http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/index/ Miami RedHawks sports talk and more en Miami Hawk Talk | SFB Gnomic Industries 2011-01-11T05:08:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/welcome_to_the_2008_09_miami_athletic_year/ Many of Miami's fall sports kick off their 2008-09 season this weekend, with most of them performing at home.Thursday, Miami football kicks off its season with a nationally televised game versus Vanderbilt, the first SEC team to ever visit Yager Stadium.Friday, volleyball starts its season by hosting the Best Western Classic.  Miami's first game is versus St. Louis while the RedHawks then host Stephen F. Austin on Saturday.  Miami volleyball enters the season coming off a MAC tournament championship and an NCAA berth.  Miami enters the season with high expectations as the RedHawks have been picked by the MAC coaches as favorites to win the MAC East.Saturday, field hockey begins its season with weekend games at home versus Davidson and Richmond (on Sunday).  Last season the Redawks finished as runners-up in the MAC title game, falling one win short of an NCAA berth.  The RedHawks were picked to finish second in the conference this season by the league's coaches.Also on Saturday, men's and women's cross country begin their seasons by competing at the Flyer 5K race in Dayton.  Last year the men and women both won the team competition, led by Pat Sovacool (men) and Laura Neufarth (women) who both won the individual races (both of these standouts return this season).While not beginning its season, Miami's soccer team hosts Michigan on Sunday.  The RedHawks won their season opener 3-1 versus Morehouse State behind Sara Lund's three goals and six saves by Krista Pace.  Lund's performance earned her MAC Player of the Week honors.Good luck to all of Miami's teams this weekend and welcome to the 2008-09 fall sports season! General News stevo 2008-08-28T19:02:01-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/fall_sports_summary/ With the conculsion of the football season on Saturday, all six of Miami's fall sports have concluded their seasons.  For the fall, Miami had one team conference tournament championship (volleyball) and one individal championship (Laura Neufarth in women's cross country).  This is an improvement over last season when the fall sports failed to produce a team or individual championship.  In fact, five of the six sports had a better record and/or outcome in 2007 than in 2006.Volleyball: Finished 20-11 in 2007 (2nd place in the MAC East), won the MAC tournament championship, and advanced to the NCAA tournament.  In 2006 volleyball finished 13-19 and lost in the MAC tournament quarterfinals.Women's Cross Country: In 2007, finished third at the MAC cross country championships and eighth at the Great Lakes regional championships.  Laura Neufarth won the MAC individual title.  In 2006 the team finished eighth at the MAC championships and 22nd at the Great Lakes regional championships.  Miami's best finisher at the MAC meet finished 11th.Men's Cross Country: Finished second at the MAC championships in 2007 and ninth at the Great Lakes regional championships.  Top Miami finished Pat Sovacool finihsed fourth at the MAC meet.  In 2006 the team finished fourth at the MAC championships and 14th at the Great Lakes regional championships.  Pat Sovacool also finished fourth at the MAC meet last year.Football: Miami's football team finished 2007 with a 6-7 record and a MAC East title.  Last year, the football team finished in fifth place in the MAC East and had an overall record of 2-10.Field Hockey: Finished 10-11 and in third place in the MAC, making the MAC tournament title game.  In 2006 the team finished 10-12 and lost in the MAC tournament semifinals.Soccer: Soccer finished 8th in the MAC with an overall record of 6-10-3, falling in the first round of the MAC tournament.  In 2006 the team finished 8-10-2, losing in the semifinals of the MAC tournament. General News stevo 2007-12-05T19:35:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/to_do_list/ Men's Basketball:  Beat Xavier - CheckFootball: Beat Akron - CheckIce Hockey: Beat Michigan State on Thursday - CheckIce Hockey: Beat Michigan State on Friday  - CheckVolleyball: Beat Central Michigan (MAC Quarterfinals) - CheckWomen's Basketball: Beat Radford in WNIT - CheckVolleyball: Beat Eastern Michigan Saturday (MAC Semifinals) -   CheckWomen's Basketball: Beat IUPUI Saturday in WNIT - CheckVolleyball: Beat OU and Win MAC Championship Sunday -   General News stevo 2007-11-16T01:00:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/neufarth_and_sovacool_qualify_for_championship_meet/ Miami cross-country runners Laura Neufarth and Pat Sovacool will be participating at the NCAA women's and men's cross-country championship meet in Terre Haute, IN on Monday, November 19th.  