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OBU Women's Soccer Seniors Exit with Perfect GAC Mark
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist became the first women's soccer team to complete a 12-0 Great American Conference season with a 4-0 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State Saturday on Senior Day. Ruth King put the Lady Bison on top in the seventh minute...
OBU Sweeps Men's Soccer Honors
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptists' 2-1 week reaped a sweep of the Great American Conference weekly awards with Dominic Gibson being named Offensive Player of the Week, Dave Brown as Defensive Player of the Week and Bronson Wise as Goalkeeper of the...
Football: Records Fall in Bison Loss at UAM
MONTICELLO, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist got a school-record 493 passing yards from Preston Haire and a school-record 13 receptions by Cagney Roberson in a 45-37 loss at Arkansas-Monticello Saturday. Haire broke his own record of 473 yards against...
Men's Soccer: Bison Get Second Straight Road Win
BOLIVAR, Mo. – Oklahoma Baptist posted its second consecutive win Thursday, besting Southwest Baptist 6-3. OBU's six goals represent a new season high, topping the four-goal outing earlier this week at Southern Nazarene. The Bison got on the board...
Women's Soccer: Oklahoma Baptist's Bumgarner, Griffith Honored by GAC
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist took a pair of women's soccer honors with Emily Griffith earning co-Goalkeeper of the Week and Kelsey Bumgarner taking Defender of the Week, the Great American Conference announced Tuesday. Griffith, a redshirt sophomore...
Lady Bison Shut Down Harding
SEARCY, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist returns from their Arkansas trip still atop the Great American Conference standings after a 2-0 win at Harding Saturday. The Lady Bison logged their fourth consecutive shutout and the fifth in the last six contests...
Lady Bison Shut Out Ouachita
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist remained perfect in the Great American Conference Thursday with a 1-0 win at Ouachita Baptist. After a scoreless first half, OBU broke through on an unassisted Kerregan Edwards goal in the 53rd minute. King...
Men's Soccer: Bison Knock Off SNU in 2OT, 2-1
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist snapped its 10-game losing streak and hopped right back into the Great American Conference men's soccer race with a 2-1 double-overtime win over front-running Southern Nazarene Tuesday on OBU's Senior Night. Alejandro Cas...
Women's Soccer: GAC Honors Three Lady Bison
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist received three honors for women's soccer from the Great American Conference, the league announced Tuesday. Ruth King earned co-Offensive Player of the Week, Jennifer Goethe was named Defensive Player of the Week and...
Women's Soccer: Goethe, Griffith Honored by GAC
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist claimed Defensive Player and Goalkeeper of the Week honors in women's soccer, the Great American Conference announced Tuesday. Jennifer Goethe, a senior defender from Shawnee, earned Defensive Player of the Week after...
Lady Bison Top Midwestern State, 2-0
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist got home and got well with a 2-0 win over Midwestern State Thursday. OBU played its first home game of the season after going 1-3 on the road and the home field was good for what ailed the Lady Bison. "It was good just...
Bison Knock Off Southeastern, 34-28
SHAWNEE – For the first time in its NCAA era, Oklahoma Baptist knocked off Southeastern Oklahoma State and holds a 2-0 record after its 34-28 win Saturday. The Bison last won two games to open the season in its last NAIA year in 2014 and had gone...
Lawrence Earns First GAC Honor of 2018
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist's Sydney Lawrence earned the initial Great American Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week award for 2018, the league announced Wednesday. Lawrence won the UCO Land Run on the course that will serve as the...
Lady Bison Knock Off Southwest Baptist, 3-1
STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Oklahoma Baptist improved to 2-0 Friday with a 3-1 win over Southwest Baptist in the Tarleton Invitational. The Lady Bison won 20-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-20. Mikayla Watson registered 19 kills with a .383 hitting percentage...
Lady Bison Open with Victory
STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Oklahoma Baptist opened the season with a three-set win over Midwestern State with three sets of 25-17. Malia Leatherland registered 11 kills with Mikayla Watson adding nine and the Lady Bison kept the Mustangs attack...
OBU Tops GAC with 63 on All-Academic Team
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist boasts a conference-leading 63 athletes on the Great American Conference All-Academic Team for Winter and Spring Sports, the league announced Friday. OBU led the way in the GAC for the sports of women's tennis (7),...
OBU's Hearn Named Eastern League All-Star
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist baseball alum Taylor Hearn is headed to the Eastern League All-Star game, representing the Altoona Curve, the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hearn leads the Pirates organization in strikeouts (83) and is...
OBU Swims Mare Nostrum Series in Monaco
SHAWNEE – Five Oklahoma Baptist swimmers put themselves to the test against an elite field June 16 and 17 at the Mare Nostrum Series in Monaco. Celina Marques, Jamie Edwards, Victoria Fonville, Josip Miskovic and David Lambert competed against...
OBU's Stewart Named Academic All-American
SHAWNEE – The College Sports Information Directors of America on Wednesday named two-time Academic All-District selection Jonathan Stewart as a Google Cloud At-Large Second Team Academic All-American. A member of the Oklahoma Baptist swim team,...
Lady Bison Duo Earns ITA Doubles All-America
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist doubles tandem Kateryna Shkot and Kim Moosbacher earned 2018 All-America status, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced Wednesday. The honor for Shkot and Moosbacher mark the first NCAA-level All-America honors...
OSN Tabs Bly Pitcher of the Year
SHAWNEE - Pitcher of the Year Caleb Bly topped a list of six Bison honored as All-OSN selections, OklahomaSports.Net announced Sunday. Bly, a red-shirt freshman from Midlothian, Texas, garnered Pitcher of the Year and was joined on the First Team by...
Demaree, Manning Make All-OSN Team
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist placed two players on the All-OSN Softball Team, OklahomaSports.Net announced last week. Catcher Dani Manning and right fielder Cheyenne Demaree were selected for the First Team. Manning, a freshman from Prague, batted...
OBU Places Third in GAC All-Sports
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist took third in the Great American Conference All-Sports competition, the league announced Friday. Competing for the first time as full members, OBU captured conference crowns in women's soccer, women's cross country,...
Bison End Successful Season in Regional
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist's first venture into the NCAA postseason ended Friday in the Central Region Tournament with a 4-1 loss to No. 25 Central Oklahoma. OBU struck first in the bottom of the second when Jake Gozzo doubled and...
Four Bison Make D2CCA All-Region
SHAWNEE – Four Oklahoma Baptist University baseball players were selected for inclusion on the 2018 Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association All-Region team, it was announced Friday. Jake Gozzo earned the distinction of First Team...