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Defense Takes Center Court for the Bobcats
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The Ohio Men’s Basketball team is 10 days away from their exhibition game against Rio Grande and 17 days away from their opener against Southern University. During the practice time leading up to the start of the season, Ohio has one goal. Get better defensively. “Keep working hard, get better defensively and the offense will… Read More
Ohio Defense Picks Up in Win Over WMU in Straight Sets
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The Ohio Bobcats (11-11, 7-3) defeated the Western Michigan Broncos (8-15, 3-7) on Saturday in straight sets (25-9, 25-23, 25-23). The Bobcats put forth what was possibly their best defensive effort of the season in the victory. Ohio had 13 blocks and held the Broncos to a .034 hitting percentage, including a negative hitting percentage… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Falls to NIU
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The Ohio Bobcats (10-11, 6-3) fell to the Northern Illinois Huskies (17-4, 9-0) in a five set thriller (20-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-17, 9-15) on Friday night in the Convocation Center. Improvement showed with four career highs. Stephanie Olman in assists (66), Erica Walker in digs (25), Katie Nelson in aces (four) and Mallory Salis in… Read More
Ohio Comes From Behind to Win Five-Setter Over EMU
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Coming into Saturday’s contest against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (7-12, 2-4), the Ohio Bobcats (9-9, 5-1) were tied for the most aces in the Mid-American Conference. That will change after Saturday’s five set victory over the Eagles (25-18, 23-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-8) in Athens. Down two sets to one, senior captain Brooke Coleman headed behind… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Heads Out for First Conference Road Trip
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The Ohio Bobcats are entering their toughest test of the year. Tougher than at Oklahoma, at Virginia Tech or opening with ranked Western Kentucky. This week, the Bobcats (6-8, 2-0) have their first Mid-American Conference road test of the year as they travel to Oxford to take on archrival Miami Redhawks (10-4, 2-0) on Thursday… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Improves to 2-0 in MAC Play
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For the first time in the 2016 season, the Ohio Bobcats swept a weekend. The Bobcats (6-8, 2-0) defeated the Buffalo Bulls (1-14, 0-2) in straight sets (25-22, 25-17, 25-22). It was a team effort on Saturday for the Bobcats. Eight players registered a kill and eight players recorded a dig. But the key for… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Opens Conference Play With a Win
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Public address announcer Lou Horvath occasionally refears to Ali Lake as “The Great Lake.” On Friday night, Lake was indeed a “Great Lake.” The Ohio Bobcats (5-8, 1-0) opened Mid-American Conference play with a victory over the Akron Zips (5-8, 0-1) in straight sets (25-15, 25-23, 27-25). Lake, who had a match high 17 kills,… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Drops Match Against UTSA
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The Ohio Bobcats were all ready to go up 2-0 on the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) but the Roadrunners had a different plan. Ohio was up 24-20 in the second set with the serve, but back-to-back kills by Marijeta Runjic and two Ohio errors tied the set at 24. The Roadrunners went… Read More
Ohio Looks to Get Over .500 at Nike Invitational
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The Ohio Bobcats have started off the Nike Invitational with a split, beating the Lamar Cardinals and losing to host Oklahoma Sooners. On Saturday they will take on the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Roadrunners. UTSA (5-3) is coming off two straight wins in the Nike Invitational. They defeated Lamar in straight sets… Read More
Oklahoma Lays Boom on Bobcats
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It was a battle between the OU schools Friday night and the Oklahoma Sooners (8-1) defeated the Ohio Bobcats (3-6) in straight sets (25-12, 25-19, 25-18). A Jaime Kosiorek kill made it a 10-8 lead for the Oklahoma Sooners in the first set. The Bobcats were getting their hands on balls and passing well but… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Wins First Match of Nike Invitational
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The Ohio Bobcats (3-5) defeated the Lamar Cardinals (0-7) in straight sets (25-16, 25-21, 25-21) in their first match of the Nike Invitational. Ohio dominated the first set, hitting a remarkable .480 and only had two errors. Ohio scored seven of the games first 10 points, forcing Lamar to call a timeout. The Bobcats and… Read More
Ohio Opens Season with Loss to WKU
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The “fresh five” took the court for the Ohio Bobcats in their first ever collegiate game against No. 22 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers in their first game of the Bobcat Invitational. Despite being without captain outside hitter Mallory Salis and middle blocker Katie Nelson, the Bobcats still put up a good fight but fell 3-1… Read More
Ohio Volleyball Begins Season With Tough Bobcat Invitational
