Rory Zahren

4 Rory Zahren

Height:

6-0
Weight:

185
Year:

Sr.
Hometown:

Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:

Upper St. Clair
Position:

FO/M
Major:

Political Science

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Bio

2024: Currently the program leader with a .596 career faceoff win percentage (233-for-391) … Appeared in nine games and started three before getting hurt at the end of the season …. Won 32-of-57 faceoffs for a .561 faceoff percentage … Also logged 26 groundballs, seven caused turnovers, four goals, and four assists … Most efficient outing came against St. Vincent (Feb. 24), winning 8-of-9 faceoffs … Had another stellar performance vs. Mount Union (March 9) by winning 10-of-12 faceoffs and scooping a season-best eight groundballs … Opened the season on a strong note with two goals and one assist … Caused three turnovers in what ended up being last action of the season at Wittenberg (March 30) … Member of the spring semester AD Honor Roll.

2023: Key part of program's winningest season (13 games) and longest winning streak (11 games) … Factored heavily into Scots ranking third nationally in ground balls per game (45.00) … Appeared in and started 16 games … Went 113-for-190 on faceoffs and scooped 67 groundballs, good enough for third on the team … .595 faceoff percentage ranks fifth for a single season in program history and was good enough for fifth in the NCAC … Fourth on the team with 23 goals and 32 points … Tied for third on squad with nine assists … Also tallied four caused turnovers … Had a perfect 11-for-11 showing at Otterbein (Feb. 25) … Went 11-for-12 at Oberlin (March 25) while also scoring a career-high tying four goals … Also netted four goals against Capital (March 1).

2022: Played in 10 games, also missing time with injury … Went 88-for-144 on faceoffs and scooped up 53 groundballs … Bullied Otterbein (Feb. 26) to the tune of a 10-for-12 showing on faceoffs … Went 16-for-21 on faceoffs against Albion (March 5), 15-of-20 against Western Connecticut State (March 16) and logged season-high 10 groundballs in that game … Went 11-for-12 on faceoffs at Hiram (March 26).

Prior to Wooster: All-section selection as a senior at Upper St. Clair High School … Prepped for Brian Yates.

Personal: Parents are Jeffrey and Jennifer Zahren … Political science major … Member of the club hockey team … Stream commentator for women’s basketball, soccer, and volleyball home contests.

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Mar 8	Albion	W, 12-6
Mar 12	at Westminster (Pa.)	W, 13-9
Mar 15	at Elmhurst	L, 14-8
Mar 19	vs. Messiah	L, 19-11
Mar 22	Wittenberg	W, 13-9
Mar 29	at Oberlin	L, 12-11

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	9	2
Points	7	1
Goals	2	1
Assists	5	0
Man-up goals	0	0
Man-down goals	0	0
Ground balls	39	5
Turnovers	7	1
Caused turnovers	1	1
Faceoffs	81-142	16-35
Faceoff percentage	57.0	45.7
Shots	20	2
Shooting percentage	10.0	50.0
Shots on goal	10	1
Shots on goal percentage	50.0	50.0

Date	Opponent	Score	g	a	pts	up	dn	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Feb 22	at Saint Vincent	W, 12-9	1	1	2	0	0	3	33.3	3	100.0
Feb 26	at Otterbein	L, 13-9	0	3	3	0	0	6	0.0	2	33.3
Mar 1	John Carroll	L, 10-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Mar 8	Albion	W, 12-6	0	1	1	0	0	5	0.0	3	60.0
Mar 12	at Westminster (Pa.)	W, 13-9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	50.0
Mar 15	at Elmhurst	L, 14-8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0.0
Mar 19	vs. Messiah	L, 19-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Mar 22	Wittenberg	W, 13-9	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0	1	100.0
Mar 29	at Oberlin	L, 12-11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0
Apr 5	vs. Colorado College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 9	Hiram		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 12	at Kenyon		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 16	Denison		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 19	at DePauw		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 23	at Ohio Wesleyan		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 26	Wabash		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	gb	to	ct	fo
Feb 22	at Saint Vincent	W, 12-9	0	1	0	4-9
Feb 26	at Otterbein	L, 13-9	7	2	0	14-18
Mar 1	John Carroll	L, 10-9	5	1	0	8-14
Mar 8	Albion	W, 12-6	6	0	0	7-14
Mar 12	at Westminster (Pa.)	W, 13-9	8	1	0	14-16
Mar 15	at Elmhurst	L, 14-8	2	1	0	3-14
Mar 19	vs. Messiah	L, 19-11	6	0	0	15-22
Mar 22	Wittenberg	W, 13-9	4	0	0	8-15
Mar 29	at Oberlin	L, 12-11	1	1	1	8-20
Apr 5	vs. Colorado College		-	-	-	-
Apr 9	Hiram		-	-	-	-
Apr 12	at Kenyon		-	-	-	-
Apr 16	Denison		-	-	-	-
Apr 19	at DePauw		-	-	-	-
Apr 23	at Ohio Wesleyan		-	-	-	-
Apr 26	Wabash		-	-	-	-

	gp	gs	g	a	pts	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
2021-22	10	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
2022-23	16	16	23	9	32	74	31.1	39	52.7
2023-24	9	3	4	4	8	26	15.4	14	53.8
2024-25	9	-	2	5	7	20	10.0	10	50.0
Total	44	19	29	18	47	120	24.2	63	52.5

Career Stats: Offense

	gp	gs	gb	to	ct	fo
2021-22	10	-	53	5	2	88-144
2022-23	16	16	67	14	4	113-190
2023-24	9	3	26	8	7	32-57
2024-25	9	-	39	7	1	81-142
Total	44	19	185	34	14	314-533

Career Stats: Defense

	gp	gs	g	a	pts	up	dn	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Event
Total	9	-	2	5	7	0	0	20	10.0	10	50.0
Conference	2	-	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	1	50.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	3	-	1	1	2	0	0	6	16.7	4	66.7
Away	5	-	1	4	5	0	0	14	7.1	6	42.9
Neutral	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-
Result
Wins	4	-	2	2	4	0	0	11	18.2	8	72.7
Losses	5	-	0	3	3	0	0	9	0.0	2	22.2
Month
February	2	-	1	4	5	0	0	9	11.1	5	55.6
March	7	-	1	1	2	0	0	11	9.1	5	45.5

Splits Stats: Offense

	gp	gs	gb	to	ct	fo
Event
Total	9	-	39	7	1	81-142
Conference	2	-	5	1	1	16-35
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	0-0
Location
Home	3	-	15	1	0	23-43
Away	5	-	18	6	1	43-77
Neutral	1	-	6	0	0	15-22
Result
Wins	4	-	18	2	0	33-54
Losses	5	-	21	5	1	48-88
Month
February	2	-	7	3	0	18-27
March	7	-	32	4	1	63-115