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The Bluffton University volleyball team dropped a four-setter at Anderson University on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. The Beavers fell to 9-14 overall and 1-3 in the Heartland Conference, while Anderson improved to 9-10 and 2-2 in the Heartland Conference.

Bluffton and Anderson traded a pair of 25-19 victories to open the evening before another 25-19 Anderson set put the home team up 2-1. Set four went past the breaking point and the Ravens came away victorious when they scored four of the final five points for the 27-25 clincher.

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton volleyball team led two sets to one but eventually dropped a five-set thriller to local rival Allen East in the Northwest Conference regular season finale Tuesday evening, October 12.

The Lady Pirate record dropped to 13-8 overall with the defeat. They also finished 4-4 in the NWC (fifth place) with the difficult 25-21, 21-25, 9-25, 25-23, 15-9 loss. 

AE improved to 17-4 and ended up 5-3 in the NWC with the comeback victory that landed them in fourth place, one spot ahead of the Pirates, in the final standings.

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team shut out local non-league rival Cory-Rawson 4-0 Tuesday evening.

The Pirate girls improved to 11-3-1 overall with the convincing victory.  

Cory-Rawson dropped to 4-9-1 after the loss. 

Pirate Riley Eachus scored in the fourth minute on an Allison Diller assist to give Bluffton an early 1-0 lead. 

Jasi Crawfis doubled the lead three minutes later on an unassisted score. 

Sami Scoles extended the advantage to 3-0 with a score in the 12th minute.

The Bluffton University men's golf team shot a 477 over 27 holes at the Capital Fall Classic on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. The event at the Blacklick Golf Course scheduled for 36 holes was cut short due to darkness.

Leading the Beavers were a pair of juniors who checked in with scores of 115 on Monday. Clay Quellhorst (St. Marys/Memorial) and Nathan Eberle (Grove City) were a mere seven shots over par for the round and a half at Reynoldsburg. Eberle's score included a sparkling 36 for the nine holes in round two!

By Cort Reynolds

On Sunday October 10, the Bluffton boys soccer team was voted the top seed at the 12-team Tiffin Columbian Div. III sectional/district draw.

Bluffton (10-3-1) is the top seed and received a first round bye.

Van Buren (10-2-2) was seeded second, with Mansfield Christian (9-5-1) third.

The Pirates would face the C-R/Ada/Woodmore bracket survivor in the district semifinals Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Tiffin Columbian. 

Bluffton beat Ada 8-2 September 28.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton girls soccer team was seeded third in the 10-team Div. III sectional drawing Sunday, October 10.

The Lady Pirates (10-3-1) received a first round bye and will host 10th-seeded Mansfield St. Peter's Tuesday, October 19 at 5 p.m. 

The winner takes on Mansfield Christian in the district semis at Bluffton Oct. 26. 

Mansfield Christian was seeded second and Bluffton third in the 10-team bracket.

The district finals will be Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. in Bluffton.

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