The Ferris hockey team tied the school record for the best home start with an 11–0 record

With a sweep of Western Michigan, Ferris is 11−0−0 at home this sea­son, tying the school record for the best home start ever and ranked 11^th in the country.

The Bulldogs, nation­ally ranked 11^th by uscho​.com, improved to 8−2−2−2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and 13−3−2 over­all. Ferris remains third in the con­fer­ence stand­ings, just one point behind Michigan State and six points behind first-place Miami.

The Bulldog hockey team will look to make his­tory on Jan. 15 as the No. 1-ranked Miami RedHawks visit Big Rapids. Ferris defeated Miami in con­sec­u­tive shootouts ear­lier this sea­son in Oxford, Ohio.

Senior left wing Blair Riley said the teams’ defense, along with a strong power play and penalty kill, are big rea­sons why the Bulldogs have been suc­cess­ful this sea­son. Continue Reading…

“I think the team has done a great job of con­tin­u­ing to come to the rink and work­ing hard every day and under­stand­ing what it takes for our team to keep win­ning,” said Wysopal.

Freshman for­ward Matthew Kirzinger scored a short­handed goal with just over six min­utes remain­ing in the first period. Senior for­ward Blair Riley added an empty-net goal with 32 sec­onds remain­ing in the game to ice the vic­tory for Ferris. The Bulldogs out­shot the Mavericks 34–28 and both teams went 0 for 5 on the power play.

Three goals in a five-minute span in the sec­ond period led to a 3–1 vic­tory on Saturday as Ferris com­pleted its sweep of the Mavericks.

Sophomore cen­ter Jordie Johnston opened the scor­ing with his first goal of the sea­son four min­utes, 43 sec­onds into the sec­ond period. Wysopal and senior cap­tain Cody Chupp added power play goals 1:32 apart to the team a 3–0 lead at the mid­way point of the game. Head coach Bob Daniels said Nebraska-Omaha came out hard, but the team responded well. Continue Reading…

The Ferris hockey team is ranked 13^th in the nation after two vic­to­ries this weekend

The Ferris State hockey team is ranked 13^th in the nation after a sweep of the then No. 18 nation­ally ranked Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks.

The team is unbeaten in its pre­vi­ous eight games, includ­ing two shootout vic­to­ries over No. 1 Miami University. The Bulldogs improved to 10−0−0 at home this sea­son with its fifth con­sec­u­tive sweep at Ewigleben Ice Arena.

The Bulldogs are 11−3−2 over­all this sea­son and 6−2−2−2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). Ferris earned six points in the con­fer­ence over the week­end is now third in the CCHA stand­ings with 22 points.

Ferris defeated Nebraska-Omaha shut out Nebraska-Omaha 2–0 on Friday night. Sophomore goalie Taylor Nelson recorded his first shutout of the sea­son for the Bulldogs as he saved all 28 shots he faced. Sophomore defense­man Brett Wysopal said the team con­tin­ues to play hard each day.

The women’s bas­ket­ball team split its two home games this weekend

The Ferris women’s bas­ket­ball team won their first con­fer­ence game on Thursday with a 75–67 vic­tory over the Ashland Eagles.

Junior guard Becci Houdek led all scor­ers with 20 points and five assists. Junior for­ward Tiara Adams recorded a double-double with 19 points, 14 of which came in the sec­ond half, and 10 rebounds.

As a team, the Bulldogs shot 46.7 per­cent from the court, includ­ing 36.8 per­cent from the three-point line. Ferris had 22 second-chance points and held the Eagles to only 10. Sophomore guard/forward Kelsey DeNoyelles said the team’s pri­mary focus has been on defense and rebounding.

“We never back down or hang our heads,” said DeNoyelles.

The Bulldogs took a 20–19 lead with eight min­utes left in the first half and never trailed the rest of the way. The game was close through­out, how­ever, as the largest lead for either team was just eight points. Head coach Tracey Dorow said the team sent a new mes­sage to other teams. Continue Reading…

Ferris is 8–0 at home this sea­son and hosts 18^th-ranked Nebraska-Omaha this weekend

The Ferris State hockey team is ranked 17^th in the nation accord­ing to U.S. College Hockey Online.

The Bulldogs are 8–0 at home this sea­son and it marks the best home start in school his­tory. Ferris has outscored its oppo­nents 39–16 in eight home con­tests this season.

