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Extensive study helps power Wright State baseball’s hitting prowess
Wright State Insider: Softball team bounces back from horrendous start
Beavercreek grad follows his dream to TCU football
Wright State Insider: Golf team goes south to get their swings in
Northwestern looking to refind its hit streak
Central softball rallies around new coach
HS Softball: Springfield looks to build off last year’s improvement
Northwestern looking to score another softball hit in D-II
Central baseball rallies around new coach
Loaded lineup boosts Kenton Ridge season promise
Kenton Ridge baseball regrouping, but goals remain the same
Revitalized Raiders open WNIT play at Toledo
Tigers find their form, but falter late in second-round NCAA loss
Wittenberg ousted in second round of NCAA Tournament
College Basketball: Benzinger leads Raiders past IUPUI
Wright State women fall to 19th-ranked Green Bay
College Basketball: Wright State tops UIC in Horizon League opener
Raiders begin quest for NCAA Tournament with start of league play
UIC at Wright State: What you need to know about Thursday’s game
Wright State Insider: Welch at her best in biggest games for Raiders
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The Wright State baseball team has been on a hitting rampage this season, scoring at a pace that’s among the highest in school history. And while much of that prowess comes down to sheer talent, the Raiders also have gained a mental edge through coach Jeff Mercer’s scouting program. The players do extensive study of opposing pitchers...
First-year Wright State softball coach Laura Matthews didn’t think the season was a lost cause after getting off to an 0-11 start. She figured the Raiders were much better than they looked despite being outscored 76-21 during that horrendous stretch. But she knew her players could have easily lost incentive to keep plugging —...
Michael Carroll encountered doubters and naysayers as a Beavercreek High School senior in 2014 while telling anyone who would listen that he planned to play major-college football. Those speaking into his life were only doing what they thought was best for him. He was an undersized safety with a bum knee who wasn’t even among the team...
Local golfers haven’t been able to tee it up much while contending with a frigid spring, including multiple days of snow in April, but Wright State players have had no trouble getting their swings in over the last couple of months. That’s because they’ve played in tournaments in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. And...
Northwestern High School baseball coach Todd Houseman had plenty of optimism going into last season because of a slew of solid hitters. After what he’d seen the previous year, he figured he had tough outs up and down the order. But that high-powered offense never materialized. Instead of consistently hearing the crack of the bat, the...
When Marcie Guetierez was offered the job as the Catholic Central High School varsity softball coach, he didn’t need much time to mull it over. “I jumped in with both feet,” he said. The 49-year-old Guetierez had been a grade school and junior high softball coach in the Catholic Central system for the last six years and...
Springfield softball coach Brett Sadler knew he had to change the losing mentality in his program, and he told the players he wanted to go through a book to revamp the culture — with homework and group discussions being part of the exercise. He knew, of course, how that would be received. “I said, ‘I would never ask you...
The Northwestern softball team didn’t get the results it wanted on the field while in Florida for spring break this week, but that doesn’t mean the trip was a downer. The Warriors played doubleheaders Monday and Tuesday at the Disney World spring training complex, going 1-3 against top-flight high school competition and filled...
New Catholic Central baseball coach Nick Wagner would admit he’s still adapting to running his own program for the first time, but he’s always been confident in his knowledge of the game — especially when it comes to giving pitchers what they need to know. There’s probably not a situation they’ll face that he...
Kenton Ridge softball coach Sarah Schalnat is uneasy about launching the season next week after having to cut back on practice because of frigid weather. Even though the Cougars have had indoor workouts, that’s hardly conducive to shagging flies or running the base paths. But they’re better off than most teams. They return all...
Kenton Ridge baseball coach Aaron Shaffer sets lofty goals each season — win 20 games, capture the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail division and advance in the tourney to the state final four. The Cougars have reached their first two objectives the last three years, but they haven’t played their way to Columbus since Shaffer&rsquo...
The Wright State women’s basketball team was supposed to breeze through its Horizon League schedule, except when tangling with perennial titan Green Bay. The Raiders were co-champs last season and returned all five first-stringers. But they had a stretch of four losses in five games midway through the conference, twice blowing double-digit...
Wittenberg coach Matt Croci subbed liberally in the first half against Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the NCAA Division III tourney, but each lineup he tried looked as disjointed and panicked as the previous one. The Tigers, who trailed by as many as 17 points, faced a 34-19 halftime deficit. They shot 30 percent, committed nine turnovers and looked...
Wittenberg staged a furious rally to try to stay alive in the NCAA Division III tournament, but Wisconsin-Oshkosh withstood the comeback bid for a 68-60 win Saturday night at Pam Evans Smith Arena. The Tigers, returning to the tourney after a four-year absence and playing at home for the first time since 2006, trailed by 17 points in the...
The hustling Grant Benzinger needed five stitches in his hip after the UIC win Thursday — the third time in his career he’s had to be stitched up — but that didn’t curtail the way he played against IUPUI less than 48 hours later. He hit the deck four times to battle for loose balls and had to have his knee taped by...
The Wright State women’s basketball team had its way against No. 19 Green Bay for much of their Horizon League opener, grabbing leads of six points in the third quarter and four early in the final period. But the Raiders couldn’t come up with clutch baskets or key stops down the stretch while falling, 58-51. And that’s become...
Wright State coach Scott Nagy isn’t accustomed to having a team that rarely gets easy baskets and struggles so much to score. The Raiders burned Georgia Tech from long range in an upset last week, but that was an anomaly. They’re proving they can win, though, even without dazzling offense. “In terms of just shooting, it&rsquo...
The Horizon League managed to put two teams in the NCAA tournament in 2007 when Wright State won the conference tourney and Butler earned an at-large berth. The league hasn’t sent multiple teams to the event since then, but second-year Raiders coach Scott Nagy doesn’t see why it can’t happen again. »RELATED: What you...
Who: UIC (5-8) at Wright State (8-5) When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Nutter Center TV/Radio: ESPN3/106.5-FM »RELATED: Raiders begin quest for NCAA Tournament with start of league play »WSU INSIDER: Welch continues to be clutch for Raiders Series: Wright State leads, 29-27 Coaches: Scott Nagy is 28-17 in his second season at Wright...
Chelsea Welch has a multitude of skills, but the Wright State point guard’s most impressive attribute may be that she plays her best in the biggest games. That was the case last week when she had 29 points in a 91-81 win at Belmont, the preseason favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference, and followed that with a 25-point, 10-assist effort...
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