@ThePostSports selected what it thinks were the Top 10 Ohio Athletics stories of 2014.
10. Women’s Golf: First tournament win since 2004
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Ohio won the Golden Grizzly Invitational in late September to record its first tournament win since 2004. Three Bobcats finished individually in the top 10, including junior Angela Codian, who was one stroke shy of first place.
9. Women’s Basketball: Best Start Since 1985-86
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After defeating Morehead State by 20 points on Dec. 3, the Bobcats clinched their best start to a season since the 1985-86 campaign with a 6-0 start. Ohio finished each of the past two seasons with single-digit wins.
8. Men’s Basketball: Ohio's CIT Run
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Ohio defeated Cleveland State and Wright State in the first two rounds of the postseason CollegeInsider.com Tournament before losing 92-90 to Virginia Military Institute. The Bobcats finished the season 25-12 and accepted a bid to a postseason tournament for the fifth consecutive year.
7. Volleyball: Gilleland named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year (Again)
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Junior setter Abby Gilleland received MAC Player of the Year honors to become the third Bobcats player to earn award in back-to-back seasons.
Gilleland also took home MAC Setter of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. She is the first Bobcat in program history to repeat as the conference’s best setter tallying 1041 assists on the season.
6. Football: Yazdani’s two game-winning field goals
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Redshirt junior kicker Josiah Yazdani added a bit on continuity to the Bobcats' up-and-down season by finishing the first and last games of the year with game-winning field goals. Although the Bobcats didn't make a bowl game, Ohio finished the season 6-6 behind Yazdani's game-winners.
5. Men’s Basketball: Better Call Saul
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Saul Phillips left North Dakota State in early April to become the 18th coach in Ohio's program history. Phillips, who agreed to a five-year contract worth $550,000 annually, said during his introductory speech that he sees Ohio as somewhere he wants to be for a very long time, adding he wants his daughter, who was then in fourth grade, to graduate from high school in Athens.
4. Softball: MAC Tournament champions
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The Bobcats won their first MAC Championship since 1995 after defeating Buffalo in May. Ohio began the tournament as a No. 5 seed, but then-sophomore pitcher Savannah Jo Dorsey won four games in five days, allowed just one run and struck out 46 batters in 34 innings.
3. Volleyball: Bobcats go undefeated in MAC play
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Ohio finished MAC play a perfect 16-0 this fall for the first time since 2006. The Bobcats won the MAC regular season for the second straight year, but later lost in the MAC Tournament semifinals.
2. Softball: NCAA Tournament appearance
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Ohio, after winning the MAC Tournament, also qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995. The Bobcats lost both their games, to Kentucky and DePaul, but scored the program's first-ever run in an NCAA Tournament game.
1. Wrestling: Johnson earns second career All-American honors
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Then-redshirt senior Jeremy Johnson heavyweight was earned All-American status for the second time of his career and became the winningest wrestler in program history. He finished seventh in his weight class at the NCAA championships in March.
