The men’s lacrosse team pulled off an historic upset in their final regular season game against the third seeded College of Wooster in a 7–4 win on Saturday. It was the Yeomen’s first win over an original conference team since 1995.

“It was the best win of the season,” said sophomore Goalie Erickson Andrews. “We’re going to use it to keep momentum working in the offseason.”

The Yeomen had a rough season of close losses, including a one-point loss to Kenyon in late March and a three-point loss to Wittenberg earlier this month.

“We wanted to end the season with a statement for next year, and we did that,” said first-year Matthew Fox.

The game started strong for the Yeomen, going up 3–2 at halftime with an unassisted goal by first-year Nick Lobley, a goal by sophomore Sean Higgins assisted by junior Mickey Fiorillo and an unassisted goal by senior captain Connor Jackson.

In the third quarter, the Yeomen let in two unanswered goals from Wooster, putting them behind by one point going into the fourth quarter.

In the final quarter of play, Lobley tied up the game with a goal assisted by Higgins. 54 seconds later Lobley scored once again off of an assist by Higgins. Two minutes later, first-year Alex Wagman scored, assisted by Fiorillo, to put the Yeomen up by two. With only two minutes and six seconds left in the game, Fox scored the final goal assisted by Lobley to settle the score at 7–4.

Andrews described the last few minutes of the game as non-stop “scoring and pouring” on the Scots.

“Our D [sic] played tough. We only let up 11 shots all game,” continued Wagman, “We played hard for a full 60 minutes and we beat them across the board.”

With the win, Oberlin improved their overall record to 7–6 and 3–4 within the conference.

Even after the upset, the Yeomen unfortunately weren’t able earn the top four seed in conference they needed to make the tournament. However they do have a consolation game against Otterbein University on May 1, or as Wagman put it, “a pride game.”

“We’re going to show that the win wasn’t just a fluke, and that we can do it again,” he explained.