Ashland University

ASHLAND, Ohio — The Eagles showed no mercy to Mercyhurst. Ashland University lived up to its preseason billing as one of the best teams in the nation, swamping the Lakers 48-0 in the season opener Thursday at Jack Miller Stadium.

ASHLAND, Ohio — Lee Owens has piloted some highly-regarded Ashland University football teams during his 12 seasons in charge, but none has generated this much preseason excitement — and for good reason. The Eagles return virtually everyone from a team that went unbeaten during the regular season last fall. AU is ranked in the top […]

ASHLAND — Another day, another preseason ranking for Ashland University’s football team. On Monday (Aug. 22), the Eagles landed at No. 7 in the 2016 D2Football.com Top 25 preseason poll. It is the fourth preseason Top 10 national ranking for AU, which also is slotted No. 6 in the 2016 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) […]

ASHLAND — Ashland University’s football team has made some history before the ball has been kicked off on the 2016 season. The 2016 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll was released on Monday afternoon, with the Eagles slotted No. 6. In this century, Ashland hadn’t been ranked higher by […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — Continuing his hot streak in the Mens Rugby Sevens tournament, Ashland University grad Carlin Isles scored two tries Thursday against Spain, leading the U.S. team to a ninth-place finish with a 24-12 win. The two tries in the final match gave Isles a total of six tries for 30 points, making […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. Rugby Sevens mens team fell short of making the medal round, but that didn’t stop Ashland University grad Carlin Isles from making a splash with a hat trick in the team’s fourth match Wednesday. After falling to top-seeded Fiji earlier in the day, Isles scored three tries as the […]

Prior to the start of the 2015 season, Ashland University’s football team had just nine catches coming back from its wide receiver corps and just two catches returning from its tight ends from 2014. Coming into the 2016 campaign, the Eagles have 185 of their 247 receptions from 12 months ago heading into the start […]

ASHLAND — Ashland University’s football team is picked to repeat as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division champion in the 2016 GLIAC Football Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released on Wednesday (Aug. 3) morning. The Eagles received five of six first-place votes in the South, and boast 25 voting points overall. Ohio Dominican had the […]

ASHLAND — Coming off a record-breaking 2015 campaign, Ashland University junior tight end Adam Shaheen continues to garner honors – the latest being 2016 first-team preseason Division II All-American status from Football Gameplan. As a sophomore last fall, Shaheen caught 70 passes – an Eagle program record for a tight end, second-most ever in a […]