Tyler Marengo: The Torch sports staff will select a Bulldog student-athlete each week based on athletic performance. Nominations may be sent to torch@ferris.edu. Photo Courtesy by Ferris State Photo Services

Athlete of the Week

by Published: Apr 27, 2012

Tyler Marengo: The Torch sports staff will select a Bulldog student-athlete each week based on ath­letic per­for­mance. Nominations may be sent to torch@ferris.edu. Photo Courtesy by Ferris State Photo Services

Tyler Marengo

FSU Men’s Tennis

Junior

Port Huron/Northern (more…)

 
 

Double Duty

Bulldogs batting order given boost this year

by Published: Apr 26, 2012

Not many teams can say that the player with the most RBI’s and the second-best bat­ting aver­age on the team also pitches.

Sophomore FSU pitcher and des­ig­nated hit­ter Amy Dunleavy has been given the chance to effect both the offense and defense this year.

Before Dunleavy arrived at Ferris, she bat­ted and pitched reg­u­larly for Canton High school in Canton, Mich. Though dur­ing her fresh­man year at Ferris, Dunleavy took a year off from hit­ting to focus on her pitch­ing and make adjust­ments. (more…)

 
 
GLIAC Champions: FSU senior Steven Roberts slams a ball during a match against Ohio Dominican earlier this season. The Bulldogs defeated Northwood April 22 to capture the 2012 GLIAC Championship title for the first time since 1999.  Photo Courtesy by Ferris State Photo Services

Acing the GLIAC Test

The Bulldogs end the year with a GLIAC Championship for the first time since 1999

by Published: Apr 25, 2012

GLIAC Champions: FSU senior Steven Roberts slams a ball dur­ing a match against Ohio Dominican ear­lier this sea­son. The Bulldogs defeated Northwood April 22 to cap­ture the 2012 GLIAC Championship title for the first time since 1999. Photo Courtesy by Ferris State Photo Services

The Timberwolves were left hang­ing their tails between their legs as Ferris State University’s men’s ten­nis team took home a GLIAC Championship this past Sunday. Northwood University has taken home 12 straight ten­nis cham­pi­onships; FSU last beat them in 1999.

“It was so sur­real. There are four seniors on our team, and I know how bad they wanted to win this. It was a great moment,” FSU sopho­more ten­nis player Otto Keresztes said after the upset.

The Bulldogs end the year with an impres­sive 16–6 record as they dropped the pre­vi­ously unbeaten 13th-ranked Northwood University squad in the GLIAC Championship to a 14–1 over­all mark on route to a GLIAC Championship. (more…)

 
 

Season Swings

Bulldogs capture early success in spring

by Published: Apr 19, 2012

After five months filled with train­ing, the Bulldog’s golf pro­gram returned to the course to con­tinue their 2011-12 sea­son. During their return, the Bulldogs wel­comed sev­eral top five finishes.

The men’s golf pro­gram opened the spring with a first-place fin­ish in the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational March 25. Both Ferris State seniors Richard Weisenberger and Gary Bissell led the Bulldogs in Kenosha, Wis. by tying for fourth over­all. (more…)

 
 
Bulldog Hurdles: FSU freshman Hannah Lanning competed in the 100 meter hurdles during the 2012 Bulldog Invitational on April 7. Photo Courtesy of Ferris State Photo Services

Half Way Home

Track team has impressive performance at GVSU

by Published: Apr 18, 2012

Bulldog Hurdles: FSU fresh­man Hannah Lanning com­peted in the 100 meter hur­dles dur­ing the 2012 Bulldog Invitational on April 7. Photo Courtesy of Ferris State Photo Services

The Hillsdale Invite was this past week­end at the Ken Herrick Track at Hillsdale University, and the Ferris State University Bulldogs were rep­re­sented well at the event as two sep­a­rate Bulldogs cap­tured first place in their respec­tive events.

