Boldon wins MAC Coach of the Year following 'Cats drastic turnaround
By Luke O'Roark | Mar. 10, 2015Coach Bob Boldon’s quiet, but stern, demeanor has helped lead Ohio to best season in twenty years.
Coach Bob Boldon’s quiet, but stern, demeanor has helped lead Ohio to best season in twenty years.
Bobcats' game Tuesday against Morehead State postponed
Although neither Bobcats team will be competing, the MAC Tournament will resume Wednesday in Cleveland for the second round.
Head coach Bob Boldon was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Tuesday, the league office announced.
Eleventh-seeded Ohio lost 82-74 to sixth-seeded Western Michigan in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Monday.
During Stevie Taylor's 137th and final game as a Bobcat, he paced his team by driving to the hoop and penetrating the defense on his way to a career-high 25 points.
Ohio will face Morehead State in final game of its season-opening road trip
College wrestling should make more of an emphasis on hosting home wrestling meets.
Ohio was recognized with its tenth straight Division I National Academic Team Award by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association on Monday.
The regular season may have ended, but the accolades continue for the Bobcats.
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@ThePostSports staffers try to predict Monday's MAC Tournament game against Western Michigan.
The Bobcats improved their defense and rediscovered some magic in its pitching staff as it swept University of Illinois-Chicago in three straight
The Bobcats were pushed by strong performances to a third place finish from five national qualifying wrestlers.
No. 6 Ohio dropped an 4-3 overtime heartbreaker to No. 3 Minot State in the national quarterfinals on Sunday.
The Bobcats have a “nothing to lose” mindset heading into the first round of the MAC Tournament.
The first day of the Mid-American Conference Championships has drawn to a close with the Bobcats finding themselves in fourth place with 55.0 overall team points. Ohio split its 20 total matches, winning 10.Walters Returning to Title MatchCody Walters, a 174-pound redshirt junior, is headed back to the conference title match after cruising to two early victories. This will be the third consecutive trip to the title match for Walters, as he reached the feat previously the past two years. He won both matches previously and will go against the top-seeded Johnny Eblen, a redshirt senior from Missouri.Wellington Stays Undefeated in Conference PlayPhil Wellington, a 197-pound redshirt junior, kept his perfect 10-0 record in MAC play alive, earning a 4-0 decision over Kent State’s Cole Baxter and a 6-1 decision over Old Dominion’s Kevin Beazley. Wellington will appear in his first conference title match tomorrow against sophomore J’Den Cox of Missouri.Claxton and Hightower Fall ShortTywan Claxton, a 149-pound redshirt junior, will not have the opportunity to earn his first conference championship of his career, as he was defeated in the semifinals by Missouri redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt. Claxton will fight for an automatic bid to Nationals tomorrow as he’ll begin with Michael Depalma of Kent State.Harrison Hightower, a 165-pound redshirt senior, also fell short of his first bid to the conference title match, losing by decision to the second-seeded Cooper Moore of Northern Iowa. He’ll hope to earn a bid to the third-place match tomorrow when he’ll wrestle Mike England of Missouri.Top Seeds Reign SupremeLooking at the tournament overall, every single top-seed advanced to their respective conference title match. Missouri has eight wrestlers in title matches, including two of them against Ohio wrestlers. The 133-pound match between Zach Synon of Missouri and Tyler Keselring of Central Michigan will be the most important of the day as the conference is only allocated one automatic bid in that weight class.
No. 6 Ohio's five unanswered goals Saturday morning were more than enough take down No. 11 Liberty 5-2 in the American Collegiate Hockey League tournament's round of 16, but now the Bobcats must quickly turn their attention to a new challenger in No. 3 Minot State.
On Mariah Byard’s senior night, Ohio swept Miami for the first time since 2011 and best record in almost three decades.