It
was
a
big
week
for
the
Yellow
Jackets
as
both
the
men's
and
women's
basketball
teams
received
bids
to
compete
in
the
NCAA
Division
III
national
tournaments,
and
two
indoor
track
and
field
athletes
and
six
wrestlers
qualified
for
national
championship
meets.
Although
both
basketball
teams
fell
in
the
second
round
after
hard-fought
battles
against
top-ranking
teams,
the
swell
of
YJ4L
pride
that
filled
the
Lou
Higgins
parking
lot
as
the
two
teams
loaded
the
buses
late
last
week
to
head
off
to
nationals
was
a
victorious
moment
for
the
BW
community.
Also
impressive
was
the
wrestling
team
placing
second
at
the
2019
NCAA
Division
III
Central
Region
Championship
Tournament
and
qualifying
six
wresters
for
the
March
8-9
national
tournament,
and
two
track
and
field
student-athletes
headed
to
the
NCAA
Division
III
Indoor
Track
and
Field
National
Championship.
Big
Week
for
Wrestling
Under
the
direction
of
head
coach
Jamie
Gibbs,
the
four-time
Ohio
Athletic
Conference
(OAC)
Coach
of
the
Year,
the
Yellow
Jacket
grapplers
are
coming
off
a
winning
season
of
14-2
and
a
school-record,
fourth
straight
OAC
Championship.
Headed
to
the
2019
NCAA
Division
III
National
Championship
Tournament
are
125-pounder
Dante
Ginnetti,
who
won
the
individual
regional
title
and
was
named
the
Most
Valuable
Wrestler
at
the
regional
championships;
133-pounder
Charlie
Nash;
165-pound
All-American
Anthony
Arroyo;
197-pounder
Zeck
Lehman;
157-pounder
Richie
Burke;
and
184-pounder
Justin
Ransom.
Two
Head
to
Track
Nationals
Student-athletes
Kelly
Brennan
and
Zak
Dysert
are
heading
to
the
NCAA
Division
III
Indoor
Track
and
Field
National
Championship
meet
later
this
week.
An
outdoor
distance
runner,
Brennan
is
making
her
second
appearance
at
a
national
meet
and
her
first
at
the
indoor
championships.
At
the
2018
outdoor
championship,
Brennan
was
an
All-American
in
the
800
meter
run.
All-Ohio
Athletic
Conference
thrower
Dysert
is
returning
to
the
indoor
national
championship
for
the
second
consecutive
year.
Last
year
he
placed
12th.
Men's
Basketball
Drops
Overtime
Thriller
With
a
20-8
record,
the
Yellow
Jackets
received
an
automatic
bid
to
the
national
tournament
by
winning
the
OAC
Tournament.
The
fifth-seed
BW
team
defeated
fourth-seed
Wilmington
College
in
the
quarterfinals,
then
upset
top-seed
Capital
University
in
the
semifinals
and
ousted
second-seed
University
of
Mount
Union
in
the
title
game.
Under
head
coach
Tom
Heil,
the
men's
basketball
team
notched
a
75-61
win
over
Salisbury
University
(Md.)
in
the
first
round
of
the
national
tournament.
They
advanced
to
the
second
round,
where
they
were
defeated
75-71
in
an
overtime
thriller
by
Oswego
St.
College
(N.Y.).
Women's
Basketball
Drops
Defensive
Battle
Taking
her
14th
BW
women's
basketball
team
to
nationals,
veteran
head
coach
Cheri
Harrer
has
received
top
honors
in
her
field.
She
is
the
winningest
women's
basketball
coach
in
BW
history
and
second
in
the
116-year
history
of
the
OAC.
This
year's
19-7
record
was
capped
off
by
an
at-large
bid
to
the
national
tournament.
In
the
opening
round,
the
Yellow
Jackets
overcame
a
13-point
fourth
quarter
deficit
to
defeat
Rochester
Institute
of
Technology
(N.Y.)
at
the
buzzer
73-71.
The
team
went
on
to
play
seventh
nationally-ranked
and
host
Messiah
College
(Pa.),
where
BW
lost
64-51.
