Jay Keener, a junior at Wooster, was selected to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team for mens soccer within the college division (NCAA Div. II and III, and NAIA).
After anchoring a defensive unit that ranked second in the North Coast Athletic Conference, allowing just over one goal per game (1.35), Wooster freshman goalkeeper Taylor Takacs was awarded with second-team All-NCAC accolades.
Denison's Peter Shorten dribbled toward the middle of the Wooster defense and scored just over midway through the second overtime, handing The College of Wooster a 2-1 loss.
Wooster grabbed a 2-1 halftime lead with two goals late in the first, only to see Allegheny College storm back for a 3-2 victory in the teams key North Coast Athletic Conference mens soccer contest.
Three Wooster mens soccer players were honored on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team, as Jay Keener earned first-team status and Nate Florian and Karl Ruter collected second-team mention.
The Wooster mens soccer team was shutout for just the fourth time this season, as visiting Ohio Wesleyan University prevailed in a North Coast Athletic Conference match-up behind a second-half goal.
After losing two of its last three games in large part to penalty kicks, Wooster won one in similar fashion at Oberlin, as Scott Buckwalds conversion during the 54th minute turned out to be the North Coast Athletic Conference contests lone score.
For the second time in as many games, the Wooster mens soccer team was on the short end of a 1-0 decision, this time to No. 11 ranked Wittenberg University. The visitors scored via a penalty kick just under eight minutes into the second half, and hung on for the North Coast Athletic Conference victory.
Kenyon College got a goal during the fourth minute of Saturdays North Coast Athletic Conference mens soccer match-up with The College of Wooster and that held up as the only score, as the Lords edged the Fighting Scots 1-0.
Case Western Reserve Universitys Vinny Bell scored a breakaway goal midway through the first overtime period of Tuesdays non-conference mens soccer tilt, giving the regionally-ranked Spartans a 2-1 comeback victory over The College of Wooster.
Wooster mens soccer team started its 2008 North Coast Athletic Conference schedule on a positive note, prevailing 1-0 at Carl Dale Memorial Field over Wabash College.
The Wooster mens soccer team made it three wins in its last four outings, dropping host Muskingum College by a 2-1 count in its final tune-up for North Coast Athletic Conference play.
Wooster scored once early and once late during the second half for a 2-1 comeback victory over previously undefeated John Carroll in non-league mens soccer action.
Otterbein College held off visiting Wooster 1-0 in a mens soccer defensive battle, as the Cardinals found an opening during the second half for the matchs lone goal.
The College of Wooster came up on the short end of a pair of neutral-site mens soccer matches during the teams season-opening weekend, as the Fighting Scots fell to Aurora University 3-2 in overtime and to Heidelberg College 3-1.