Just before the Ohio softball team’s California road trip, pitcher and designated hitter Emily Wethington broke the school’s all-time record for strikeouts. On the last day of the trip, in the first game of a double-header, the senior broke the all-time record for career home runs.
Senior Annie Beecham is one of the unquestioned leaders of the Ohio track and field team, and she added another feat to her decorated career this weekend.
For the first time this season, Ohio took a road trip headed in a direction other than south. The change in temperature caused Ohio and Ball State’s bats to head south, too.
DeAndre Kane drove left, faking out Reggie Keely to give himself space for one final shot. As it hit the top of its arc and fell toward the basket with four seconds to play, the outset of both teams’ season hinged on the outcome of the shot.
Much like P. Diddy and Skylar Grey, Ohio is coming home and will look to duplicate the success of the past weekend when the team went 2-1 against Tennessee Tech.
CLEVELAND -- D.J. Cooper calmly pulled up, unleashed a shot and stood, staring at the arching ball as the 11 seconds on the clock dwindled away.
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.
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