HANOVER, Ind. - The Bluffton University softball team left its offense in Ohio when it traveled to Hanover College for a Heartland Conference doubleheader with the Panthers on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Bluffton fell to 15-8 and 1-4 in the Heartland Conference, while Hanover upped its mark to 12-6 and 2-0 in the HCAC.
FLORENCE, Ky. - The Bluffton University baseball team struggled at the plate, dropping both games at Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, April 8, 2017. MSJ improved to 12-12 overall and 6-5 in the Heartland Conference with the series victory, while Bluffton slipped to 11-10 and 4-7 in the HCAC.
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team backed up its stout pitching tandem with runs in five innings as the visitors opened their series at Mount St. Joseph with an 8-3 victory. The Beavers improved to 11-8 overall and 4-5 in the Heartland Conference, while MSJ dipped to 10-12 and 4-5 in the HCAC.
Various Bluffton University musical ensembles will come together Friday, April 7, to present the annual Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The Bluffton University Concert Band will perform various selections including a wind band transcription of “Buckaroo Holiday,” music from Aaron Copeland’s ballet “Rodeo.” The band will be led by Dr. Roy Couch and senior music education major Aaron Johnson of Goshen, Ind.
Bluffton University will present “Sondheim on Sondheim,” a musical revue, for the May Day musical on May 5 and 6.
Dr. Melissa Friesen, a professor of theatre and communication at Bluffton,
will direct the show, to be staged at 7:30 p.m. each evening in Yoder Recital
Hall. Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle, an associate professor of music, is musical
director.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - A pair of delays for lightning and rain ended game two before the required five innings as Bluffton improved to 15-6 overall in 1-2 in the Heartland Conference thanks to a 2-0 shutout in the opener. Defiance slipped to 10-11 and 0-1 in the HCAC.