Golf: Bobcats start season with spring in step
By Brandon Kors | Feb. 11, 2012The Ohio men’s golf team will open its spring season Monday when it travels to Florida to participate in Mid-American-Conference Match Play.
The Ohio men’s golf team will open its spring season Monday when it travels to Florida to participate in Mid-American-Conference Match Play.
The Bobcats host Ball State, which enters the contest with an 8-15 record. The Cardinals are 3-7 in Mid-American Conference play, as is Ohio. The Bobcats hold a 10-14 record overall.
For the second consecutive game, Ohio went on the road in search of its 20th win, and for the second consecutive game, the Bobcats were denied.
It has been more than 40 years since Ohio and Michigan last met on the hardwood or the gridiron, but the Wolverines’ two most prominent coaches seem to think the Bobcats and Wolverines meet much more regularly.
The similarities between Ohio and Ball State begin with scoring margin and continue with conference record.
Ohio began Wednesday night’s game at Toledo with a 15-0 lead. But that was the end of the good news for the Bobcats.
In order to rebound from a tough loss, Ohio will have to — well, rebound.
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a weekly series catching up with former Bobcat athletes who excelled in other fields.
Separated by just 11 miles on state Route 33, the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes and Athens Bulldogs are familiar rivals.
Back in December, after his team lost three games on a tough Arizona road trip, coach Dan Morris called two upcoming games against Kent State “the most important of the season so far.”
Set to begin the season this weekend at the USC Upstate Classic, the Ohio softball team hopes to get off to a strong start and continue its recent success on the field.
Sophomore distance runner Juli Accurso is taking her running shoes to Seattle this weekend.
A quote from Eleanor Roosevelt hangs on a bulletin board in Ohio University’s Aquatic Center near the diving boards:
For an Ohio team in need of a U-turn, this week can only be described as urgent.
A player that stands 5-foot-9 is usually not expected to lead a team in rebounds. Conventional wisdom says players with that stature handle their roles away from the inside scrum.
Less than a month before the NFL season began, New York Giants’ quarterback Eli Manning set the football world abuzz when he proclaimed that he considered himself in the same class as New England Patriots’ quarterback and future Hall-of-Famer Tom Brady.
Ohio forwards Ivo Baltic and Reggie Keely are among some of the tallest students at Ohio University. But when it comes to the hardwood in the Mid-American Conference, they have plenty of company.
The Bobcats are hoping to attack the glass and that their six-game win streak does not hit a glass ceiling in the Glass City Wednesday night.