Sports

Fall Sports Recaps

Field Hockey

It took a victory in their last game for the women's field hockey team to avoid a last-place NCAC finish in 1995.
The team finished 3-15 for the season, with two of their wins in conference play.
Though only three players returned from last year's team (13-7), the Yeowomen had a transitional season. Coach Mindy Manolovich was in her first season at Oberlin. The team was plagued by injuries throughout the season despite Manolovich's martial arts-centered conditioning.
Three seniors were named to the all-NCAC team. Back Kristy Mace and forward Katherine Readey were on the second team and back Greta Mittner was honorable mention.
Readey had the team's top individual performance when she notched a hat trick against Earlham College Sept. 23.

Football

The Yeomen football team had one great half this season, almost enough for their second victory in the past four years. But their four touchdowns in the second half of a Parents Weekend game against Bluffton College were too little too late as the Yeomen lost 35-26.

For the rest of the season, it was simply too little. But that's nothing new; graduating seniors are finishing their careers with a 1-39 record.
The team lost each of its 10 games, including a 77-3 loss to powerhouse Wittenberg University just a week after it found it could break the plane of the endzone more than once in a game.
The team, in Coach Pete Peterson's second year at the helm, finished last in the NCAC in every statistical category except pass defense, where it finished ninth.
The only player to make the all-NCAC team was senior running back Brandon Myers, who led the team with two touchdowns and 268 rushing yards.

Men's Soccer

Eleven of Oberlin's 16 men's soccer games were decided by one goal. But most of the outcomes were against the Yeomen, who finished with a 5-11 record.
The team did show improvements in some areas during Coach Chris Barker's first season, though its two conference victories placed it just one rung out of the NCAC cellar. The team improved its win total by one over last year. And it tightened its loss margins. In 1994, nationally-ranked Ohio Wesleyan University skunked Oberlin 14-0. In 1995, the scoring margin was 2-1.
Senior goalkeeper Adam Shoemaker was the conference's top goalie with a .80 save percentage. Senior fullback Ted Cohen and junior sweeper David Reeves made the honorable mention all-NCAC team.

Women's Soccer

The women's soccer team opened the season playing .500 soccer. Then, with its record at 3-4, a long losing streak set in. The team finished 4-14 and winless in conference play.
The Yeowomen announced that their 10 games on the skids were a thing of the past with the final game of the season, a 8-1 thrashing of Waynesburg College.
Junior Camille McPherson called the 1995 Yeowomen as the best passing team she's played on at Oberlin. But putting the ball in the goal was a constant struggle for the team.
Sophomore Katherine Roberts led the Yeowomen in scoring with a remarkable nine assists and four goals. She was named to first team all-conference.
First-year Lisa Novins, who led the squad with five goals and junior Mikylah Myers both made the honorable mention all-conference team.

Cross Country

Sophomore Hugh Finn became Oberlin's first all-American cross country runner in 22 years with his 20th place finish in last fall's national meet.
Finn and junior Shannon Fox were both making their second consecutive appearances at the NCAC Division III National Championships and both improved their places among the nation's fastest.
Fox, the NCAC women's runner of the year, finished 65th in the country this fall.
The Oberlin men's team narrowly missed a chance to compete in Nationals as a whole. The team is graduating two leaders, Darien Davies and Mitch Douglas.
Several runners made all-NCAC teams besides Fox and Finn. Senior Dina Glendening made the first team.
Sophomore Harsha Thirmuthy and junior Alex Dawe were on the second and third teams.

Volleyball

The women's volleyball team won just four matches this season. The young team, under coach Inez James who was leading her first college team, struggled all season and failed to win a single conference game.
The brightest spot for the Yeowomen was first-year Katie Ruth. Ruth had 115 kills, leading the team. She also had 33 solo blocks and 52 assist blocks.

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