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No Fight in Those Irish

Ferris Bulldogs now ranked No. 1 in the nation

by Published: Feb 15, 2012

Ferris State han­dled Notre Dame by sweep­ing the Irish in a home and home series. Ferris remains to be the top team in the con­fer­ence after the sweep.

Ferris began its series Feb. 10 against Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The Bulldogs shutout the Irish, defeat­ing Notre Dame 3–0. (more…)

 
 

Earning Recognition

Muir’s performance leads FSU at GVSU’s “Big Meet”

by Published: Feb 15, 2012

The Bulldogs trav­elled down to Allendale to com­pete in a field of nearly 1,800 student-athletes at Grand Valley State in the Kelly Family Sports Center.

The Bulldogs stayed in Allendale Feb.10–11, to com­pete against student-athletes from 50 dif­fer­ent schools. (more…)

 
 
Split Series: FSU senior center Jordie Johnston guides the puck down the ice during the game against Michigan State. The Bulldogs split the series with Northern Michigan on Feb. 3-4, bringing the 2011-12 record to 18-8-4 overall. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Saturday Showdown

Bulldogs riding 10-game unbeaten streak as they prep for ND

by Published: Feb 8, 2012

Split Series: FSU senior cen­ter Jordie Johnston guides the puck down the ice dur­ing the game against Michigan State. The Bulldogs split the series with Northern Michigan on Feb. 3–4, bring­ing the 2011-12 record to 18−8−4 over­all. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

The Bulldogs have main­tained their first place posi­tion in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association after snag­ging four league points in a trip to Northern Michigan University.

Ferris trav­eled upstate to face the nation­ally 19th-ranked NMU Wildcats Feb. 3–4. The Bulldogs began the series with a 5–5 over­time tie, secur­ing one league point from the tie. Five Bulldog play­ers scored goals. (more…)

 
 
Conquering the Cardinals: FSU senior guard Tricia Principe drives down the court during the Saginaw Valley game which the Bulldogs won 81-57 Saturday afternoon. Photo By: Brock Copus | MultimediaEditor

No Slowing Down

by Published: Feb 8, 2012

Conquering the Cardinals: FSU senior guard Tricia Principe dri­ves down the court dur­ing the Saginaw Valley game which the Bulldogs won 81–57 Saturday after­noon. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Ferris State flew by two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Division foes over the week­end to increase their win streak to nine games.

The Bulldogs sit atop the GLIAC North Division at 12–1 and are 15–4 over­all. Ferris is the second-best team in the GLIAC con­fer­ence over­all. (more…)

 
 
Sweeping the Spartans: FSU junior center Travis Ouellette faces off against a Spartan during the Michigan State game Jan. 27. The Bulldogs swept the series against Michigan State for the first time since 1990. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

So Long Spartans

Ferris sets records, swept Spartans, now leads league

by Published: Feb 1, 2012

Sweeping the Spartans: FSU junior cen­ter Travis Ouellette faces off against a Spartan dur­ing the Michigan State game Jan. 27. The Bulldogs swept the series against Michigan State for the first time since 1990. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

For the first time in the Bulldog hockey pro­gram, Ferris recorded two wins over the Spartans in the same weekend.

The Spartans came to Big Rapids Jan. 27–28 look­ing to move up in the CCHA stand­ings. But the Bulldogs thwarted Michigan State in the first game of the series, defeat­ing them 2–1. (more…)

 
 

Bucked-Up the Buckeyes

Ferris prep for MSU home series after dismantling OSU

by Published: Jan 25, 2012

For the first time this sea­son, against nation­ally 5th-ranked Ohio State, the Bulldogs won dur­ing a shootout.

Ferris began its series in Columbus with a 4–3 vic­tory over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Jan. 20. The Bulldogs scored all four of their goals by the begin­ning of the sec­ond period, before Ohio State could find the back of Ferris’ net. (more…)

 
 

Sports Shorts January 25, 2012

by Published: Jan 25, 2012

Women’s bas­ket­ball has won six straight

Ferris snapped Michigan Tech’s 37-game home court win­ning streak Jan. 19 with a 68–65 vic­tory. The Bulldogs took a two game lead over nation­ally 19th-ranked MTU in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Division stand­ings. Senior guard Tricia Principe scored a team-high 25 points against MTU. Principe hit five three-pointers in the sec­ond half to lead the Bulldogs past the Huskies. Ferris fin­ished its road trip to the Upper Peninsula to defeat Northern Michigan 78–71 Jan. 21 in Marquette. (more…)

 
 
Winning Trend: FSU senior forward Lindsey Pettit protects the ball during the Jan. 14 game against Northwood. The Bulldogs are now on a four-game winning streak bringing the 2011-12 record to 10-4 overall. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Dream Team

Ferris is racking up wins as they resume GLIAC play

by Published: Jan 18, 2012

The Bulldogs have com­piled a 7–1 con­fer­ence record up to this point of the season.

The Bulldogs came back to Big Rapids to face non-conference foe Urbana University on Jan. 11. Ferris’ defense kept Urbana under 50 points and forced them to shoot 30-percent from the field, while the Bulldogs went on to win 82–47. The game fea­tured 10 steals, 48 rebounds, and 25 points scored off of turnovers for the Bulldogs. (more…)

 
 
Collecting Points: FSU senior center Jordie Johnston made his 13th goal of the season during the game against the Alaska Nanooks. Johnston now leads the team with 21 points overall for the 2011-12 season. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Back for the Win

Ferris picks up three league points against Alaska

by Published: Jan 18, 2012

Stopping Alaska: FSU junior cen­ter Travis Ouellette keeps an Alaska Nanook from get­ting near the puck dur­ing the Jan. 13 game. The Bulldogs split the series with the Nanooks. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Ferris State University has come back from win­ter break win­ning three of their last four games. They’ll now pre­pare to face nation­ally 2nd-ranked Ohio State this weekend.

The Bulldogs made their return to con­fer­ence play against the Alaska Nanooks Jan. 13–14 at the Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids. (more…)

 
 

Sports Shorts January 11, 2012

by Published: Jan 12, 2012

Past Bulldog Hockey player to play in AHL
All-Star game

Former Bulldog defense­man Zach Redmond has been cho­sen to play in the 2012 American Hockey League All-Star Classic Jan. 29–30 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Redmond cur­rently plays for the St. John’s IceCaps. He will rep­re­sent the AHL Eastern Conference All-Star team. Redmond, 23, is in his first full sea­son in the AHL. He has played 32 games with the IceCaps as a defense­man and has 15 points this sea­son (4G, 11A). (more…)