At least it is finally over.
The Bobcats ended their season on a sour note, losing 7-2 to Oklahoma in the consolation round of the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament.
Following a 3-2 loss to Michigan-Dearborn in the first round of the tournament, Ohio coach Dan Morris said that he decided to alter the Bobcats' style of play in yesterday's game against the Sooners.
We tried to open it up a little bit and take chances
Morris said. We decided to play a different style of hockey than we normally play and it didn't work out for us.
Oklahoma tallied the first and only goal of the first period to take a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
The Sooners continued their assault in the second period, notching two more goals. Center Dave Fitzgerald responded with a goal late in the second to reduce the Sooners' lead to two.
The manageable deficit was soon erased however, as Okalahoma scored four goals within a 12-minute span in the third period. Right wing G no matter how much you get beat by
Morris said.
With the Bobcats' disappointing season complete, Morris said he must look toward the future of Ohio hockey, including recruiting players who are mentally tough.
We are trying to keep our recruits interested and it is tough when you have a bad showing at a national tournament
he said. A lot of the faith that recruits put in you can change and the biggest thing is making sure recruits stay with us.
We need more character, and we need more substance, he added. Those are the kind of players that we are looking for.",",17,Archives,Steve Gartner,",",",",",","
18273,2007-03-02 06:10:00,Indoor Track and Field: 5 track players headed to invitational,",Ohio is sending five athletes to the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame this weekend. Eric Bildstein
Craig Leon
Carime Reinhart
Austin Schiele and Kari Summers will all compete.
The athletes traveling to the invitational are hoping to boost their numbers to either break school records or get into the NCAA Championships for indoor track and field.
Bildstein and Reinhart have already broken school records this season in the weight throw and 3
000-meter run
respectively
but Reinhart is hoping to break the 5
