The Ohio Bobcats' baseball team won the first game of its three-game series with Northern Illinois.
It was a back-and-forth game right from the start with both teams scoring two runs in the third inning.
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Ohio women’s golf has added one last competition before the 2013 Mid-American Conference Championships next weekend.
The Bobcats will play on Saturday at the Angola Shootout at Glendarin Hills Golf Club in Angola, Ind.
The Mid-American Conference announced Friday the 2012-13 Academic All-MAC team for men’s basketball. Ohio’s Walter Offutt was among the five to be recognized by the conference.
The Bobcats lost the series against Akron last weekend, a series that they could have easily won had it not been mental errors in late games. Ohio lost two games in the 10th inning Friday and Saturday, but was able to come back strong on Sunday.
The Ohio Bobcats (21-22) won both games of their doubleheader with Wright State on Thursday and broke their nine-game losing streak. Ohio’s pitching and hitting were on, and it helped to defeat the Raiders, 5-1 and 13-1.
Ohio catcher Lauren Gellerman has gotten most of, if not all of, the attention as the Bobcats' best hitter this season. And probably for good reason. Her 17 home runs, batting average that sits around .400 and program records speak for themselves.
The Mid-American Conference announced Thursday the 2013 class that will be inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame. Former Ohio men’s basketball legend Gary Trent is among the seven that will be inducted on May 30, 2013.
Ohio Softball fell to Marshall twice Wednesday, as Thundering Herd senior Andi Williamson pitched 13 innings of two-hit, no-run softball. The loss pushed Ohio's losing streak to nine games.
Game One
Three Bobcats were honored on the 2013 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Wrestling team on Wednesday. Jeremy Johnson (285 lbs.), Phil Wellington (197 lbs.) and Sparty Chino (157 lbs.) are Ohio’s three representatives on the team of 11 student-athletes.
The Ohio Bobcats (8-26) and Marshall Thundering Herd (13-22) tried to play a game Tuesday night at Bob Wren Stadium, but Mother Nature wasn’t having it. The teams managed to get through two and one-thirds innings before frightening lightning rained it out.