Old Dominion To Announce Joining Conference USA

by Woody Woodrum, Herd Insider Sr. Editor May 17, 2012 ****************** NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University made a formal announcement of leaving their current conference for Conference...
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Marshall Men's Basketball Inks Taylor From Hargrave for 2012-13

From Marshall Sports Information For Herd Insider   May 16, 2012 ******************   HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall men’s basketball coach Tom Herrion has announced the signing of Ryan ...
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Marhall Auction Set For Saturday, May 19, in Gullickson Hall

By Jack Bogaczyk HerdZone.com Columnist And Herd Insider Editor May 16, 2012 ********************* HUNTINGTON - "Buddy, can you spare $20 for new volleyball shoes?" That would be a new pai...
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Stanton, Herd Ready to Play Hardball In 2013

By Jack Bogaczyk Herd Insider Editor and Herdzone.com Columnist May 15, 2012 ******************** HUNTINGTON – On the morning after the morning after, Shonda Stanton was anything but in...
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Old Dominion To Announce Joining Conference USA

by Woody Woodrum,

Herd Insider Sr. Editor

May 17, 2012

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NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University made a formal announcement of leaving their current conference for Conference USA.

"We are extremely pleased to add Old Dominion to Conference USA," Britton Banowsky, commissioner of C-USA said Thursday. "They are a tremendous university with, not only a great tradition in athletics, but an extremely bright future.

 

"Their leadership team has a bold vision for the University, which fits well with our plan for the future of the Conference."

 

Located in Norfolk, Va., Old Dominion features an enrollment of 24,753 students and sponsors 16 NCAA Division I sports. ODU will join Conference USA for all sports in 2013-14, with the exception of football, which will move up to the Football Bowl Series (FBS) level for conference competition in the 2015 season.

 

The Old Dominion football program has sold out every game since the program was reinstated in 2009. The school is located in the No. 43 media market in the country.

 

 

The Monarchs announced the program will leave the Colonial Athletic Conference after the current athletic year, as well as moving from FCS football, to Conference USA for the 2013-14 athletic year.

 

ODU will join Charlotte, FIU (Florida International), Louisiana Tech, North Texas and UTSA (Texas-San Antonio) as new members of the league for 2013.

 

Existing members of the league for that season will East Carolina, Marshall, Southern Miss, UAB (Alabama-Birmingham), Tulane, Rice, Tulsa and UTEP (Texas-El Paso).

 

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Marhall Auction Set For Saturday, May 19, in Gullickson Hall

By Jack Bogaczyk

HerdZone.com Columnist

And Herd Insider Editor


May 16, 2012

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HUNTINGTON - "Buddy, can you spare $20 for new volleyball shoes?"

That would be a new pair of shoes, never out of the NIKE box, tagged at $80 ... or how about an $80 Hilfiger-ish golf sweater for 20 bucks?

Those are among the bargains available Saturday in Marshall's athletics apparel "yard sale," when the Herd will make available old uniforms, warmups and shoes from various Green vintages from 8 a.m.-noon in the Gullickson Hall Gym - adjacent to the Cam Henderson Center.

Individuals attending the sale Saturday should enter Gullickson Hall from the 18th Street entrance.

"We've got something in the sale from every sport at Marshall," said Rich Worner, the MU head equipment manager. "Football jerseys were the big thing in the last sale. But really, people buy everything."

The prices range from $5 to $70.

Turns out, maybe something more than talk is cheap.

The Herd hopes Worner is right in that last sentence. That's what happened the last time Marshall had one of these sales of old - used and unused - athletics team items.

That was three years ago. David Steele, Marshall's associate athletic director for business, said that sale brought in about $15,000 to Herd coffers. Previous sales of athletic apparel were done auction-style.

 

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Marshall Men's Basketball Inks Taylor From Hargrave for 2012-13

From Marshall Sports Information

For Herd Insider

 

May 16, 2012

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall men’s basketball coach Tom Herrion has announced the signing of Ryan Taylor to a National Letter of Intent.

Taylor, a 6-5, 200-pound, small forward from Indianapolis, Ind. averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds for Hargrave Military Academy (Va.).

Coached by former Marshall point guard A.W. Hamilton, Taylor led Hargrave to a 38-1 record and a No. 2 prep school national ranking.

"Ryan is a great addition to our Marshall basketball family,” Herrion said.

“We are truly excited to add such a terrific player and person.

 

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Stanton, Herd Ready to Play Hardball In 2013

By Jack Bogaczyk

Herd Insider Editor

and Herdzone.com Columnist

May 15, 2012

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HUNTINGTON – On the morning after the morning after, Shonda Stanton was anything but in mourning.

 

Much was rightfully made in these parts about Marshall’s failure to reach the 64-team NCAA Division I softball tournament bracket, but Stanton – the Herd’s coach of 13 seasons (389-324-2)  – was as matter-of-fact as those NCAA selection committees can be.

 

“I’ve said we’re not owed anything in life,” Stanton said, after moving the Conference USA Tournament runner-up trophy across her office floor in the Herd’s Dot Hicks Field clubhouse. “If we’d taken care of business and won (the title game), we’d be in.”

 

Stanton – a mother of three -- learned long ago not to cry over spilled milk.

 

As she defended the Herd’s worthiness in several ways, she offered qualifiers on why it maybe didn’t happen as she was looking back on the Herd’s best season (36-21) of seven in C-USA.

 

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