BLUFFTON, Ohio -The Bluffton women’s soccer team finished off a thrilling victory behind a buzzer-beating goal from Brittany Huff (Union/Northmont) to earn a positive 3-2 result on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The win pushed the Beavers to 2-1 on the young season, while the Purple Raiders fell to 1-3.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s soccer team could not overcome the Mount Union Purple Raiders on Wednesday, Sept. 9, as they fell by a 3-1 count. The Beavers dipped to 0-3 while Mount Union garnered its first win of the season to improve to 1-1.
Bluffton University remains in the top one-third of Midwest “regional colleges” in U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The 2016 edition of the magazine’s Best Colleges guidebook ranks Bluffton tied for 27th among 96 comparable institutions in 12 Midwest states. That’s up from 28th last year, “driven by increases in our freshman retention rate and lower student/faculty ratio,” noted Ron Headings, Bluffton’s vice president for enrollment management and marketing.
DETROIT, Mich. - The Bluffton University women’s soccer team took on the Mustangs of Marygrove College on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. The Beavers went up 5-0 and were victorious 5-2. It marks Bluffton's first win (1-1) of the season and gives Head Coach Rhonda Gottschalk her first victory as a collegiate head coach! The Mustangs dropped to 0-2 on the season.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - After six weeks without rain, the skies opened and the lightning flashed over the Bluffton University Nature Preserve, forcing delays to the racing. However, it did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the Beavers’ cross country team as they took to the course for their first meet of the season.
WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Bluffton Beaver football team kicked off the 2015 season by dropping a heartbreaker to the Wilmington College Quakers, 14-10, on Saturday, Sept. 5. The Beavers (0-1) lost on a 53-yard touchdown toss from Austin Jarbo to Brandon Mitchell with just one minute to go.