ASHLAND — Ashland University will hold a Watch Party for the AU Eagle women’s basketball game on Wednesday night in the Final Four of the NCAA Division II tournament. The AU Eagles will play Indiana (Pa.) at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time and the watch party will be held in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center Eagles’ Nest […]
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South Dakota is a long way from Ashland, but worth the journey
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota — The defending national champion Ashland University Eagles had a closed practice and there was no press availability on Tuesday. When you are on the road covering a team for a week, this is called an off day.
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South Dakota Road Trip
Ashland fans have seen a few bison while in South Dakota to watch the Eagles. Sunset in the badlands was a majestic picture on Tuesday night.
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A Cinderella field awaits Ashland at the Final Four
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota — Upsets were the order of the day during the Elite Eight on Monday at the NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament. But the No. 1-ranked Ashland Eagles proved to be above even that trend. Coach Robyn Fralick’s team pounded Montana State University-Billings 91-73 to move into Wednesday night’s 9:30 p.m. […]
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Ashland 91, MSU-B 73
IMG_1004.JPG IMG_1003.JPG IMG_1012.JPG IMG_0997.JPG IMG_0995.JPG IMG_1000.JPG IMG_1049.JPG A contingent of Ashland University fans traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to follow the Eagles at the Division II Final Four in 2018. Road trips will be much easier for AU fans in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. IMG_1056.JPG IMG_1059.JPG IMG_1061.JPG IMG_1014.JPG IMG_1045.JPG IMG_1066.JPG IMG_1069.JPG IMG_1076.JPG IMG_1077.JPG […]
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Ashland women roll into Division II Final Four
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota — On the road for the first time this postseason. Target on the back. Extremely hard to repeat as a champion. The Ashland University women’s basketball team heard those storylines all week long. None proved worthy of their attention Monday night as the Eagles turned in yet another commanding performance, beating […]
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Ashland’s Johnson, Snyder, Daugherty & Fralick earn national honors
ASHLAND — Sophomore Jodi Johnson, senior teammates Laina Snyder and Andi Daugherty, and coach Robyn Fralick, all earned national honors for the Ashland women’s basketball team just ahead of Monday night’s Elite Eight tournament in South Dakota. Johnson was selected the 2018 WBCA NCAA Division II Player of the Year and headlines the 2018 WBCA […]
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AU Women ready to reach for the summit in Sioux Falls
ASHLAND — “Ohio against the world.” Specifically, Ashland, Ohio, against the seven remaining Division II women’s basketball teams fighting to dethrone last year’s champs. It’s never easy to repeat a national championship, but the Eagles are primed for another run with the Elite 8 starting Monday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, […]
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Forget leaving town, follow the AU Eagles’ quest right here
ASHLAND — The Ashland University women’s basketball team is riding a 71-game winning streak and gunning for a second straight national championship. Unfortunately, while last year’s final leg of that journey played out in nearby Columbus (where AU fans could easily travel), this year’s tournament finishes in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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Elite again: Ashland University women claim second straight NCAA regional title
ASHLAND — With a stomp of her foot, Drury University women’s basketball coach Molly Miller helped Ashland University win its second straight Division II NCAA Midwest Regional Championship on Tuesday night. It was an unexpected and somewhat anti-climactic ending to a night that saw the country’s top-ranked (Ashland) and third-ranked (Drury) teams battle furiously all […]