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Beavers play Oilers volleyball, first match since 2009

Posted by Paula Scott on September 22, 2021 - 6:09am

The Bluffton University volleyball team made the short trip north on Interstate 75 to take on Head Coach Steve Yarnell's alma mater, the University of Findlay. The Oilers won 25-17 and 25-18 before Bluffton nearly pushed it to four sets. The Beavers led by as many as five points, but could not put it away, dropping the clincher 25-23. Bluffton fell to 6-9 on the season, while Findlay upped its mark to 6-1.

Tuesday marked the first meeting between the two schools since 2009.

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Scots 4-1 victory over men's soccer

Posted by Paula Scott on September 22, 2021 - 6:06am

The Bluffton University men's soccer team traveled east across US 30 to the College of Wooster on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. The Fighting Scots had too much firepower as the home team improved to 6-2 with a 4-1 victory over the Beavers. Bluffton fell to 3-2 on the season.

Wooster went up 1-0 at the 5:07 mark when Luca Napora connected with Alex Pollitt for his first goal of the season. Bluffton responded in minute 13 when senior stalwart Dalton Taynor (Troy/Miami East) intercepted a Wooster pass and made the home team pay with his team-leading 7th goal of the season. 

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Women’s soccer: Belles over Beavers, 2-1

Posted by Paula Scott on September 21, 2021 - 7:04am

The Bluffton University women's soccer team battled St. Mary's tooth and nail for 90 minutes but came up just short in a 2-1 loss to the Belles on a rainy Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. The Beavers dipped to 2-4 on the season, while SMC improved to 6-1 overall.

St. Mary's standout Rose Stackhouse came into Bluffton with six goals in six games, but on Monday afternoon she switched roles and became the tablesetter. The senior connected with Julian Bowen twice in the opening stanza as the visitors opened up a 2-0 lead at the break.

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Pirate boys tame Mustangs

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on September 21, 2021 - 6:50am

The host Bluffton boys soccer team shut out backyard rival Allen East 5-0 in a Northwest Conference match Monday night at Steinmetz Field.

Bluffton improved to 7-2-1 and 2-0 in the NWC with the whitewash victory. The Mustangs fell to 1-6-1 and 0-2-1 in league play after suffering the defeat.

Pirate Kaden Basil scored the first goal just 2:25 into the match off an assist by Jude Spallinger. 

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University women heat up during final nine at the Beaver Fall Classic

Posted by Paula Scott on September 20, 2021 - 5:58am

The Bluffton University women's golf team turned it on over their final nine holes on Sunday, moving back up into 3rd place at the Beaver Fall Classic. The Beavers shot a 355 (tied for 4th best all-time), giving Bluffton a 713 for the tournament which is tied for 2nd all-time for 36 holes.

Haley Gill (Indianapolis, IN/Franklin Central) got it done down the stretch, firing a school-record 80 on Sunday, which added up to a 4th place finish individually. Gill's 169 for the weekend also equaled her own record for 36 holes!

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Beavers shatter 36-hole mark with a 605

Posted by Paula Scott on September 20, 2021 - 5:55am

The Bluffton University men's golf team went the distance and then some en route to their first tournament victory on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Tied at 605 after 36 holes thanks to three birdies on the final hole, Bluffton notched four pars on the first hole of the playoff to take down local-power Ohio Northern in the 2021 Beaver Fall Classic.

Bluffton missed its one-day old school record for 18 holes by one shot, but the Beavers shattered their 36-hole mark with a 605, shaving 18 strokes off the previous mark.

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