SOCCER
Wabash garners championship
The Wabash College soccer team improved to 4-0 and captured the 2024 Robbie Dreher Soccer Classic title with a 3-1 victory over Bluffton University on Sunday in the championship game.
Wabash continued what has been an early trend of scoring early in matches. Junior Jose Escalante tallied his third goal of the season in the 15th minute of the match before adding another four minutes later. Alfredo Campos provided an insurance goal in the 78th minute
Wabash got a pair of goals from Angel Vazquez in a 3-1 win against Alma on Saturday at home at Mud Hollow Stadium.
The win boosted Wabash’s record to 3-0-0 overall.
In Saturday’s game Wabash broke a 0-0 tie when Bruno Zamora scored his first goal of the season in the second minute.
The Little Giants added another score on a goal from Vazquez — his third goal of the season — in the third minute.
Wabash made it 3-0 on Vazquez’s 68th-minute goal, his third of the season. Jose Escalante assisted the goal.
The Scots narrowed the Little Giants lead and made it a 3-1 game with a 73rd-minute goal from JJ Riggsby. The goal ended the scoring in the game.
CROSS COUNTRY
Little Giants place eighth at Franklin
The Wabash College cross country team began the season with an eighth-place finish out of 21 teams on Saturday at the Franklin College Grizzly Invitational in Shelbyville.
The Little Giants claimed three top-50 finishes out of 325 total runners. Wabash scored 222 points to finish eighth, just behind DePauw University in sixth (157 points) and Manchester University in seventh (193 points). Trine University won the invite with 83 points.
The team will travel to compete at the Gil Dodds Invitational hosted by Wheaton College (Illinois) on Sept. 21.
TENNIS
Wabash starts season at Warhawks Tennis Invitational
The Wabash College tennis teams opened the fall portion of its 2024 schedule at the two-day Warhawks Fall Tennis Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Friday and Saturday.
Three Little Giants earned third-place finishes in their individual singles draws. Tharakesh Ashokar posted a pair of victories in the number-two draw for Wabash. He finished the tournament with a three-set 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (3) win to claim third place. Rafael Rin scored a third-place finish in the number-three singles bracket. The sophomore picked up a first-round, straight-sets victory before earning a 6-1, 6-4 victory in the third-place match.
Samuel Soto Garcia placed third overall in the number-six singles draw. The freshman won 7-6 (4), 6-0 in his first collegiate match before taking third place in the bracket with a walkover. Cole Shifferly finished fourth in the number-one singles draw. He advanced in the bracket with a walkover in his opening match for his lone win in the bracket.
Vittorio Bona added a fourth-place finish in the number-five singles bracket by scoring an opening-round 6-4, 6-3 victory. Eduardo Werneck placed fourth in his bracket with a 6-1, 6-4 win in the tournament’s first round. Faustino Dimuro won 7-5, 6-3 in his number-eight singles draw opening match to finish in fourth place eventually. Maksymilian Domanski scored two wins in the consolation portion of the number-four singles bracket.
Ashokar and Rin placed third at number-two doubles with a pair of 6-4 wins in the tournament. Shifferly and Murilo Guarniari combined for a fourth-place finish in the number-one doubles draw. The duo earned a first-round 7-5 win in the bracket. Bona and Domanski finished seventh after earning a 6-4 win in the finals of the number-three doubles draw. Dimuro joined Sam Dziadosz in the number-four doubles to earn a 6-2 victory in the consolation portion of the bracket to place seventh overall.
