Baseball: Bobcats split opening series with Racers
By Christian Hoppens | Feb. 16, 2014For the first time since 2008, Ohio won its season-opening game.
For the first time since 2008, Ohio won its season-opening game.
Throughout the past few decades, college football has gained much notoriety as collegiate athletics’ best sport, which is reflected perfectly in the continued increase in the number of bowl games that take place each December and January.
Although the path Ohio takes to victory may be frustrating for fans, the Bobcats continue to get the job done.
The Bobcats’ “best collective effort” wasn’t enough to will them to victory, as they left the Glass City without shattering their season-long eight-game losing streak.
The SPIRE Division I Track & Field Invitational brought fierce competition this weekend, but several Bobcats pounced over it.
Ohio shares a similar trait with “Friday the 13th” character Jason Voorhees in that it never seems to die.
Turning the page on a trying 2013 season is at the top of the minds of this season’s Ohio squad, as the Bobcats open the 2014 campaign at Western Carolina on Saturday.
The SPIRE D-I Indoor Track and Field Invitational in Geneva will bring some of the best competition from across the country, but the Bobcats will not let some of the best competitors in the NCAA intimidate them.
After completing Mid-American Match Play in Florida to begin the week, the Bobcats will hit the road again to play the links in Hilton Head, S.C.
Ohio will enter Saturday’s contest on the road against Buffalo with two major question marks: the statuses of junior point guard Stevie Taylor and senior forward T.J. Hall, which likely won’t be determined until the day of the game.
Almost three weeks after Ohio collapsed in the second half and lost its 21-point lead, the Bobcats have an opportunity to redeem themselves for round two with Toledo.
After securing second place in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League standings last weekend, Ohio will return to Bird Arena for its final series of the season.
Ohio’s most recent weekend of competition could be viewed as a setback. After a narrow victory against Clarion — which has a losing record — and a loss to Old Dominion in Ohio’s final Mid-American Conference dual of the season, the momentum the Bobcats created with a 4-1 January record seems to have evaporated.
Correction: The caption on the photo has been changed since it was originially published, as T.J. Hall was identified as Nick Kellogg.
They lurk among us: Typical folk who conduct illegal transactions yet look just like the rest of the fans packed into The Convo.
Four Bobcats hail from within a 65-mile radius, but the perception of basketball on their respective home courts is drastically different.
Although Ohio has shown ability to shut down opponents defensively, that effort hasn’t been apparent during its past three contests.
At the Mid-American Match Play event in Dade City, Fla., Ohio got to purge some off-season rust against Eastern Michigan, Toledo and Bowling Green — finishing 1-2 at the end of the three-round competition.
It only takes seconds to perform a dive, but within the twists, bends and tucks, the precision of a maneuver is magnified significantly.