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The defending Mid-American Conference tournament champions are back. The Ohio volleyball team begins its quest for an eleventh trip to the NCAA Tournament on Friday in the Bobcat Invitational. However this year’s squad looks significantly different from the teams in previous years. Setter Abby Gilleland, libero Meredith Ashy, middle blocker Karin Bull, outside hitter Shelby… Read More
Ohio Falls to Buffalo in MAC Tournament Semifinals
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Ohio’s hopes for a Mid-American Conference title are over. The team that was thought to be a year away came a game away from a spot in the MAC title game. The Ohio Bobcats (21-11) fell to the Buffalo Bulls (19-14) 88-74 in the MAC tournament semifinals Friday night. In the first half, Ohio struggled to put… Read More
MAC Tournament Down to Final Four Teams
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The 2016 Mid-American Conference tournament is down to the “final four.” On one half the bracket the No. 1 seed Akron Zips take on the No. 12 seed Bowling Green Falcons. The other half is all chalk, as the No. 2 seed Ohio Bobcats square off against No. 3 seed Buffalo Bulls. Akron (25-7) has been the class… Read More
Ohio Sets Sights on Buffalo with Title Hopes on the Line
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The Ohio Bobcats will take on the Buffalo Bulls Friday night in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference basketball tournament. Ohio (21-10) is the two seed in the tournament while Buffalo (18-14) is the three seed. The Bobcats are coming off a 79-62 dismantling of the Northern Illinois Huskies on Thursday night. Ohio led by… Read More
Ohio Advances in MAC Tournament With Win Over NIU 79-62
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The Ohio Bobcats dominated the Northern Illinois Huskies Thursday night in the quarterfinal of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Ohio defeated the Huskies 79-62. All five starters scored in double figures for Ohio and they led for all but 16 seconds in the contest. Jaaron Simmons led the way for the Bobcats with 16 points and 11… Read More
The 2016 Men’s MAC Tournament at a Glance
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The regular season is over and it is time for the Mid-American Conference Tournament.The top four teams receive a bye directly to Cleveland. Because several teams have already been eliminated, this is just a look at the teams still in the tournament. #1 Akron The Akron Zips (24-7, 13-5) have been the class of the… Read More
Shaky Defense Hurts Bobcats in Loss to Bowling Green
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During their five-game winning streak the Ohio Bobcats allowed more than 70-points one time. On Tuesday night, they gave up 87-points in an 87-82 loss to the Bowling Green Falcons. The Bobcats gave up more than 50 second half points to the Falcons for the second time this season. The first time, Bowling Green scored 58 points,… Read More
Ohio Looks to Keep Rolling in Matchup against Bowling Green
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The Ohio Bobcats will take on Bowling Green Tuesday in a rematch against the Falcons. The first game between Ohio and Bowling Green was just six weeks ago. However, it feels longer than that. That game which was in Athens, saw the Bobcats go down 91-75. Since then, these two teams have gone in opposite directions. “A loss… Read More
Simmons Leads Ohio to Win over Rival Miami
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The Ohio Bobcats (18-8, 9-5) picked up their fifth straight win Saturday afternoon against the archrival Miami Redhawks (9-18, 3-11) 76-64. Last season, Ohio defeated Miami by a record 30 points. For part of the game, it looked like Ohio was going break that record. Redshirt senior Treg Setty made a layup to put Ohio up… Read More
Campbell’s Career-High Leads Way to ‘Cats Fourth Straight Win
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It was the Antonio Campbell show Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. Campbell scored 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in an 86-64 win against the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Campbell played the first 37 minutes before being taken out because the game was decided. The Eagles (13-13, 5-8) had no answer for the Ohio (17-8,… Read More
Campbell Leads Ohio in Rout of Buffalo
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The Ohio Bobcats (16-8, 7-5) found themselves in familiar territory Friday night leading by double digits at the half. This time, however, they did not make things interesting by letting their opponents back in the game. Rather, they cruised to a 94-75 victory over the Buffalo Bulls (14-11, 7-5). Just six days earlier, on February… Read More
Late Push from Simmons Gives Ohio Win over Northern Illinois
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A late charge from Jaaron Simmons propelled Ohio to an 80-69 victory. With 5:10 to go in the game, Ohio had blown a 16-point halftime lead and trailed 65-62. Antonio Campbell put up a 3-pointer and missed. The rebound was tipped around until Campbell went sliding for the rebound and got it around half court…. Read More
Campbell’s Career-High Leads Ohio Past Kent State
By: Michael Drapcho, Mitchell Lyons
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Antonio Campbell scored 21 points on January 16 against Kent State. On Friday, Campbell scored 22 points in the second half alone to guide Ohio (13-7, 4-4) past the first place Kent State Golden Flashes (15-6, 6-2) 72-61. With 16:11 left in the second half Khaliq Spicer went up for awide open dunk, that would… Read More