For the first time since 2013, the No. 1-ranked Ashland University men’s track and field team has won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference outdoor championship. Following the completion of the third and final day of competition on Friday (May 5) at Grand Valley State, the Eagle men had 175 team points – 13 more […]
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AU men’s track team ranked No. 1 in Division II
ASHLAND — For the first time in the 2017 outdoor season, Ashland University’s men’s track and field team is the No. 1-ranked team in NCAA Division II. In the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) rankings, the Eagle men sit atop them for the first time outdoors since Week 8 […]
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AU’s Laina Snyder mentioned in Sports Illustrated
ASHLAND — Ashland University junior forward/center Laina Snyder is featured in the “Faces In The Crowd” section of the May 1 issue of Sports Illustrated. Following the Eagles’ second NCAA Division II national championship, Snyder was named the Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player after a three-game stretch in which she averaged 22.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, […]
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AU softball team earns spot in GLIAC tourney with split vs. Wayne State
DETROIT, Michigan — A three-run bottom of the sixth inning in Game 2 lifted Ashland University’s softball team to a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader split on Sunday (April 23) at No. 24 Wayne State. The Eagles (27-20 overall, 12-8 GLIAC) took the second game by a 5-4 count after losing the opener to […]
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Snyder, Daugherty earn Winter GLIAC Commisioner’s Awards
ASHLAND — As announced on Wednesday morning by the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Ashland University junior forwards Andi Daugherty and Laina Snyder each have earned their first GLIAC Commissioner’s Awards. The awards come less than a month after Daugherty and Snyder led the Eagles to the program’s second NCAA Division II national championship and […]
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AU to host 2019 D-II Wrestling Championships in Cleveland
ASHLAND — The NCAA announced on Tuesday afternoon that Ashland University will work along side the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission to host the 2019 Division II Wrestling National Championships at The Wolstein Center in Cleveland on March 8 and 9. The Wolstein Center is on the campus of Cleveland State University, and has a capacity […]
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Sens. Brown, Portman recognize AU women’s championship
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday (April 7), Ohio’s United States Senators, Rob Portman (R) and Sherrod Brown (D), introduced a resolution in the Senate recognizing the athletic achievement of the 2016-17 Ashland University women’s basketball team. The Eagles won their second Division II national championship on March 24, defeating Virginia Union, 93-77, in Columbus. Ashland […]
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Former AU pitcher to start season with High-A Mariners team
MODESTO, California — Former Ashland University right-handed pitcher Art Warren will begin his third professional season with the class High-A Modesto Nuts in the Seattle Mariners organization. Warren, who will start the season as a reliever, was 11-2 with a 3.17 earned-run average in 27 games (20 starts) at two levels in 2016 in his […]
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Browns re-sign AU grad Jamie Meder
CLEVELAND — On Tuesday afternoon, the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns announced they have re-signed former Ashland University All-American defensive lineman Jamie Meder. Meder had been an exclusive rights free agent, meaning he was under control to the Browns unless they released his rights. Meder completed the 2016 season, his second full NFL campaign, with […]
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AU women earn more awards
ASHLAND — The 2016-17 season has ended for Ashland University’s women’s basketball team, but the awards season has not. Head coach Robyn Fralick has been named SNA Sports/Women’s Division II Bulletin Coach of the Year, while junior forward/center Laina Snyder has earned Women’s Division II Bulletin Player of the Year. Fralick recently led the Eagles […]