OLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican University men's tennis team, playing their first match of the spring season, dropped an 8-1 decision to future Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) opponent NCAA Division II Mideast No. 5 Grand Valley State University on Saturday evening at the Players Club in Hilliard, Ohio. With the loss, the Panthers drop to 1-3 overall on the year.

ODU opened doubles with confidence, but could only win 1-of-3 doubles matches. Securing the lone doubles point for the Panthers was Bernardo Feitosa (So./Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Bruno Melibeu (Sao Paulo, Brazil) at the number two position by the score of 8-6. Greg Dillon (Jr./Fort Wayne, IN) and Bobby McMahan (Jr./Dunwoody, GA) opened their match at #3 doubles up 3-0, but could not maintain control, dropping an 8-3 decision.  more

In singles play, ODU fell in all six matches in straight sets. Feitosa put up a strong effort at #1 singles, losing a tough 7-5, 6-3 decision. Dillon and Claude Badowski (So./Oundle, England) also put in good efforts, losing 6-3, 7-5 and 6-4, 6-4.

The Panthers will return to action on Friday, February 12^th as they travel to Charleston, West Virginia to play in the University of Charleston Tournament. The individual tourney will begin on Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Charleston YMCA.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican University women's basketball games verses Carlow University scheduled for Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been cancelled due to inclement weather with no make-up date scheduled.

The Panthers return to action on Thursday, February 11^th when they will host former AMC foe Wilberforce University in a non-conference showdown with the Bulldogs. Tip-off for the Panthers and Bulldogs is set for 6 p.m.      

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican women's tennis team met with future conference rival Grand Valley State University (Grand Rapids, MI) on Saturday evening at The Player's Club in Hilliard, Ohio for their spring opener. The Panthers played hard, but could not hold off last season's GLIAC conference runner's up, as the Lakers took home the 9-0 victory.

The women's most competitive match came from the #1 doubles duo of senior Kate Rodgers (Milford, OH) and Aline Mariano (Fr./Sao Paulo, Brazil). Leading for most of the pro-set, the pair could not pull off the win as they lost the last four games for a final score of 8-5. The Panthers dropped their last two doubles courts, giving the Lakers a 3-0 lead heading into singles play.  more

While there were some hard fought battles, singles play proved to be too much against a talented Laker squad. Rodgers once again earned respect from her 2^nd team All-GLIAC opponent at the #1 singles spot before falling 6-2, 6-2. The Black and Gold also saw strong play from number three singles player Ruchika Alahakoon (Columbo, Sri Lanka) coming up on the short end of 6-2, 6-3.

While the overall team score seems convincing, the women's team surprised their future GLIAC counterpart with their efforts and abilities in their first match of the season. Coach Ryan Beigle comments, "We knew this would be a big challenge coming into the match, Grand Valley is solid from top to bottom. I am proud of our women for rising to the challenge; it will be a good indicator of the types of teams we will be seeing next year in our conference season."

The Panthers will return to action on February 20^th at Oberlin College, match time is set for 1 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican University women's basketball games verses the University of Cincinnati-Clermont has been postponed to a future date due to inclement weather.

The Panthers return to action on Tuesday, February 9^th when they will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to play former American Mideast foe Carlow University. Tip-off for the Panthers and Celtics is set for 7 p.m.