior Sports Writer In a matchup with #4 Hanover, the men’s basketball team asserted its dominance in a win where they led wire-to-wire at Timken Gymnasium. After losing a tough game to highly ranked team St. John Fisher, the Scots needed this win to get back on track moving into the conference schedule.…

  • Scot Lanes hosts final IM Bowling Championship

    Saeed Husain Chief Copy Editor On Nov. 16, The College of Wooster held its final Intramural Bowling Championship this semester at Scot Lanes, the College’s bowling alley, which is closing its doors on Dec. 2. Cultish Encounter, led by Will Koenig ’18, squared off against Vengabowl, led by Brendan Lemkin ’19. The senior-led team took…