PAW PRINTS: The Week Ahead in Ohio Athletics - Ohio University (2024)

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ATHENS, Ohio– Happy last week of classes Bobcats! Women's golf continues the MAC Championships in Columbus, while baseball returns to Athens and Men's Golf kicks off their MAC Championship tun. Check out everything that's ahead forOhio Athletics in this week's Paw Prints.

WOMEN'S GOLF
April 21-23 / at Mid-American Conference Championships/Grove City, Ohio/Pinnacle Golf Club/ All Day / ESPN+ /Watch/ Live Results /Championship Central

The Ohio Women's Golf team, alongside nine conference competitors, will begin the 2024 Women's Golf Mid-American Conference Championships Sunday morning. The three-day tournament, which takes place at Pinnacle Golf Club will start at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday (Apr. 21) and will wrap up Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 23).

The course is a 72-par set up ranging 6,201 yards. For the tournament's layout, the front and back nines have been flipped so that the typical ninth hole is now the 18th and the tenth is the first hole. The course is filled with elevation changes, tall sycamore trees, and multiple lakes across the layout to pose both beauty and challenges to the competitors.

Ohio enters the tournament coming off of the team's best finish of the season. At the Lady Jaguar Invitational, the Bobcats placed in a tie for second, just one stroke behind the tournament winners and fellow MAC competitors, Ball State.

Ohio's Lineup:Sophom*oreMackenzie McRee, freshmanZoe Luebbers, freshmanMorgan Rodgers, juniorSydney Longstrethand seniorMariana Vega-Rivera

Substitute:JuniorSloane Post

The Ohio men's golf team is set to head to the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championships set for April 26-28 atThe Club at Chatham Hills. The three-round event begins on Friday, April 26 with 18 holes, followed by 18 on Saturday, April 27, before concluding with the final 18 on Sunday, April 28.

Ohio enters the weekend after a weekend at theRichard Kepler Intercollegiate at Ohio State's Scarlet Course. The Bobcats finished in 18th place after shooting a 907 (+55) as a team.

Three Bobcats shared the top spot for the team: sophom*oreCarson Trafford, juniorMatt Daulton, and juniorSam Hogan. The three tied for 67th overall, finishing with a three-round score of 227 (+14).

BASEBALL
April 23 / vs Morehead State/ Athens, Ohio /Bob Wren Stadium/ 6 p.m. EST /Live Stats
April 26/ vs Toledo/ Athens, Ohio/Bob Wren Stadium/ 6 p.m. EST / ESPN+ /Watch/Live Stats/Listen
April 27 / vs Toledo/ Athens, Ohio/Bob Wren Stadium/ 2p.m. EST / ESPN+ /Watch/Live Stats/Listen
April 28 / vs Toledo/ Athens, Ohio/Bob Wren Stadium/ 1 p.m. EST / ESPN+ /Watch/Live Stats/Listen

Ohio baseball (11-24, 7-14 MAC) is back inAthensfor four more games starting on Tuesday, April 23 when the Bobcats host Morehead State (23-17) at Bob Wren Stadium. The Bobcats are back in action for a three-game series against Toledo (19-21, 1-9 MAC). The series begins on Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m., with game two set for Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. The series concludes on Sunday, April 28 at 1 p.m. All three games are set to be played at Bob Wren Stadium and can be seen on ESPN+.

Ohio is coming off a 4-2 win at Bowling Green on Sunday afternoon, giving the Falcons their first MAC loss of the season.

As usual, dates and times can change due to weather, so stay tuned to OhioBobcats.com for any game updates.

SOFTBALL
April 24 / at Pitt / Pittsburgh, Ohio / Vartabedian Field / 4 p.m. ET / ACCNX /Watch/Live Stats
April 26 / at Buffalo / Buffalo, N.Y./ Nan Harvey Field/ 3 p.m. ET / YouTube /Watch/Live Stats
April 27 / at Buffalo / Buffalo, N.Y./ Nan Harvey Field/ 1 p.m. ET / YouTube /Watch/Live Stats
April 27 / at Buffalo / Buffalo, N.Y./ Nan Harvey Field/ 3 p.m. ET / YouTube /Watch/Live Stats

Ohio softball (23-21, 11-8 MAC) is back in action for their final road trip of the regular season starting on Wednesday, April 24 when they head to Pitt for the Bobcats' final non-conference matchup of the season. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. atVartabedian Field and can be seen on ACCNX. The Bobcats then return to MAC play on Friday, April 26 when the Bobcats take on Buffalo (15-25, 7-12 MAC) for the first game of a three-game series. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. at Nan Harvy Field. Ohio then wraps up the series on Saturday, April 27 for a doubleheader set to start at 1 p.m. All three games can be seen on YouTube.

Ohio is coming off a midweek split against Toledo, before taking the three-game series against Western Michigan in Athens, including a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning from Sydney Grein in game two on Saturday.

As usual, dates and times can change due to weather, so stay tuned to OhioBobcats.com for any game updates.

TRACK AND FIELD
April 25-27 / at Penn Relays/Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Field/ All Day/FloTrack / Watch/Live Results
April 26-27 / at Clark Wood Invitational/Louisville, Ky./Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park/ All Day/ Meet Information / Meet Schedule/Live Results

The Ohio track and field team is back in action this week for two events. First, members of the Bobcats will head to the Penn Relays, April 25-27 in Philadelphia. The three-day event will take place at Franklin Field and can be seen on FloTrack. Other team members will head to Louisville, Ky. for the 2024 Clark Wood Invitational at the University of Louisville. The weekend event will take place atOwsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park.

The Bobcats are coming off a weekend at the 2024 Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State.SeniorKenna Lovelessled the Bobcats with a fourth place and career-best time of 11:13.62 in the women's 3000m steeplechase.FreshmanGracie Smithrepresented Ohio in the women's 100m hurdle preliminaries, recording a personal-best time of 15.19.Sophom*oresAllie MartinandAlyssa Masonran personal-best times in the women's 1500m. Martin placed 13^thwith a time of 4:32.19 and Mason came in 16^thplace with a time of 4:35.00.

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