BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University's Rachel Beining (Ottoville) averaged a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds per game as the Beavers went 3-0 with a home win over Franklin and road victories at Manchester and Hanover last week. Beining was the last Bluffton women's basketball player to earn HCAC POTW honors (December 14, 2015).
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University’s D'Nae Reese (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) re-set her own Bluffton University record in the weight throw and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week following her great performance at the Northwest Ohio Invitational on Friday, Jan. 13.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team trailed 50-41 midway through the third period before the Beavers turned it around with a 25-10 jag over the next nine minutes en route to the 86-81 victory on Saturday, Jan. 14.
Bluffton improved to 13-2 overall and 7-1 in the Heartland Conference, while Hanover slipped to 7-8 and 5-3 in the HCAC.
FINDLAY, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s and women’s track and field team traveled to the University of Findlay to compete in the Northwest Ohio Invitational. In a field of Division 2 and NAIA scholarship-granting schools, the Beavers were one of only two Division 3 teams and they showed their ability to match up with upper echelon competition.
HANOVER, Ind. - The Bluffton University men's basketball team exchanged leads six times in the first half before Hanover opened a 41-33 spread at the half en route to a 77-66 victory in Collier Arena on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Bluffton fell to 8-6 overall and 1-6 in the Heartland Conference with Hanover staying atop the HCAC at 7-1 (13-2 overall).
