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.
No. 24 Ohio faces off with Miami in the 89th installment of the Battle of the Bricks. The Bobcats (7-0, 3-0 Mid-American Conference) have won six straight against the RedHawks (3-4, 2-1 MAC.)
At the beginning of the season, Ohio envisioned entering its final regular season game in contention for the Mid-American Conference regular season crown.
Ohio’s pristine record is not built from bricks — it’s been constructed from straw and sticks.
Another pivotal weekend looms for Ohio, as two division rivals are set to enter The Convo and take the court with the Mid-American Conference leading Bobcats.
Despite a 3-0 loss to Kent State on Thursday, Ohio was able to sneak into the Mid-American Conference tournament as the No. 8 seed. The Bobcats benefitted from a Buffalo loss in overtime to Akron on Thursday.
In 2007, the Cleveland Browns shocked nonbelievers around Northeast Ohio and beyond by finishing the season 10-6 — a record that isn’t typically that impressive by NFL standards, but one that greatly improved on their previous efforts.
Solutions by The State News