The Bluffton University softball team hosted Hanover College on Sunday, April 17, for a rescheduled HCAC double header that had originally been slated to be played at Hanover. The Beavers put up two runs in the seventh inning to sneak by the Panthers, 11-10. Bluffton proved more dominant in the second game as they took a 16-2 victory in five innings. The Beavers improved to 16-13 overall with an 8-4 mark in the HCAC. Hanover fell to 5-17 on the season and 1-7 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University baseball team scored an impressive 29 runs in a doubleheader sweep of pre-season Heartland Conference favorite Franklin College on Sunday, April 17, 2011. The Beavers scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the first game 9-8 and won 20-13 in game two. Bluffton improved to 4-10 in the Heartland Conference and 12-17 overall. Franklin fell to 18-10 on the season and 8-6 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University baseball team hosted Heartland Conference opponent Franklin College on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The Beavers were up 5-2 after one inning, but a five-run third and six-run sixth propelled the Grizzlies to victory. Bluffton fell to 2-10 in the HCAC and 10-17 overall. Franklin improved to 18-8 on the season and 8-4 in the conference.
The Bluffton University football team is raising funds for the program by selling cards offering discounts at local businesses.
The cards, which cost $10 apiece, are valid until April 13, 2012, and cover nearly two dozen businesses where discounts are available. Most of them are restaurants either in Bluffton-including Burger King, East of Chicago Pizza, Common Grounds and Arby's-or in Findlay.
For more information, contact any football player or Chris Gable, athletics department secretary, at 419-358-3227.