Neufarth, who finished first at the MAC championships last month, qualified for the NCAA championship meet with her 5th place finish at the Great Lakes Regional meet, while Sovacool, who finished fourth at the MAC championship meet, qualified for the championship meet with a 12th place finish at the regional meet.   Congratulations and good luck to both Laura and Pat as they represent the Red and White on Monday! General News Bash Riprock 2007-11-15T17:29:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/big_week_ahead_for_miami_athletics/ Starting on Friday, there are a number of key games for Miami sports teams - seasons beginning, key end of the year games, and the toughest test so far for Miami's #1 ranked hockey team.Friday evening brings three significant games for Miami teams.  Volleyball (11-3 in the MAC) plays the first game of its season ending weekend at Akron (2-13), before travelling to Buffalo (1-13) for the final match of the regular season on Saturday.  Two victories this weekend will earn Miami the third seed in the MAC volleyball tournament as well as giving Miami its most MAC victories in a season since 1998.  Ice Hockey (8-0-0, #1 in the nation) faces its toughest test so far this season with a two game home series versus Notre Dame (6-3-0) on Friday and Saturday.  Notre Dame is ranked #12 in the nation, and many believe Notre Dame will be one of Miami's toughest challengers for the CCHA title.  Finally, women's basketball opens its 2007-08 season in the WNIT by facing #24 Notre Dame in South Bend.  The RedHawks are predicted to finish third in the MAC East.In addition to the second games of the weekend for volleyball and ice hockey, both the men's and women's cross country teams will be competing on Saturday in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional championships.  Both teams have been ranked in the top 10 in the regional rankings this season and both are coming off top three finishes in the MAC Championships.On Tuesday, men's basketball opens its season by facing Xavier in Oxford.  Miami is coming off a MAC tournament championship season and NCAA tournament appearance, and is predicted to finish second in the MAC East this season.Finally, on Wednesday, football (5-5 overall, 3-1 MAC East) plays its final home game of the season versus Akron.  The RedHawks control their own destiny for postseason play; victories versus Akron and in the regular season finale versus OU will guarantee Miami a MAC East championship, a date with Central Michigan in the MAC Championship game, and a bowl berth.   General News stevo 2007-11-09T04:27:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/end_of_the_season_recaps/ As we enter the first full week of November, four of Miami's fall sports have recently concluded their Mid American Conference championships.  Leading up to the MAC Championships, the women's cross country team won four of the five meets in which it participated.  At the MAC Championships, the team finished third, behind OU and Akron.  However, Miami crowned its first MAC champion of the school year when Laura Neufarth won the individual conference championship.  For the season, Laura won all six races in which she participated.  The women next compete at the NCAA regional championships on November 10th.     http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/recaps/102707aaa.htmlThe men's cross country team finished second at the MAC Championships, behind only champion Eastern Michigan.  For the season, the RedHawks won two of the four team scoring meets in which it participated.  Pat Sovacool was Miami's best finisher at the MAC meet, finishing in fourth place.  The men will also compete at the November 10th NCAA regional championships. http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/recaps/102707aaa.htmlThe Miami field hockey team finished the season 10-11 after falling 3-2 in the MAC tournament finals this past Saturday.  Miami was seeded third in the tournament, and defeated #6 Missouri State and #2 Kent State before losing to top seed OU in overtime.  