The government might shut down Tuesday, but that won’t stop the Mid-American Conference and the weekly coaches’ teleconference.
Dual-threat volleyball players are hard to come by because of the usual height difference between players of various positions. Ohio freshman Mallory Salis, who is listed as 5-foot-8, is one of the Bobcats’ most versatile players, having found her niche playing both outside hitter and libero.
After a thrilling 3-1 win against Bowling Green to kick off Mid-American Conference play Friday, the Bobcats were unable to replicate their performance Sunday, as they lost 2-1 to Central Michigan at Chessa Field.
Having claimed the top spot of the Mid-American Conference East Division each of the past 10 regular seasons, No. 22 Ohio began conference play and its quest to continue the streak with a pair of victories this weekend.
Another pair of weekend games has come and gone for the Bobcats with the same result as the previous two: a split.
Ohio placed West Virginia behind a mountain of goals in the Bobcats’ 7-1 victory Friday.
The Bobcats will head north on U.S. 33 to Westerville on Monday to play at The Lakes Golf and Country Club in The Bobcat Open — an exhibition event consisting of members of the team and alumni.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ PNC Park will host a party that’ll be tough to crash Tuesday when the Cincinnati Reds come to town for the National League Wild Card Game.
The Bobcats controlled the pace of Friday night's contest with the West Virginia Mountaineers from the onset as they pulled out a 7-1 victory.
Before the season began, Akron coach Terry Bowden noted that the Mid-American Conference brings the total package in terms of what it can provide to a player — with bowl trips, high draft picks and nationally televised games increasing the conference’s visibility. With “MACtion” officially beginning next week for an Ohio team whose main goal is to bring home a conference championship, here’s a look at what the Bobcats will face each week:
With just one weekend remaining until Mid-American Conference play begins, Ohio will pack and hit the road again for a pair of weekend games in Coraopolis, Pa.
With the Mid-American Conference season set to begin this weekend at Chessa Field, it’s time for the Bobcats to deliver and begin their campaign for a conference title.
If the Major League Baseball season ended today, the Cleveland Indians would be in the playoffs. Well, they would be one of two teams in the wild card play-in game, but it’s still impressive for a team that finished a mere 68-94 last year.
Ohio will look to turn mountains into molehills on Friday when they face off with West Virginia at Bird Arena.
The Cincinnati Bengals have been irrelevant for most of my lifetime, as it’s been 23 seasons since the franchise last won a playoff game — a winless streak that tops every other NFL team.
When Ohio coach Neil Macmillan learned this summer that the renovation of Pruitt Field would keep the Bobcats from using their home pitch, he said he needed somewhere to practice that was “flat — like a tennis court.”
There is a steep learning curve between high school and collegiate athletics, and many freshmen can benefit from an extra redshirt year of adjustment before donning their college colors on the field of play.
As Mid-American Conference teams turn the page from their non-conference schedules toward the beginning of the conference campaign, coaches weighed in during the weekly Monday morning teleconference.
Cleveland always struck me as a city with passionate fans that stuck with their teams through thick and thin.
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