BLUFFTON, Ohio - Alma College rolled to an 11-1 mercy-rule victory in game one and then rallied from an early 3-1 deficit for an 8-4 victory in the nightcap. The Scots improved to 13-5 on the season, while Bluffton slipped to 6-6 following the sweep on Friday, March 18, 2016.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team saw Ohio Northern put multiple runs on the board in six of the nine innings en route to a 16-2 Polar Bear victory on a windy Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Bluffton fell to 4-6 on the season, while ONU upped its mark to 7-4.
The Polar Bears took advantage of blustery conditions in the early going, opening up a 5-0 lead after two innings before three more tallies in the fourth and two in the sixth made the score 10-0.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - A 6-1 finish to the week in Florida propelled the Bluffton University softball team to a sweep of the Heartland Conference Player of the Week awards for the week ending Sunday, March 13. Josie McElroy (Mt. Orab/Western Brown) raked her way to Hitter of the Week honors, while fellow sophomore Nicole Thomas (Tontogany/Otsego) was nearly untouchable in the circle en route to Pitcher of the Week acclaim.
Bluffton University Head Coach Chad Shutler has been named the Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year following a record-shattering 2015-16 women's basketball campaign for the Beavers.
He was honored by D3hoops.com less than two weeks after being selected the Heartland Conference Coach of the Year. It marks the first time in Bluffton women's basketball history for both of those honors.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Haverford College was too much for the Bluffton University baseball team on the final day of the Florida swing as the Beavers dipped to 4-5 following a 10-2 setback on Saturday, March 12, 2016.
