Jensen Painter has hit more home runs this season than four entire Mid-American Conference teams and accounts for half of the Bobcats’ long balls. But neither he nor the Ohio coaching staff will call the right fielder a power hitter.
From elite schools on the East Coast to small schools in the middle of Ohio, students at Ohio University sport apparel from different universities throughout the country.
Mitch Bentley can still be found on Ohio’s Goldsberry Track more than 25 years after finishing his record-setting career with the Bobcats.
As the spring practice season passes its halfway mark, the Bobcats are confident that they are on track to field a squad that is capable of replicating its success from 2011.
In a game that went down to the wire, the Bobcats had a couple of opportunities but couldn’t crack into the Buckeyes’ lead.
A win against out-of-conference foe Marshall will not help the Bobcats move out of fourth place in the Mid-American Conference East Division, but it will move coach Jodi Hermanek into sole possession of fourth place on Ohio’s all-time wins list.
Scoring first can be important in the game of baseball because it can set the tone for the rest of the game. But drawing first blood is not necessarily a priority for the Bobcats.
The Masters has become synonymous with the phrase “a tradition unlike any other,” but part of that tradition includes a shaded past.
Ohio may have lost its leading rusher from a year ago, but offensive coordinator Tim Albin believes that those returning might be the most talented group of running backs the coaching staff has ever seen.
Ohio was not an offensive threat last year—that much is understood—but now the question is whether the Bobcats can increase their production this year after graduating eight seniors.
The Ohio coaching staff was hitting all the right buzzwords Friday when the Bobcats’ defense squared off against its offense in the team’s first spring scrimmage.
Bats and brooms serve two fundamentally different purposes, but Ohio used the former to bring out the latter this weekend with a sweep of Northern Illinois.
Despite battling in every game this weekend, a common theme arose for the Bobcats in their three losses: close but not close enough.
Editor's Note: This story has been edited to reflect a correction. This weekend was Ohio's first, but not only, home meet of the track season.
Although professional baseball teams were opening their regular seasons across the country this week, collegiate programs are nearing their midway point.
It has been more than three months since Ohio went full speed on the gridiron.
After traveling thousands of miles to compete during the last month, the Bobcats will have only a short walk to their tournament this weekend.
The Ohio men’s and women’s golf team return to the links this weekend after a long hiatus.
After Ohio defeated Toledo 15-1 last weekend, several players threw up their arms in the shape of an O. The Bobcats hope to make some W’s with their arms this weekend, as they hit the road to take on Ball State and Miami.
With April Fools’ Day in the rearview mirror, some Ohio coaches took time out of their days to discuss the ideas of swapping teams with another Bobcat.
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