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Swimmers break 3 NCAA records

The swim team finished its season last weekend in breathtaking style. Numerous NCAA Division II records and school records were shattered by the time the TigerSharks left the pool. They went into the championships with something to prove, and they walked out as arguably the…

OBU Baseball splits with Harding

SEARCY, Ark. – The 28th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University baseball team split a pair of Gulf South Conference West Division games Sunday as the Tigers took the opener, 6-3, but fell in the second game, 3-2, to Harding at Jerry Moore Field. In the first game,…

OBU Softball swept by Delta State

ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University softball team were swept Sunday in a Gulf South Conference West Division doubleheader, falling to Delta State, 2-1, in the opener and x-x in 10 innings in the second contest at Sully Anderson Field. Delta State (13-10 overall, 2-2…

OBU Baseball drops fourth straight, falls to Harding 4-2

SEARCY, Ark. – The 28th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University baseball team suffered its fourth straight Gulf South Conference West Division loss Saturday, falling 4-2 to Harding at Jerry Moore Field. The Tigers (21-11 overall, 0-4 GSC West) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first…

OBU Softball takes pair from Delta State

ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University softball team got a pair of much-needed Gulf South Conference West Division victories Saturday afternoon, downing Delta State, 2-0, in the opener and 6-5 in nine innings in the second game at Sully Anderson Field. In the opener, Ouachita…

Curlin and Wink give poetry reading at Wichita State University

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University professors Dr. Jay Curlin and Dr. Johnny Wink will visit Wichita State University in Kansas March 25 to give a public poetry reading hosted by the university’s creative writing program. Curlin, OBU’s Kathryn Maddox Professor of English, and Wink, OBU’s Betty…

Live@9: Watch the replay from March 10 episode

Watch the rebroadcast of Live@9 that was first seen as a live webcast Tuesday, March 10 at 9 p.m. The live variety show is produced, directed and performed by students at OBU, and students plan for the show (with different hosts and new content) to…

OBU Softball falls to No. 4 Southeastern Oklahoma State

ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University softball team scraped together a run in the fifth, but it wasn’t enough to overcome No. 4 Southeastern Oklahoma State as the Lady Tigers lost, 3-1, Friday afternoon in Sully Anderson Field. Crystal Robinson (1-3) pitched a complete game,…

Four English majors present papers, poetry at international conference

International English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta, holds an annual conference to showcase students’ essays and creative fiction and non-fiction pieces. Four students will represent the university at the event this month. This year’s honored Sigma Tau Delta students from Ouachita are Ariel Bealer, Hannah…

Lady Tigers lose in a heartbreaker

Sitting in the hotel room in the Hampton Inn on Monday awaiting arguably the most important game the Lady Tigers have ever played allowed me to reflect on the whirlwind weekend. The Tigers were in the South Regional tournament, which is the Division II equivalent…