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.
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.
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+.
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.”
Volleyball started off strong with a weekend series sweep over Buffalo. Head coach Carolyn Condit picked up her 750th win during the series.
The Miami women's basketball team will add an influx of new talent this year, including five freshman and two transfers. The RedHawks will have to find ways to win this season despite losing its two best players, point guard Lauren Dickerson and center Savannah Kluesner. The team will open the season on the road against the Wisconsin Badgers on Nov. 25.
Athletics administrators around the country have a lot of questions to answer due to COVID-19.
Kumar is replacing Clarisa Crowell, who was named the head coach at Penn State earlier this month.
The novel coronavirus completely knocked the wind out of the sports world, but one of my favorite elements of the games has remained: uniform reveals.
Here’s a look at what went right (and wrong) for the RedHawks this season:
Miami ends its season with an 11-21 (4-14 MAC) record.
On a night that held so much promise for the Miami RedHawks, it seemed like none of the bounces went their way.
Lauren Dickerson never thought she would be in this position.
Miami fell to Akron, 75-62, Saturday at Millett Hall.
SCOUTING REPORT
“You will never succeed in this sport if you don’t learn how to take correction, because it’s somebody’s life you’re holding,” Kassandra Strahler said. “If you don’t have complete trust in the person that’s holding you, you will never succeed as a team.”
Competitiveness, IQ, leadership: these are the traits that make Kluesner a great player. They’re also the traits that could make her a great coach.
You can’t always win, but you can always fight.