Ryan Story, a rising senior at Wooster, was voted on to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team for mens at-large sports, announced the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Six Wooster mens lacrosse players were selected All-North Coast Athletic Conference, highlighted by junior midfielder Pat Coyne and sophomore defender Ryan Story earning first-team honors.
Ryan Story and Hillary Darragh, members of The College of Wooster mens and womens lacrosse teams, respectively, were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team for at-large sports, announced the College Sports Information Directors of America recently.
Visiting Kenyon turned a 3-2 lead just under five minutes into the second quarter into a 9-2 advantage nearing the end of the third period, and held off Wooster on its way to a 12-6 victory.
Wooster's men's lacrosse team cut a 7-1 Ohio Wesleyan University halftime advantage to four at 8-4 with 14:53 left in the fourth quarter, but the Battling Bishops withstood the comeback attempt, holding on for an 11-5 win.
Wooster scored two goals early in the fourth quarter, the first of which broke a 9-9 tie, and then used steady defense to come away with a 12-9 win over Wittenberg University.
Behind a career-high six goals and seven points from Pat Coyne, Wooster coasted past host Oberlin College 16-6 in North Coast Athletic Conference mens lacrosse action.
Wooster held off a late rally by Adrian College, hanging on for a 10-9 triumph, which makes Jason Tarnow the schools all-time winningest lacrosse coach as he gained the 61st victory of his career.
Wooster's mens lacrosse team got back on the winning track, overwhelming St. Vincent College by a final count of 18-7 in a non-league affair played at Chuck Noll Field in Latrobe, Pa.
Wooster trailed by an 8-5 score with 4:20 left in the fourth quarter, and brought the game to within one at 8-7, scoring two goals just 56 seconds apart. However, a would-be game-tying shot sailed just wide as time expired, and Denison University held on for the key North Coast Athletic Conference victory.
In what was likely its stiffest challenge of the season, Wooster mens lacrosse team dropped a 19-3 decision to undefeated and No. 3 ranked Stevenson University.
St. Marys College of Maryland outscored Wooster 6-2 during an extended stretch of the second half, which allowed the Seahawks to pull away to a 12-7 non-conference mens lacrosse victory.
In a mens lacrosse defensive struggle, Wooster emerged a 6-4 victor at Swarthmore College. It marked the lowest scoring game Wooster has been involved in since March 16, 2003, when the Fighting Scots took a 7-2 decision at Haverford College.
Tim Lee, a senior midfielder for Wooster, scored a career-high four goals, but Goucher College handed the Fighting Scots their first loss of the 2009 campaign, a 13-9 decision.
Mark Weschler became the fifth player in Wooster mens lacrosse history to score 100 career goals, accomplishing the feat during a 17-2 thrashing of Trine University.