Much like the Ohio football team, the Ohio volleyball squad also faced a short week and a limited amount of preparation time, but both finished Thursday with Mid-American Conference victories.
By: Alex Busch
After Ohio’s week-one win against Penn State, the Bobcats gathered around Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations Jason Grooms in the visitors’ locker room for a postgame chant declaring their will to win at any cost.
Ohio (7-1, 3-1 Mid-American Conference) takes on Eastern Michigan (1-7, 0-4 MAC) in Thursday night football at Peden Stadium. Follow along here for minute-by-minute coverage of the game.
No one knows Ohio’s mental makeup better than coach Frank Solich, who said early in the week that there would be no hangover from the Bobcats’ Saturday loss to Miami.
Ohio redshirt junior wide receiver Donte Foster has been making big plays since high school, where he had his first brush with the national spotlight by being featured as ESPN’s top play for a buzzer-beating basketball swish with his back to the basket in 2009.
Coming off its fourth two-win weekend in a row, Ohio has a short turnaround this week, as the Bobcats will travel to Kent State Thursday for a Mid-American Conference showdown with the Golden Flashes.
The NBA season is upon us, the Heat and Celtics will open the most highly anticipated NBA season in recent memory on Oct. 30. In case you’ve been on a bath salt binge (if that’s still a thing) since last June, here’s what you need to know for this season.
Ohio’s season ended Sunday in a campaign filled with hope and uncertainty. Ohio coach Stacy Strauss emphasized before the season that this year was going to different with fresh faces and a fresh start with a new attitude coming into the year.
Every year, Ohio volleyball coach Ryan Theis schedules prominent schools, which are normally nationally ranked, for the team’s out-of-conference schedule to begin the season.
Ohio ran through Mid-American Conference competition in the 2011 season with a 9-1 record in conference play, four games better than the next-best MAC team.
As Hurricane Sandy puts a definite ending to the season’s warm temperatures and the calendar is about to hit November, Ohio’s swimming and diving season is in full swing.
If you want to know how important Peggy Pruitt has been to Ohio University, take a stroll through West Green and walk past Bob Wren Stadium.
After ending its 2011-12 season by playing before almost 30,000 spectators, Ohio took the court in a scrimmage against Virginia Tech on Saturday in front of an audience of empty seats, per NCAA regulation.
Directly after Ohio’s 23-20 loss to Miami Saturday, redshirt junior quarterback Tyler Tettleton stood on the sideline, hands clutching his chest protector, helmet perched atop his head. His stance differed from many of his teammates who were sulking behind the team bench or kneeling agonizingly on the field.
Several months with no competition left the Ohio University Aquatic Center quiet but the excitement, the cheers and the sound of splashing water returned Saturday afternoon.
Despite having only one loss in Mid-American Conference play, Ohio has not had sole possession of first place until Saturday.
With NCAA regionals looming in its schedule and Mid-American Conference Championships in the rearview, Ohio is in the midst of the toughest part of its season.
After being regarded as the top team in the league for the majority of the season, few questions remained about Ohio heading into the weekend, aside from who would be the first to hand the Bobcats a loss.
Not only did the RedHawks dash the Ohio football team’s undefeated season Saturday, but they also ended the soccer team’s 2012 campaign Sunday with a first-round win in the Mid-American-Conference tournament.
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