COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Video highlights from the Sodexo Black & Gold Club on Aug. 3, featuring Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel's keynote speech and ODU head football coach Bill Conley's speech, are now available by clicking here.

Over 450 people attended the event, helping the Black & Gold Club raise money to support intercollegiate athletics at Ohio Dominican. For more information on supporting ODU, please click here.

Contact: Scott Miles
miless@ohiodominican.edu

About the Panthers:
Competing at the NCAA Division II level in the GLIAC for the first time, the stakes could not be higher for the Ohio Dominican men’s soccer team and third year head coach Willy Merrick in 2010. Merrick, who has a 17-13-5 career mark in two seasons at the helm, led the Panthers to a 7-7-3 mark in 2009 and a semi-finals appearance in the A.I.I. tournament. ODU returns 18 letterwinners, including seven starters and three all-conference selections from last season.

Senior defenders and First Team All-A.I.I. selections, AJ Mueller and Liam Fitzgerald, lead a returning stingy Panther defense that surrendered just 17 goals in 2009. Mueller tied for the team lead in goals (3) and finished second in assists (3) and points (9). Another First Team All-A.I.I. selection, Justin Wheeler, led ODU in points (11) and assists (7) from the midfielder position. Also returning for the Panthers is senior goalkeeper Tyler Gleason. Gleason posted an .828 saves percentage, allowing 17 goals in 1531 minutes of action.

About the Greyhounds:
The UIndy men’s soccer squad returns 10 starters and 17 letterwinners from last season’s 8-7-2 team. The Greyhounds, led by interim head coach John Higgins, were chosen to finish 10th in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2010, after finishing ninth with a 6-7-1 mark in 2009.

For the full PDF version of the men's notes, click here

Contact: Bryan Desch
deschb@ohiodominican.edu

About the Panthers:
2010 marks a new era for the Ohio Dominican women’s soccer team, competing at the NCAA Division II level in the GLIAC for the first time. The Panthers made the most of their final year in the NAIA, compiling the second-most wins in school history with a 12-3-3 record and finishing No. 24 in the final regular season poll. ODU just missed out on back-to-back trips to the NAIA National Tournament, falling in a shootout to Cal. State-San Marcos in the A.I.I. final in Phoenix. Second year head coach Jonathan Meade returns 17 letterwinners, including 10 starters and six all-conference selections from last season.

First Team All-A.I.I. selections Sierra Patterson and Becky Williams lead the Panthers returning offense. Patterson led the team with 30 points, finishing second in goals (10) and assists (8). Williams led ODU with 13 goals and ranked second in points (29) after transitioning from goalkeeper to forward. Two-time NAIA All-American and First Team All-AMC selection Anna Cameron leads the returning midfielders. Goalkeeper Aimee Simonet, a Second Team All-A.I.I. selection, returns to anchor the pipes for the Panthers. Simonet allowed just 16 goals in 1651 minutes, posting an 0.87 goals against average and .800 saves percentage.

About the Greyhounds:
The UIndy women’s soccer team returns 20 letterwinners, including nine starters from last year’s 15-6-0 squad. Geoff VanDeusen enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Greyhounds, compiling a 34-21-2 overall record in his first three years. After finishing fourth with 11-3-0 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2009, UIndy was recently picked to finish fifth out of the 15 member schools in a preseason coaches vote.

For the full PDF version of the women's notes, click here 

Contact: Bryan Desch
deschb@ohiodominican.edu

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Full-color versions of the 2010 Ohio Dominican Men's and Women's Soccer Information Guides are now available.

For the men's guide, please click here. For the women's guide, please click here.  more

The guides feature player and coaches bios, record books, stats and more.

The Panthers begin their season on Thursday with a doubleheader at the University of Indianapolis. The women's contest begins at 5 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by the men's kickoff.