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Top-Ranked Kenyon Owls Women’s Swimming & Diving set to Take on NCAA Championship

GAMBIER, Ohio — A few weeks after winning the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championship, the Kenyon College Owls are gearing up for a run at the 2024 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship. The four-day meet begins Wednesday, March 20, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kenyon, which finished third last season after being …

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OHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament Pairings

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 102nd edition of the Ohio High School Athletic Association boys basketball state tournament begins Friday at the University of Dayton Arena. The Division IV and III semifinals are on Friday, followed by the Division II and I semifinals on Saturday. All four state championship games are on Sunday. Public single-session tickets will go on sale Monday morning …

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Kenyon Women’s Lacrosse Pulls Away Late in Battle of the Owls

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — On Friday, the Kenyon College and Westfield State University women’s lacrosse teams squared off in a rare Owls versus Owls matchup. The Kenyon Owls ousted the Westfield State Owls 14-10, closing Kenyon’s time at the Spring Fling Tournament and the College’s spring break slate. Kenyon, who got back to .500 and bounced back from a …

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Another Sweep Gets Kenyon Owls Softball Home With a 10-4 Record

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Kenyon College bats kept ringing Wednesday to the tune of 19 hits and a couple more victories. The Owls, winners of eight straight, ended their spring break schedule with a 9-1 run-rule victory over University of Minnesota Morris followed by a 10-3 win against Morrisville State University. The Owls, who started their trip with two losses, …

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Kenyon Owls Softball Take two More, Run Streak now to six

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Tuesday brought two more wins to the Kenyon College softball team’s record. A 4-3 extra-innings win over Clarks Summit University and a wild 13-12 win over Albright College made the Owls 8-4 and ran the team’s win streak to six games. Game one was anything but ordinary. Kenyon scored its first run without a hit. In the second …

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Dee Alexander Repeats as Ohio Ms. Basketball With Loudonville’s Corri Vermilya as Runner-Up

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cincinnati Purcell Marian junior Dee Alexander was announced as the 2024 Ohio Ms. Basketball Wednesday by a statewide media panel. She won the award last year as a sophomore. Now in its 37th year, the prestigious award was first given by the Associated Press in 1988. It has been voted by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association since 2017. …

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Three Kenyon Owls Fire hat Tricks to Conquer Warriors

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The Kenyon College women’s lacrosse team traveled South from its Virginia slate of games for the Spring Fling Tournament, taking place in Panama City Beach, Florida for three neutral site games. The Owls took on the Eastern Connecticut State Warriors in the first of those games on Monday evening.  After two tough games in Virginia, …

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Kenyon Owls Softball walk off game two, sweep Tornados

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — With a walk-off win in game two, the Kenyon College softball team swept a doubleheader from Brevard College on Monday and ran its win streak to four games. The Owls pummeled the Tornados in a 10-0 five-inning game one win and then pulled out an 4-3 game-two victory in the bottom of the eighth inning. In …

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Kenyon Owls clip Cadets by a combined 16-2 margin

VERO BEACH, Fla.– The Kenyon College baseball team showed up and showed out on a big stage when the team played a doubleheader against Norwich University at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex. Taking a quick trip up north from the rest of their spring break slate, the Owls orchestrated a sweep of the twin bill at Holman Stadium, conquering the Cadets …

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Hamm twirls a shutout, Kenyon Owls earn split

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Kenyon College softball team used brilliant pitching and dependable defense to defeat Hilbert College, 1-0, in Thursday’s first game at Central Park Sports Complex. Game two was a battle of the bats and Albion College held on to defeat Kenyon, 9-7. Kenyon first-year pitcher Kylie Hamm was the center of attention in game one as …

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