Softball: Pitcher tries to bring back last season's success
By Bart Logan | Apr. 5, 2011Last season pitcher Melissa Bonner was flat-out dominant at times.
Last season pitcher Melissa Bonner was flat-out dominant at times.
The soccer team has not forgotten a 1-0 loss to Toledo on Oct. 31 in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, especially as they transition into spring and are ready to enter a new season.
For the first five innings yesterday against West Virginia State, the Bobcats looked as if they would continue the sluggish hitting they showed against Central Michigan on Sunday.
As Donte Foster runs toward cornerback Omar Leftwich, he fakes left and switches right for a quick juke move to blow past the corner as he heads toward his goal: the end zone.
One spring day in 1989, first-year coach Joe Carbone stood and watched as West Virginia State, the Division II team Ohio was playing, blasted about 15 balls out of the park during pre-game batting practice.
Put them together in the locker room, and there will be plenty of laughs. Put them together in the bed of a three-quarter ton pickup truck, and there might be trouble. But put Ohio’s starting offensive linemen on the line of scrimmage, and quarterbacks and running backs will have time and space to work their craft.
When Geno Ford left Kent State last week to become the head coach at Bradley University, it dealt another blow to the quality of Mid-American Conference men’s basketball.
Despite not placing high in the standings, the Bobcats saw production.
Rain kept the Ohio baseball team off the base paths earlier in the week. Yesterday, it was Central Michigan’s pitching.
The road has been long and tough for Ohio during this spring season. This weekend was not any different for the Bobcats.
Despite not finishing as strong as they wanted to in last week’s University of Cincinnati Spring Invitational, the Bobcats are confident heading into this weekend’s event.
Ohio will try to sustain the success of the past few meets even though the distance runners are resting this week.
It has been difficult for the Bobcats to catch a break so far this quarter.
If good pitching really does beat good hitting, the Bobcats should be better off this year than they were a year ago.
As Ohio jumped out to a nine-point lead against Ball State, a glimpse of the Bobcats’ true talent flashed throughout Quicken Loans Arena.
Spring football practice kicked off yesterday under gray skies, intermittent rain and hail, but the weather might not have been as bleak as what the Bobcats face during their initial preparations for the 2011 season.
The Bobcats’ trip out to California for spring break didn’t bring the beaches and relaxation that would usually be expected from a West Coast voyage. After a week of games in the Golden State, Ohio returns to action in the frigid Midwest.
After a four-month break in between seasons, the Ohio men’s golf team began its spring campaign only to be faced with another long intercession.
Pittsburgh’s colors might as well have been black and blue instead of blue and gold after the Bobcats finished with the Panthers’ pitching staff.