Category: Sports

  • Men’s lacrosse ready to dominate

    Lincoln Plews Senior Sports Writer After a solid 9-6 record in 2013 and a loss in the conference semifinals, the men’s lacrosse team is hoping to ride the wave of a strong core of returning contributors and new freshman talent all the way to the conference championship this year. “After a third-place finish in conference…

  • Scots unable to break Kenyon’s strong flow

    Kasey Fiedler Senior Sports Writer The Fighting Scots women’s basketball team demonstrated resilience in their battle against Kenyon College. The Scots compiled a late 21-5 scoring run in the second half, but the Ladies of Kenyon established an early cushion that prevented the Scots from achieving a victory at their final regular season match-up on…

  • Scots break three records

    Sheamus Dalton Sports Editor Over the weekend, the Wooster swimming and diving teams finished their seasons strong at the NCAC championships in Granville, Ohio. The Scots set three new school records and qualified for two NCAA “B” cuts, one of the requirements needed to qualify for the NCAA championships. In the end, the men finished…

  • Guest Sports Column

    Title IX makes tidal waves in college sports   Nicki Gustafson In the 1930s a woman named Eva Shorb attended the College of Wooster. She was a golfer who practiced with the men’s golf team and would have been their best player. The following year it was decided that varsity sports were unfit for young…

  • Track and field finds success in relays

    Kasey Fiedler Senior Sports Writer The College of Wooster track and field team competed  at the All-Ohio Division III championships, hosted by Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on Saturday, Feb. 15. The women’s team placed 15th in the competition with strong performances by its relays, including the 4×400-meter team re-setting its school record set earlier…

  • Scots take ninth conference championship

    Jeremy Ludemann Senior Sports Writer The 107th men’s basketball matchup between The College of Wooster Fighting Scots and the Wittenberg University Tigers lived up to the hype as one of NCAA Division III’s most anticipated late-season clashes. With a jubilant crowd of 3,032 faithful Fighting Scots in the Timken Gymnasium stands watching the battle between…