Sophomore Samantha Johnson earned first-place hon­ors in the 1,500 meter run with a time of (4:36.46), and junior Anna Rudd fin­ished right behind her in sec­ond place by just over a sec­ond. Also accom­plish­ing first place was fresh­man Briana Raasio who won the javelin with a dis­tance of 128–2 feet. (more…)

 
 
Losing to Ashland: Freshman shortstop Michelle Tononi pulls back to throw to first base during a game this season. The Bulldogs will take on Northwood April 18. Photo By:Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Crunch Time

Bulldogs split the weekend, regular season coming to an end

by Published: Apr 18, 2012

Losing to Ashland: Freshman short­stop Michelle Tononi pulls back to throw to first base dur­ing a game this sea­son. The Bulldogs will take on Northwood April 18. Photo By:Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

The Bulldogs are back at a .500 win­ning per­cent­age after win­ning two games at Lake Superior State before the week­end. Now Ferris State will focus on the final four dou­ble­head­ers of the season.

“We’re excited to be at 500,” Dunleavy said. “We were a few games behind and it wasn’t look­ing too good and we have had a pretty good turn around lately.”

Ferris State University faced three dif­fer­ent teams on the Bulldogs home field April 13–15. (more…)

 
 
Preparing for Fall: FSU redshirt freshman Levonte Brooks attempts to break a tackle during a game against Northwood last season. The Bulldogs scrimmaged against themselves on April 14 in preparation for the 2012 season.  Torch File Photo

Playing With Promise

FSU football team looks confidently toward 2012 season following Spring Game

by Published: Apr 18, 2012

Preparing for Fall: FSU red­shirt fresh­man Levonte Brooks attempts to break a tackle dur­ing a game against Northwood last sea­son. The Bulldogs scrim­maged against them­selves on April 14 in prepa­ra­tion for the 2012 sea­son. Torch File Photo

Bulldog fans switched their atten­tion from the ice to the turf and got their first glimpse of new head foot­ball coach Tony Annese’s team.

The Ferris State University foot­ball team held its annual “Crimson & Gold” Spring Game Saturday after­noon at FSU’s Top Taggart Field.

“The team was def­i­nitely excited to get on the field, run around and hit each other,” senior defen­sive end Jordan Morgan said. (more…)

 
 

Athlete of the Week

by Published: Apr 18, 2012

Zoey Hohmann

Junior

FSU Women’s Track and Field

Stockbridge High School/Munith, Mich. (more…)

 
 
Icing Union College: FSU sophomore right wing Andy Huff (left) battles a Union defender as he tries to score put the puck in the net during the Semifinal Frozen Four game April 5. The Bulldogs ended the 2011-12 season with a record of 26-12-5 overall and ranked second in the nation. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

A Season to Remember

by Published: Apr 12, 2012

Icing Union College: FSU sopho­more right wing Andy Huff (left) bat­tles a Union defender as he tries to score put the puck in the net dur­ing the Semifinal Frozen Four game April 5. The Bulldogs ended the 2011-12 sea­son with a record of 26−12−5 over­all and ranked sec­ond in the nation. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

The Bulldogs ended their success-laden sea­son in Tampa, as one of the final two teams still play­ing Division I col­lege hockey in April, and as national runner-ups in the NCAA Division I Championship game.

Ferris State University was defeated by Boston College 4–1 April 7 in Tampa in the Bulldogs first ever national title game appearance.

“I can hon­estly say I can look at each player in that room and know that no one left any­thing on the table,” said FSU senior goal­tender Taylor Nelson. “I couldn’t be hap­pier that this is the way we went out. I’m extremely proud of every guy on this team and what we’ve accom­plished this year.” (more…)

 
 

Sports Shorts

by Published: Apr 12, 2012

Home Sweet Home

The track and field team ran in front of a home crowd for the first time this sea­son in the Bulldog Invitational. The Bulldogs ran well at Taggart Field and espe­cially in the 1,500 meter run, as Tina Muir (first), Samantha Johnson (sec­ond) and Shelby Janutol (fourth) all fin­ished in the top-five fin­ish­ers in the event. Zoey Hohmann won the 400 meter run and fin­ished a close sec­ond in the 200 meter run. (more…)