ASHLAND — Those back-to-back losses to open the season are fading from the rearview mirror. If Ashland University can spring the upset on fourth-ranked Ferris State, those memories will dip below the horizon for good. Ashland (2-2, 2-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) is riding high after last week’s 35-10 Homecoming victory over Northwood, but […]
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Youthful Eagles rough up Northwood on Homecoming
ASHLAND — Lee Owens doesn’t know how to describe it, but Ashland University’s longtime coach knows it when he sees it. And Owens sees it in redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Brenner. Making just his third collegiate start, Brenner completed 17 of 29 passes for 227 yards and tossed his first two career touchdown passes as […]
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Young quarterback coming of age for AU
ASHLAND — Austin Brenner is ahead of schedule, which is good news for the new-look Ashland University offense. A redshirt freshman, Brenner has completed 34-of -47 passes in his two collegiate starts. His .723 completion percentage leads the nation. What’s more, Brenner led the Eagles (1-2, 1-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) to their first […]
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Ashland picks up first win at Wayne State
DETROIT — It took longer than expected, but three weeks into the season the Ashland University football team secured its first win of the 2018 campaign. The Eagles traveled to Detroit on Saturday night to earn a 30-21 victory at Wayne State in their 2018 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener. “This is a tough […]
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Ashland searching for first win
ASHLAND — They are 0-2 for the firs time since 2013, but the Ashland University Eagles can’t afford to feel sorry for themselves. Wayne State will show AU no quarter. The Eagles open defense of their Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship against the Warriors (1-1) at 6 p.m. Saturday at Tom Adams Field in […]
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Ashland University falls in another tight tilt to a ranked foe
COLUMBUS – Ashland University knew it would have its hands full to start the 2018 football season with a pair of ranked foes in the first two games. But it’s doubtful coach Lee Owens anticipated a worst-case scenario, record-wise. Unfortunately, that’s the situation for the 18th-ranked Eagles, who dropped to 0-2 after falling 24-17 on […]
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Ashland looking to rebound at Ohio Dominican
ASHLAND — Andrew Vaughn may have been disappointed, but Ashland’s veteran tailback was far from panicked. The Eagles have been in this situation before. For the second year in a row AU lost its season opener to Indiana (Pa.), but the 2017 Eagles provided the blueprint this year’s team would like to follow. The Eagles […]
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Heartbreaker: Ashland falls in opener
ASHLAND — Lee Owens knew what question awaited him and Ashland University’s veteran coach wasn’t going to duck it. “I screwed up,” Owens said as he began his postgame remarks after the 15th-ranked Eagles dropped a 21-17 heart-breaker to No. 4 Indiana (Pa.) on Thursday at Jack Miller Stadium. “We should have gone for two.” […]
