Sophomore Brianna Gillig (New Riegel) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week for her work against Heidelberg on Nov. 26.
Gillig just missed her third career double-double, putting up 22 points and pulling down nine boards, as Bluffton downed the Student Princes 70-65 at home on Tuesday night when the Beavers improved to 4-0 on the season.
Bluffton University’s music department has announced the soloists for its 124th performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Soloists are Hanna Lee, soprano; Ryu-Kyung Kim, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Bunsold, tenor; and Robert Kerr, baritone.
The women's game report is below the men's report.
Bluffton University women's and men's basketball teams both won in Dec. 4 contests. The men's game follows.
Men's game
The Bluffton University men's basketball team played host to league foe Mount St. Joseph on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in what was the first conference matchup of the season.
The Beavers controlled the game from the tip, never allowing the Lions to take a lead despite a late comeback try that fell just short for MSJ in Bluffton's 64-61 victory.
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s Vs. Cancer program welcomes its inaugural class of Vs. Cancer Ambassadors, including James Grandey, head baseball coach at Bluffton University.
Comprised of current and former coaches, players and members of the press, Baseball Vs. Cancer Ambassadors represent the athletic community’s shared resolve to raise awareness and funds for a world without childhood brain tumors.
“I am honored to have been selected as one of the first Vs. Cancer Ambassadors,” said Grandey.
With Colossians 3:4, “When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory,” serving as their verse and pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler serving as their guide, the Bluffton University community explored the theme “Jesus: More than a Feeling” during Bluffton University’s semiannual Spiritual Life Week.
