Men's Lacrosse
Men's Lacrosse
Program Overview
While the sport of lacrosse has taken dramatic strides in popularity recently, Wooster was way ahead of the curve, having fielded a team every year since 1968 and played more than 500 varsity games.
The Fighting Scots have been very competitive overall, and after enduring some lean years in most of the 1990s, they are now experiencing a renaissance under current head coach Jason Tarnow. Wooster has put together winning seasons six of the last seven springs, highlighted by a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference championship as well as an NCAA Div. III Championships appearance in 2004 and an 11-3 overall record in 2008.
Tarnow’s teams have earned a reputation for consistently bringing a standout defense to the field. In fact, the Scots finished No. 8 in Div. III scoring defense in 2008 (6.36 gpg), No. 19 in 2006 (7.07 gpg), No. 5 in 2004 (6.54 gpg), and No. 10 in 2003 (6.87 gpg).
An original member of the North Coast Athletic Conference, Wooster is part of a deep and talented league for men’s lacrosse. The NCAC has been represented by more than one team at the NCAA Div. III Championships 13 times, including each of the last five years.
The Scots play their home games at John P. Papp Stadium, which underwent significant renovations during the summer of 2009, highlighted by a new synthetic playing surface (Sprinturf) and lights.
Davidow Inducted Into "W" Hall of Fame on Sept. 26
When he was at Sewickley Academy, just outside the Pittsburgh area, Steve Davidow played baseball, but when he ventured off to prep school, Tabor Academy in Marion, Mass., he took up a new spring sport – lacrosse. With a strong tradition there, Davidow quickly found a passion for, and picked up, the game, and he brought Tabor’s winning ways to The College of Wooster where he lead the Fighting Scots to a significant turnaround, engineering a couple of the best seasons in the program’s 40-year history via an uncanny ability to score goals in bunches. Learn More »