For the season, Miami was led in scoring by seniors Alyssa Nye (12 goals and five assists) and Taylor Florence (six goals and seven assists). http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/w-fieldh/recaps/110307aaa.htmlMiami soccer finished the season 6-10-3 overall and 4-6-1 in the MAC.  They were the eight seed in the MAC tournament, but fell to top seed Ball State 1-0 on Sunday to end their season.  Scoring leaders were freshmen Sara Lund (seven goals and five assists) and Julie Thompson (five goals) and sophomore Jackie Hardek (four goals and two assists), which bodes well for the team next season. http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/110407aaa.htmlThe other two fall sports are reaching their conclusion as well.  Volleyball (14-9 overall, 11-3 MAC) has two more regular season matches before competing in the conference tournament from November 13-November 18.  Football (5-5 overall, 3-1 MAC East) also has two more regular season games and is in the drivers seat for a MAC East title and a spot in the MAC Championship game. General News stevo 2007-11-05T20:37:01-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_athletics_has_very_successful_weekend/ Miami has just completed probably its most successful weekend of the year thus far.  The happy recap follows:Women's Cross Country - Coming into the weekend ranked ninth in the Great Lakes Region, the women's cross country team won the all-Ohio Championship, beating 11 other Division I schools and a total of 44 Ohio colleges and universities.  Laura Neufarth led Miami by winning the meet with a time of 18:32.6, her fourth victory of the season in as many races.Volleyball - Volleyball extended its winning streak to five matches with 3-0 sweeps of Buffalo and Akron.  The wins improved Miami's MAC record to 5-1, keeping the RedHawks in a tie for the MAC East lead.Tennis - Miami dominated the Ball State Fall Invitational, winning all four singles flights plus one doubles flight.Football - Miami defeated Kent State 20-13 in the RedHawks' MAC East opener.  The win evened Miami's record at 3-3 and allowed the RedHawks to exceed last year's victory total.Women's Swimming and Diving: Miami won its season opening dual meet with a 166-91 victory over Marshall.  The victory was Miami's 17 consecutive dual meet win, a streak spanning three seasons.Field Hockey - Miami defeated MAC foe Missouri State 9-1 to improve its conference record to 3-2.  The nine goals ties a Miami team record for goals in a game. General News stevo 2007-10-08T03:13:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_golf_fundraiser_needs_you/ The Miami Golf program is holding its annual Friends of Miami Golf Fundraiser at Brown’s Run Country Club in Middletown. All friends of Miami athletics are invited to join the golf team in a lunch and golf outing on Monday, May 14. The event begins at 11 with registration and lunch, the golf commences at 1pm with a shotgun start, and dinner, awards, and meet the team begins at 7. As many of you know, Miami Golf competes based on its ability to raise enough funds to operate the program. The proceeds from this outing fund expenses such as team travel, equipment, recruiting, and facility rental. Fees for the outing include lunch, range balls, greens fee, cart, beverages, dinner, gift certificates and a player gift. For more information, you can vist miamialum.org’s description of the event: http://www.miamialum.org/cgi-any/reg_event.dll/genfill?bid=&id=432&t=event_detail.htm Men's Sports, Men's Olympic Sports, Golf, General News RedSteve 2007-05-05T19:02:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/pictures_from_alaska/ Here’s something to keep you interested in the winter. The first set of pictures are from Jess Bechard, Miami Hockey SID. The current set is of the Frozen Six as captured from the Arctic Cam. To see different sets of images, click on the gallery icon in the lower left corner of the playback window. Further pictures from the Frozen Six will be posted as they send them to us. Men's Sports, Ice Hockey, General News RedSteve 2007-02-02T16:58:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/happy_new_year/ The MHT staff hopes that your celebrations last night were safe and joyous and wishes all the best for all our users in the upcoming the New Year. Thanks for spending your time with us, and here’s hoping that our Miami meets all our high expectations over the course of the coming year. General News RedSteve 2007-01-01T21:11:07-05:00