The Bluffton University cross country team ran their final tune-up for the Heartland Conference Championship in two weeks with the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble and came home with another excellent result on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The women's team ran to another all-time best finish, placing seventh out of 26 total teams in the race, including knocking off many conference foes in the process.
The Bluffton University men's soccer team dropped a 4-0 decision at Hanover College on Saturday, Oct. 13. Bluffton fell to 2-12 overall and 1-4 in the Heartland Conference, while Hanover stayed perfect with a 5-0 mark in the HCAC (8-5 overall).
The Bluffton University football team hosted Manchester on Homecoming weekend and it turned out to be a nail-biter. The visiting Spartans came out on top, 21-17, with the help of two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns. Bluffton dipped to 1-6 overall and 1-4 in Heartland Conference play while Manchester improved to 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University volleyball team fell to Transylvania in four sets on Sunday, Oct. 14. The end of Homecoming weekend was not kind to the Beavers who dropped their first Heartland Conference match of the season. Bluffton slipped to 12-11 overall and 4-1 in the Heartland Conference, while Transylvania improved to 11-9 and 5-1 in the HCAC.
Bluffton was up a set and leading 13-7 in the second when Transylvania turned the tables and never looked back. The Pioneers outscored Bluffton 18-6 to even the match at one set apiece before closing it out with 25-23 and 25-16 victories.
Dr. Gayle Trollinger, professor of education and department chair, will present the Colloquium, “Adventures in Bureaucracy: What I Learned from CAEP,’” at 4 p.m. on Oct. 26 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
