After a hard-fought game Saturday afternoon, Miami head coach DeUnna Hendrix didn’t hold back how much the loss hurt for her players. “I wish the result was different,” Hendrix said. “My heart literally hurts for them.” Despite a strong effort from her team, the RedHawks lost a close game to the Ball State Cardinals, 79-77.
The Zips had the ball, up 76-74 with a minute and a half remaining. For 29 seconds, the RedHawks did their job. A good defensive effort from senior forward Dalonte Brown made senior guard Loren Cristian Jackson pick up his dribble with just four seconds left on the shot clock. With an 11-inch height difference between the two, Jackson pivoted and pirouetted into a contested three-pointer with Brown all over him.
Relentless. That is the only way to describe tonight’s effort from the Miami women’s basketball team. Although the RedHawks did not finish with a win, the result doesn’t show how hard the team fought this game.
Coach Jack Owens and the Miami men's basketball team have the chance to end their two-game losing streak against the Akron Zips Friday at Millett Hall. The contest, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, was moved to Friday night so it could air on ESPNU.
A 2-15 overall record and 1-12 in MAC play has Miami seated last in the Mid-American Conference before its next game against Central Michigan on Wednesday. In their last matchup on Dec. 15, the RedHawks lost on the road, 69-51. This time at Millett Hall, Miami hopes to bounce back into the win column against the 11-6 Chippewas.
The Miami RedHawks traveled to Minnesota this weekend looking for retribution again against a Duluth team that beat them twice in Oxford last week. They didn’t get it. The RedHawks lost 8-1 Friday night and 3-1 Saturday to a Duluth team that boasts eight National Hockey League (NHL) draft picks and is currently ranked fifth in the country. The team will look to bounce back next weekend against fourth-ranked St. Cloud State at home in Oxford before finishing the season with a home-and-home series against Western Michigan.
After a 3-1 start, the Miami women’s volleyball team fell to .500 after losing both contests at Bowling Green this weekend. The team will play its next series at home against Toledo on Thursday, Feb. 11 and Friday, Feb. 12. The games will be at 4 p.m. and 1 p.m, respectively, on ESPN+.
With six rostered players on the two squads playing in this year’s Super Bowl, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) returns the same number of players as in last year’s game. I looked at the recent history of MAC alumni playing in the biggest game in American sports. The only MAC schools to have any connection to Super Bowl-appearing head coaches, whether alumni or coaching experience, are Miami (alma mater of Sean McVay and former home of Sean Payton as an offensive coordinator) and Western Michigan – and Western Michigan’s only claim is briefly having John Harbaugh, a Miami grad, as a running back and outside linebackers coach.
As the final buzzer sounded on a 73-64 Miami win over Western Michigan Wednesday at Millett Hall, sophomore guard Peyton Scott let out a triumphant roar. The sophomore guard finished with 37 points, a new career high, and helped the RedHawks snap a 13-game losing streak.
Women's basketball will play Western Michigan at home on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The RedHawks are looking to snap their 13 game losing streak, as the team's last victory was on Dec. 8.
Miami Volleyball has now won four straight regular season conference titles in the MAC, appearing in the NCAA tournament twice over that span. Simply put, winning is all this team knows. “I’ve had a lot of really fine teams, several strings of four (MAC titles) in a row,” she said. “It’s hard to do that. It’s hard to do five in a row. But I know these kids will strive for it.”
The Miami RedHawks fell in both games to the sixth-ranked University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs last weekend. Despite the Duluth having 8 NHL draft picks on the team, Miami managed to hold their own against the sixth-ranked Bulldogs. The RedHawks will travel to Duluth to play the Bulldogs again this weekend on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6.
The Miami men's basketball team will get to play a nationally televised game in Millett Hall this season when the Akron Zips come to town on Friday, Feb. 12. The game is at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
It wasn't pretty, but the RedHawks got the job done Saturday, holding on to beat the Western Michigan Broncos. Miami plays at Kent State on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m.
Miami hockey has shown promise after a discouraging start, compiling a 4-10-2 record so far this season. The team's next game is at home against the Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 29. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m.
Miami hung tough against the best team in the MAC, losing 90-81. The RedHawks play in Millett Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30 against Western Michigan.
After a long drought, the Miami basketball teams seems poised to go after its first winning season since 2009. The RedHawks will play Toledo at home on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Volleyball started off strong with a weekend series sweep over Buffalo. Head coach Carolyn Condit picked up her 750th win during the series.
The game has been declared a no contest.
The Miami RedHawks will not be hosting Kent State this Saturday, as the game has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases within the Golden Flashes’ program. The cancellation comes as the state of Ohio hit a new record of 585 new hospitalizations on Dec. 1, as well as 9,030 new cases. Miami Director of Athletics David Sayler has indicated that despite the cancellation, the RedHawks would still like to play this Saturday.