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The Student News Site of Ashland University

The Collegian

The Student News Site of Ashland University

The Collegian

The Eagles practice in preparation for the fall season.

Eagle football nears end of spring practices

Ethan Jenkins, Reporter April 18, 2023

As winter permanently starts to turn to spring, that means it's time for the pads and cleats to be put back on and begin to prepare for another Ashland University football season. Roster positioning...

Coach Pickens on the left, and Olson on the right, prepare for the national championship

D-II Player of the Year vs. D-II Coach of the Year, the 2023 national championship

Cade Cracas, Sports & Digital Editor March 31, 2023

The Division II women's basketball sphere has blessed the 2022-2023 season with impeccable play, and the national championship should be no different. The No. 1 seeded Ashland University Eagles and...

Student-athletes’ worst nightmare

By Chris Bils August 15, 2013

The text did not reveal much, only that something important had happened.Of the 25 players on the roster who received Ashland University men’s soccer coach Jon Freeman’s message May 28 asking to call...

Ashland athletics are more than football and basketball

By Kevin Stoicovy August 15, 2013

It is no secret that Ashland Univeristy has great athletics. But some of Ashland’s more exciting sports seem underhanded to mainstream athletics.With recent success in “mainstream” sports such as...

A closer look at the cutting of AU men’s soccer

By Chris Bils August 15, 2013

Ashland University expects to save $382,558 by next year by cutting the men’s soccer program, according to university President Frederick Finks.Many changes were made this summer due to difficulties...

Gazing into the future

By Chris Bils August 15, 2013

All it takes is a few minutes with Ashland head volleyball coach Cass Dixon to realize she has lofty goals. She doesn’t even have to say what they are.Watch her roam the sideline sometime. To the untrained...

Sue Ramsey and Cleve Wright have coached against each other since Gannon was in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Golden Knights left in 2008.

Ashland ready to face familiar foe in Elite Eight

By Chris Bils March 26, 2013

Ashland head coach Sue Ramsey and Gannon head coach Cleve Wright have known each other for a while. The two used to battle twice a year when Gannon was in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference....

We’re number one!

By Chris Bils March 21, 2013

Set aside the speed at which they can run or swim, the distances that they can throw and the heights they can vault and jump. Forget about all of that stuff for a second. College athletes are amazing....

Ashland survives, reaches Elite Eight

Ashland survives, reaches Elite Eight

By Chris Bils March 19, 2013

With 11:46 to play in Monday’s NCAA Midwest Regional Final at Kates Gymnasium, it looked like the dream might be about to die. Ashland found itself down 50-42 and struggling to stop the bleeding after...

Daugherty keys win over Michigan Tech

By Chris Bils March 17, 2013

It’s a cliché in college basketball that it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season. Ashland knew it would not be easy to take down Michigan Tech for the third time in Saturday’s Midwest Regional...

Ashland takes care of business in first round

By Chris Bils March 15, 2013

On a day when upsets ruled the Division II women’s basketball landscape, Ashland held tough and moved on to the second round with a 70-56 victory over Indianapolis. The Eagles (32-1) rode behind the...

Breaking down the competition: NCAA Midwest Regional

Breaking down the competition: NCAA Midwest Regional

By Chris Bils March 13, 2013

It’s tournament time. For the second year in a row, the Ashland women’s basketball team has the top seed in the Midwest region and will host the regional tournament, which starts Friday at Kates Gymnasium....

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