The Bluffton High School varsity volleyball team was swept by visiting league foe
Leipsic in a Northwest Conference match Tuesday evening, September 27.
The 25-8, 25-20, 25-22 loss dropped the Bluffton record to 10-6 overall and 2-2 in the NWC this season. The 15th-ranked Vikings improved to 12-3 overall and 5-1 in NWC action with the win.
Bluffton was led in kills by Ayla Grandey with nine. Kendall Stackhouse contributed seven kills.
The Bluffton University women's soccer team wrapped up non-conference play with a 2-1 loss to Bethany College on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Beavers fell to 1-5-1, while the Bison improved to 6-1-2.
Just over a minute into the match, the Bison took an early 1-0 lead, but Bluffton's Nina McGinn (Marion/Harding) found the back of the net, assisted by Emma White (St. Marys/Memorial), in minute 28 to tie the score 1-1 at the half.
On September 24, the Bluffton University volleyball team secured two victories on day two of the Beaver Fall Classic against Capital University (3-1) and Olivet College (3-2). The Beavers improved to 12-4 on the season, thanks to seven straight wins, while Capital fell to 6-9 and Olivet dropped to 3-12.
MEADVILLE, Penn.--The Bluffton University men's golf team shaved 16 strokes off their Sunday score with a solid round of 317 on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Bluffton finished with a 650 at the Guy and Jeanie Kuhn Memorial.
Evan Kujawa (Toledo/Whitmer) fired a 76, giving the senior a 156 for the weekend (27th overall). Dominic Castelvetere (Ontario) and Nick Offenburger (Lexington) went 76 and 78 en route to scores of 160 and 165, respectively.
MEADVILLE, Penn.--The Bluffton University women capped off a superb weekend of golf at the Country Club of Meadville on Monday, Sept. 26. A 342 on day two following a 343 on Sunday added up (685) to the 2nd best score in school history!
Bluffton University has announced the establishment of the M’Della Moon Endowed Chair in Botany and Environmental Science thanks to generous funding from anonymous donors. The $1.5 million dollar gift will fund a faculty chair who will divide their time equally between managing the Bluffton University Nature Preserve and teaching university classes.
Michael Ray Hall, 67, passed away September 24, 2022 at his residence. Michael was born July 12, 1955 in Big Springs, Texas to the late Ferman and Polly "Ann" (Mason) Hall.
Michael was a laborer at various locations and enjoyed playing euchre. He was an avid bowler where he was known to yell, "Let's all get naked and jump in a pile."
