Club hockey squad wins
another national title
Ohio University finished the winter sports season in unfamiliar fashion
this year - without a Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship.
The Bobcat women's swimming and diving team had its seven-year conference
title streak snapped Feb. 17, and the wrestling squad saw its three-year
reign in the MAC come to an end March 10.
But it was business as usual for the Ohio club hockey team, which won its
second consecutive national title March 2. In front of a standing-room only
crowd of 1,400 at Bird Arena in Athens, the Bobcats skated past Iowa State
5-1 in the championship game of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.
Bobcat junior forward Dan Morris was named the tournament's most valuable
player during Ohio's four tourney victories. OU finished the 1995-96 season
with a 29-2 overall record.
Ohio's conference winning streak in women's swimming came to an end as arch-rival
Miami defeated the host Bobcats by 98 points in the six-team MAC meet. Under
first-year Coach Greg Werner, the Bobcats grabbed six MAC individual titles,
more than any other school, and were led by junior Lisa MacNicol and freshman
Line Nyman. MacNicol won the 100-yard butterfly and swam on two victorious
relay teams, while Nyman swept both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events.
Both qualified for the NCAA Championships in late March. Senior Lisa Schuette
broke the MAC record in the 200 freestyle, winning in 1:50.19.
The Ohio men's swimming team took fourth place at its MAC championships
Feb. 24, as host Eastern Michigan won its 17th consecutive team title. Bobcat
Anders Lindgren, a senior from Alvsbyn, Sweden, took home his third consecutive
100 butterfly title.
The Bobcat wrestling team finished third in the five-school MAC Tournament
at Central Michigan, 41 points behind champion Eastern Michigan. Mike Auerbach
(177 pounds) and Mike Benson (190) won individual championships for the
Bobcats. Ohio finished 5-8-1 in dual meets in Harry Houska's 28th season
as coach.
The season came to an abrupt halt for the Ohio men's basketball team March
5 at the Convocation Center after an 86-80 loss to Ball State in the quarterfinals
of the MAC Tournament. The loss ended an up-and-down campaign for the Bobcats
that saw them finish 16-14 overall and tied for fourth place in the MAC
regular-season race with Ball State at 11-7. Eastern Michigan grabbed the
MAC's only spot in the NCAA Tournament with a 75-55 win over Toledo in the
tournament championship game.
The Ohio women's basketball team dropped its MAC tourney semifinal game
to regular-season champion Kent, 88-57, March 7 in Toledo. Coach Marsha
Reall's squad won its MAC quarterfinal match in a thrilling 82-77 overtime
game against Bowling Green at the Convo March 5. The Bobcat women, MAC regular-season
champions and NCAA Tournament participants in 1994-95, finished 16-12 overall
and tied Bowling Green for fourth place in the regular season.
- Brian Ayres, BSJ '98
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