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OBU football falls to University of Arkansas at Monticello

Turnovers were the difference Saturday night as Arkansas-Monticello capitalized on six Ouachita Baptist miscues for a 44-24 Gulf South Conference victory at A.U. Williams Field. The Tigers had a chance to rally from a 20-point deficit late in the second half as Lance Parker connected…

OBU golfers 13th after first round of invitational

The Ouachita Baptist men’s golf team was in action Friday afternoon, shooting a 308 to finish the opening round 13th of the Derrall Foreman Invitational held by Delta State University. The North Alabama Purple team leads the field with a 276. Arkansas Tech is in…

OBU golfers finish 13th at Delta State University invitational

The Ouachita Baptist men’s golf team concluded play Saturday at the Derrall Foreman Invitational by placing 13th after firing a two-day total of 616 at Delta State University. The Tigers shot an opening-round 308 during Friday’s round and shot the same total in the final…

OBU men’s soccer falls to No. 16 West Florida

The Ouachita Baptist men’s soccer team gave up a pair of first-half goals to No. 16 West Florida and couldn’t recover as the Tigers dropped a 4-1 decision to the Argonauts in a Gulf South Conference match Friday afternoon at the OBU Soccer Complex. Rafael…

OBU volleyball downs Southwestern Oklahoma State

Libby Merritt finished with a match-high 21 kills, while hitting .500 as the Ouachita Baptist volleyball team defeated Southwestern Oklahoma State, 3-1, Saturday morning at the Sturgis Center. Merritt had 21 kills on 34 attempts with four errors in helping lead the Lady Tiger offense.…

OBU volleyball gets tripped up by Texas A&M-Commerce

The Ouachita Baptist volleyball team, playing off the emotions of a big Gulf South Conference win Thursday night, couldn’t repeat the feat Friday as the Lady Tigers fell, 3-1 to Texas A&M-Commerce at the Sturgis Center. Ouachita (4-16) took the first game 25-23, but the…

OBU women’s soccer falls to No. 2 West Florida

The Ouachita Baptist women’s soccer team dropped its third straight match Friday afternoon as second-ranked West Florida defeated the Lady Tigers, 7-0, at the OBU Soccer Complex. West Florida (10-0-1 overall, 1-0 GSC) broke a scoreless tie in the 15th minute as Dernelle Mascall played…

SAI holds formal and informal rush in the fall

Pledge week at Ouachita normally happens during spring semester. This year the members of the Sigma Alpha Iota decided to hold their formal and informal rush in the fall. SAI is a national fraternity with the goal of promoting music throughout America and the world.…

The Ouachita Singers release new CD “Our God is God”

The Ouachita Singers are set to release their fifth audio recording. According to Dr. Gary Gerber, “Our God is God,” one of the Singers favorite and most meaningful songs to perform, is now the title of their new CD, was released Oct. 2, after the…

Wright selected semifinalist for national football award

Ouachita senior place kicker Zach Wright was selected Wednesday by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame as one of the 164 candidates selected for the 2008 Draddy Trophy, which is one of college football’s most sought after awards. The Draddy Trophy recognizes…

Aspiring writers published in Assayers

The English department has kept underclassman writing a priority with the journal Assayers. “Assayers started about 16 years ago in 1992 … as a journal that featured the best writings from the freshman composition class,” said Dr. Doug Sonheim, department of English chair. “The essays…

Denning balances two teams, two majors

[quicktime]https://www.obusignal.com/video/alexdenning.mov[/quicktime] As he runs from the practice field to the game field, conducting two practices at the same time, it is clear that Alex Denning is devoted to Ouachita’s soccer program. Denning came to Ouachita in 2003 as a member of the men’s soccer team,…