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. No worries. Ashland Source […]
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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 […]
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Ashland University student to compete in National Collegiate Pistol Championships
ASHLAND – For the second year in a row, Ashland University student Jessica Syme, a senior from Westfield Township in Medina County, Ohio, will be competing in the National Intercollegiate Pistol Championships that will be held at Fort Benning, Ga., March 17 to 20. Syme, who is an accounting and finance major at Ashland University, […]
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Ashland reaches Sweet 16, win streak stretches to 70
ASHLAND — It takes mental and physical focus to beat a basketball team four times in a season. But who wants a deep NCAA tournament run without adversity mixed with great competition? The No. 1-ranked Ashland University women’s basketball team booked its ticket to the Sweet 16 on Saturday night in the Division II NCAA […]
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Top-ranked Eagles stay perfect, roll into Saturday’s NCAA tourney
ASHLAND — Thirty-two NCAA Division II teams packed their sad souls onto the bus and headed home on Friday with their season over. The Ashland University women’s basketball team made sure the Hillsdale Chargers were among them. The Eagles defeated Hillsdale 104-82 at Kates Gymnasium in the NCAA Midwest Regional round of 64 on Friday. […]