COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will honor six Ohio greats during the finals of the 2025 Boys State Basketball Tournament Saturday, March 22, as part of its Circle of Champions recognition program. Two of those honorees are sisters, and one of them, Kari Pickens, is the head coach of the Ashland University women’s […]
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2nd-ranked GVSU ends Ashland’s season in NCAA regional final
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published at the Ashland University sports information website. ALLENDALE, Mich. — In almost any other Division II regional final, the Ashland University women’s basketball team would be wearing a crown. Alas, the fifth-ranked Eagles landed in perhaps the toughest regional in the country. On Monday night, second-ranked Grand Valley […]
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AU hammers Northern Michigan for berth in Division II regional title tilt
ALLENDALE, Mich. — The fifth-ranked Ashland University women’s basketball team just might be playing its best basketball of the season. And it couldn’t come at a better time. The Eagles made short work of Northern Michigan on Saturday night, playing stifling defense to chalk up a 68-45 victory in an NCAA Division II Midwest Regional […]
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AU rolls Ferris State to reach Division II regional semifinals
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ashland University Sports Information Department. ALLENDALE, Mich. — The No. 5 Ashland University women’s basketball team opened the 2025 NCAA Division II Midwest Regional tournament with a 62-50 win over Ferris State on Friday afternoon at Grand Valley State. The Eagles’ 25th consecutive win advances them to […]
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5th-ranked Eagles claim 4th straight G-MAC tourney title, eye NCAA draw
ASHLAND – On the biggest stages in sports, sometimes the spotlight shines on more than just the main attractions. Hosting Hillsdale College for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament title Saturday, Ashland University watched bench players Sarah McKee and Ashley Mullet land the biggest punches. The game featured 11 lead changes and saw the Chargers […]
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5th-ranked Ashland U. will play for 4th straight GMAC title Saturday afternoon
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was first published at the Ashland University website. ASHLAND — The Ashland University women’s basketball team played in its 1,500th all-time game on Friday (March 7) night at the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium. And that game ended up like 994 of them previously did – with an Eagle victory. Fifth-ranked […]
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Pickens picks up 200th win as AU women ready for GMAC tourney opener
ASHLAND — There they go again. The 2024-25 Division II college basketball season did not begin the way Ashland University basketball fans have come to expect. The perennial powerhouse faced a bit of a rebuild this winter, and the Eagles lost their season opener, 57-49 to Northwest Missouri State. A 67-42 setback at second-ranked Grand […]
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Ferris State ends Ashland’s season in NCAA Tournament
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was submitted by Ashland University student Cade Cracas exclusively for Ashland Source and Richland Source. ALLENDALE, Mich. — The No. 1-ranked Ashland University women’s basketball lost just two games during the 2023-24 season. Both defeats came to the same team, and the second of those losses ended AU’s year. That decision […]
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AU women declaw Panthers to advance in NCAA Tournament
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Ashland University student Cade Cracas, exclusively for Ashland Source. ALLENDALE, Michigan — The venue may change, but the high-powered machine that is the Ashland University women’s basketball team continues to hum at peak efficiency. Last week the Eagles rolled to a GMAC conference title in the friendly confines of Kates […]
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Ashland dismisses Thomas More in GMAC semifinal to reach title tilt
ASHLAND — An ugly first quarter may have been the spark for a brilliant second quarter. Whatever the primer, the defending national champion Ashland University women’s basketball team utilized a 19-4 spurt in the second period to tame Thomas More 67-56 on Friday night at Kates Gymnasium. “It was a hard-fought win,” said AU coach […]