MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS
The women’s tennis team stands at 0-2 in North Coast Athletic Conference play after losses to conference rivals Oberlin College and Kenyon College last week.† The Fighting Scots lost 7-2 to Oberlin (8-9, 1-0 NCAC), although their loss at No. 1 doubles with Ashley Stockwell ’12 and Kelsey Jenkins ’12 came close at 8-6.† At singles, Suzanne Hamby ’11 went 6-0, 6-0.† Later that week, the women fell to Kenyon (10-5, 2-1 NCAC) 9-0, although Stockwell won three matches at No. 1 singles. Lauren Grimanis ’12 and Lauren Gilliss ’13 also had notable matches, winning 6-0, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-2, respectively.
Last weekend, the men’s tennis team suffered three setbacks at the Great Lakes Colleges Association Tournament in Kalamazoo, Mich., losing to Kalamazoo College, Oberlin College and Albion College 9-0, 5-2 and 5-4, respectively.† Landon Moore ’14 and Alex Turner ’13 won at No. 2 doubles and David Greenthan ’13 and John Schulz ’14† at No. 3 doubles had successful matches against Albion.† Greenthan and Paul Thomas ’14 both won at No. 5 and No. 4 singles, respectively.† Against Oberlin, Thomas won in singles again and with Nick Biniker ’14 at No. 1 doubles.
After press time, the women played Ohio Wesleyan University and will face Wittenberg University tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in Gambier, Ohio.† The men will host Capitol University tomorrow at 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL
The women’s softball team suffered four straight losses in double-headers against Heidelberg University and Ohio Wesleyan University last week.† The Fighting Scots were unable to get on the scoreboard against Heidelberg (18-6), who demolished Wooster 8-0 and 6-0 last Thursday.
Rachel Frank ’12 was able to draw a walk in the third inning and Erica Villa ’13 made a single, but neither resulted in a Wooster score.† In the second game, Kelley Johnson ’13 made a triple, Danielle Grooms ’14 hit a double and Tiara Patton ’14 recorded her first career hit with a single.
Following the double-header against Heidelberg, the Scots fell to Ohio Wesleyan (13-7, 2-0 NCAC) in another double-header 6-2 and 5-3 last Saturday, although they were able to get on the scoreboard this time.† In the third inning, Johnson drew a walk and Villa got to first on a bunt, putting runners at first and second.† Gina Pirolozzi ’13 was walked to load the bases.† Caitlin Gaffney ’11 then delivered an RBI to give Wooster a 1-0 lead.† Frank scored later in the game to make the score 2-0.
The Scots, however, were not able to hold onto their early lead and eventually succumbed to the Bishops 6-2 in the first game.† In the second match up of the day, Wooster scored three early points, but eventually fell in a 5-3 defeat.
The Fighting Scots played against Hiram College in conference play after press time on Thursday and will face the Big Red at Denison University at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLF
The men’s golf team took sixth place of 13 at last weekend’s Ted Barclay Invitational at Granville Golf Course in Granville, Ohio.† The Fighting Scots scored 609 for the weekend and were five strokes off the place of third-place Otterbein University.
Wooster’s four starters scored 76 or lower on the second day, including a 71 from Tim Faerber ’12 and a 72 by Michael Peters ’12.† Peters tied at 14th place and led Wooster with 151 for the two-day tournament.
The women’s golf team took fourth place of four teams at the Ohio Northern University Invitational last Thursday with Rainey Sullivan’s ’14 11th-place finish.† Teammates DaSol Kuen ’14 and Joanie Jenkins ’14 tied for 16th place with 107 on the day, followed by Janet Zahorsky ’12 with 108.
Later that week, the women competed in the Wooster Invitational and tied at third place.† John Carroll University won with a team score of 407, followed by Musking University (417).† Sullivan led the day again with a 72, followed by Kuen with a 102 and Zahorsky with a 103.
This weekend, the men will participate in Ohio Wesleyan’s Strimer Memorial Invitational at Glenross Golf Club and Oakhave Golf Club in Delaware, Ohio and the women will compete in the Laura Bump Invitational at the Mill Creek Golf Club in Ostrander, Ohio.