The team is 9−3−2 over­all and 4−2−2−2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The team is cur­rently fifth over­all in the CCHA with 16 points. Ferris is unbeaten in its last six con­tests and has not lost since Oct. 31. Junior defense­man Zach Redmond said every­one on the team is play­ing well together.

“All four of our lines are con­tribut­ing at dif­fer­ent times and I think every­one knows their role,” said Redmond.

The Bulldogs swept Ohio State in its last con­tests. In the first game, Ferris scored nearly at will en route to an 8–1 vic­tory. The team scored three goals in just three min­utes and 44 sec­onds to take a quick 3–0 lead. Continue Reading…

The Ferris State women’s cross coun­try team placed 11^th at the national meet

The Ferris State women’s cross coun­try team fin­ished 11^th at the 2009 NCAA-II National Championships, tying the second-highest result in school history.

Junior Tina Muir led the Bulldogs with a time of 21 min­utes and 11 sec­onds, which was good enough for a 12^th-place fin­ish. She earned All-American hon­ors for the sec­ond con­sec­u­tive sea­son. Muir also fin­ished 12^th at the cham­pi­onship meet last sea­son. Continue Reading…

Shopping early in the morn­ing on black Friday is more than a waste of time

Black Friday rep­re­sents the mate­ri­al­is­tic side of American soci­ety that shows its true col­ors on the national shop­ping day of the year.

All the “great deals” peo­ple get by wait­ing out­side in the cold at mid­night or in some cases, a few days before, is a waste of time. I just do not under­stand what the hype is all about. If you are will­ing to stand out­side in a line for hours to save a hun­dred dol­lars on a flat screen TV, then you deserve to save the money.

Standing in long lines and wait­ing out­side to shop is ridicu­lous. Maybe I feel this way because I’m a man and do not “under­stand” what it is all about, but shop­ping is one of my least favorite activ­i­ties and I would never sac­ri­fice sleep to par­take in it. Continue Reading…

Ferris ath­letic teams have shown why they deserve as much fan sup­port as possible

Ferris State ath­let­ics have given sports fans some­thing to cheer about this semes­ter and the stu­dent ath­letes, coaches and staff deserve loyal fans.

Fans of all sports should embrace the tri­umphs the Ferris ath­letic teams have had so far this year. If the team did not do as well, they still deserve sup­port. Teams will be more apt to play well if they have a large crowd behind them.

All sports deserve more fans and more sup­port, but the men’s golf and the women’s cross coun­try teams are at the top of the list. I under­stand that these sports only com­pete at home once each sea­son, but that is why they need fans behind them. Continue Reading…

Ferris extends win­ning streak at home to 8–0 with sweep of Ohio State

The Ferris State hockey team is ranked 17^th in the nation accord­ing to U.S. College Hockey Online after sweep­ing the Ohio State Buckeyes at home.

The Bulldogs improved to 8–0 at home this sea­son, adding to two more vic­to­ries to the already school-record home start. Ferris has outscored its oppo­nents 39–16 in eight home con­tests this season.

The team is 9−3−2 over­all and 4−2−2−2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The team improved to third over­all in the CCHA with 16 points, behind only Miami and Michigan State. Ferris is unbeaten in its last six con­tests and has not lost since Oct. 31.
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Tina Muir and the women’s cross coun­try team look to fin­ish the sea­son strong

Women’s cross coun­try run­ner Tina Muir is already the regional cham­pion, but has her sights set on the national title.

Muir, a junior from St. Albans, United Kingdom, has been liv­ing in the United States for four years. She left her fam­ily and moved to Michigan at the age of 19 to pur­sue an edu­ca­tion and to run cross coun­try and track.

“I really wanted to come to school over here exactly for this rea­son because of how sup­port­ive every­one is,” said Muir.

Muir won the Midwest Regional event by 10 sec­onds over Mary Ballinger of Southern Indiana University. Ironically, Southern Indiana is host­ing the NCAA-II National Championships on Saturday in Evansville, Ind. Muir said she is capa­ble of a very high finish.

“Anywhere in the top 10 is a pos­si­bil­ity, but I’d really like top five,” said Muir. “That would be a good goal right now.”

Muir has already piled up many achieve­ments this sea­son as she won the GLIAC and Regional Championships and was named the conference’s “Runner of the Year”. She, along with fresh­man Anna Rudd, was named to the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II All-Midwest Region Team. Continue Reading…