In a season that is often described as a roller-coaster ride, the 2011 Ohio hockey team might be most remembered for its ability to respond each time its season took a turn for the worse.
Semeka Randall knows how it feels to win back-to-back NCAA national championships. She also knows how it feels to lose 22 games in back-to-back seasons.
CLEVELAND — Facing a halftime deficit, the Bobcats took control of the game with the same composure and intensity that helped them win 10 of their previous 13. Then they lost it all.
Years of diving have come down to one meet.
The recipe for games against Bowling Green is simple: Lead in the first half against the highly favored Falcons before losing the upset bid in the second half.
As Asown Sayles waited to be announced with Ohio’s other three seniors on Senior Day, he couldn’t hold back a smile.
Watching as the seconds ticked off the clock in Ohio’s 4-2 semifinal loss Tuesday, I kept thinking about what coach Dan Morris said to me at the beginning of the season — this was the most talented hockey team he had ever assembled.
The mismatch between Toledo and Ohio was personified by the matchup between D.J. Cooper and Zack Leahy. The former is a conference player of the year candidate; the latter, a walk-on for a four-win team.
Hockey games are 60 minutes long, but for the Bobcats, 15 seconds made all the difference.
Coming off a strong performance against Northern Illinois, Ohio knows it’s one
Emily Wethington stepped the mound as if it was just another day of pitching for the Bobcats. One strikeout later, it became more than that.
With his third-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships this past weekend, Jeremy Johnson joined a prestigious group — first-year wrestlers to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
After rain reduced last weekend’s Ohio University Tournament to a single game against Western Illinois, Ohio came out with a 4-3 win against the Leathernecks.
Eight teams have a realistic chance to win this thing. That’s crazy. I’m picking a bit of an upset. But this team is scary-talented, and reminds me a lot of Ohio last year.
He didn’t break the law, but he did break a promise. And at Brigham Young University, this promise is sacred.
Ohio has learned all season that the team can’t thrive solely on its offense. Against Miami, the RedHawk post players enforced the hard lesson on Ivo Baltic and DeVaughn Washington.
The women’s golf team struggled throughout the Rio Verde tournament this weekend, placing 16th out of 17 teams in the field. The Bobcats finished with a total score of 1,000 points, 90 short of tournament champion Eastern Michigan.
The number of Bobcats competing at the Alex Wilson Invitational didn’t matter, as it took only four runners to break two school records.
The Ohio University Tournament, scheduled to take place over the weekend, was canceled because of inclement weather conditions. Ohio (4-5) was originally scheduled to host Cleveland State and Western Illinois during the two-day tournament. It has since been reduced to a single game against Western Illinois today at 1 p.m. The Bobcats will then resume their regular schedule tomorrow against Marshall at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
While most Ohio University students were sleeping this weekend, the Bobcats were busy winning their first two games in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Tournament.
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