The Marietta College Pioneers saw their season come to an end Saturday, keeping them from their third consecutive NCAA Division III National Championship.
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In the final game of the Ohio Bobcats 2013 baseball season, Ohio beat Miami, 7-3.
The Bobcats were led by starting pitcher Sean Kennedy, who pitched five innings of two-hit baseball and four straight hitless innings.
The Ohio Bobcats have added an arm to their pitching staff for the future.
A two-hour rain delay before the first pitch didn’t dampen Miami’s offensive attack as the RedHawks topped Ohio 13-6.
Miami (25-27, 14-12) outhit Ohio (13-39, 8-18) 20-12 on the evening. The offensive onslaught resulted in the use of seven pitchers between both squads.
After outscoring their first two opponents of the Mideast Regional 27-2, the No. 2 Marietta Pioneers (31-13) dropped their game on Friday to the No. 1 Manchester Spartans (38-5-1), 10-5.
Tmisht Stinson, a 5-foot-10 forward from Forest County Agricultural High School in Brooklyn, Miss., has committed to the Ohio women’s basketball team for the 2013 class.
After a hot start, the Ohio Bobcats couldn’t put away the Miami RedHawks, dropping the first game of the season’s final series by a score of 12-7.
The 2013 season was quite a special one for Ohio softball. The Bobcats’ offense tore the cover off of the ball this season, breaking school and league records. The team also experienced some special events and occurrences such as an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
After an 11-1 victory on Wednesday, the No. 2 Marietta College Pioneers (31-12) continued their torrid scoring on Thursday en route to a 16-1 victory over the sixth-seeded Thomas More Saints (30-15).
Rutgers University announced Wednesday the hiring of Julie Hermann as its new athletic director. The former Louisville AD will replace Tim Pernetti after he resigned on April 9, three days removed from the firing of men’s basketball coach Mike Rice for controversial actions done in practice.