OWU Takes Two on Sunday to Eliminate Scots in NCAC Tourney

Wooster's Pat Christensen beats the throw down to second after a wild pitch during Sunday's first game.

WOOSTER, Ohio – The College of Wooster banged out five home runs on Sunday, but it was not enough as Ohio Wesleyan University won a pair of games, 6-3 and 14-6, to take the teams’ best-of-three semifinal series during North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament action at Art Murray Field. Wooster had prevailed 14-7 in the lone game played Saturday.

Wooster now has to wait and see if its 34-9 overall record is worthy of an at-large berth into the NCAA Div. III Tournament. That announcement will be made Monday, May 12. Ohio Wesleyan will take its 26-16 record into the NCAC Tournament championship series, where it will face Denison University, which also holds a 26-16 record.

Despite losing by eight in the decisive game, the Fighting Scots had their chances. Trailing 9-3 going into the bottom of the sixth, Wooster first pulled within four on a Dan Skulina (Hinckley, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit) two-run homer with one out. The Scots next three batters reached safely, bringing their top offensive threat to the plate in Sean Karpen (Venetia, Pa. / Peters Twp.). He hit a sharp liner, however, it was right to the third baseman, who stepped on third for an inning-ending double play.

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Golf

Pat Lynch The College of Wooster golf team completed the 2007-08 season, finishing in fifth-place with a total of 953 strokes over the 54-hole North Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The two-day event was hosted by Denison University at the par-71, 6,559-yard Granville Golf Course.

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Men's Lacrosse

The College of Wooster utilized two big quarters Saturday afternoon at a rainy McBride Field in Gambier, Ohio, outscoring host Kenyon College by a combined 7-2 count during the second and fourth quarters. With the 9-7 come-from-behind victory, Wooster moved to 11-3 overall and 2-3 in the North Coast Athletic Conference, while Kenyon falls to 10-3 overall and 3-2 in the conference.

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Women's Lacrosse

Jamie Dannenberg The College of Wooster’s bid for a second-straight North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship came to an end Saturday afternoon in heartbreaking fashion, as Ohio Wesleyan University’s Alexa Deaton scored 2:37 into the third overtime, helping the hosts upend the Scots 14-13 at Roy Rike Field.

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Track & Field

Tristan Jordan and Jon Mathis won the triple jump and high jump, respectively, at the 24th annual North Coast Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships, held Thursday and Friday in Delaware, Ohio, as they led The College of Wooster’s men’s team to a fifth-place finish out of 10, and the Fighting Scot women used a well-balanced effort for fourth-place among a field of nine squads.