Bearcats Break for Winter

December 3rd, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in Articles |

The Cincinnati Bearcats have finished their Fall Pre-season, and have taken their winter break. Cincinnati will resume practices for their Spring Regular-season on January 4th.

The Bearcats had a solid showing in Fall Ball as they were able to win the Capitol Tournament, while putting up quality wins against Dayton and Louisville. The teams only losses came against OU and in a scrimmage against a combined Mt. St. Joes and Cincinnati Mens team.

The Bearcats would like to wish all their fans a Happy Holiday Season and look forward to seeing everyone when the regular season begins in February.

Cincinnati Takes Down Dayton Once Again

November 10th, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in recaps |

Just a week after suffering a tough loss against OU  in Athens, the Bearcats travelled to Dayton to take on the MCLA Division II National Champion Dayton Flyers, who have been unable to find a win against Cincinnati in their last few meetings. Last year the Bearcats took care of business against Dayton beating them twice, once in pre-season, and then once again in the regular season in OT. This time UD was fired up and ready for some redemption!

The game started off in the Bearcats favor as they scored three goals quickly and established a lead early in the game. For the remainder of the game the Cincinnati lead remained at two or three goals until the forth quarter. Once the fourth quarter arrived UD battled back like they always seem to do, and took a one goal lead with just under a minute to play. Cincinnati won the next faceoff, and drove the ball down for the game tying goal by Bobby Nagle. In overtime Cincinnati’s Mike Quinto continued his dominance on faceoffs and gave Cincinnati the ball first and the game winning goal was scored quicky by Jason Keck. Goalie Kyle O’Neal turned in his second straight greatgame in the nets, helping the Bearcats hold off the Flyers 14-13.

With this win, the Bearcats have once again proven they have the talent to play with anyone, and they are going to be a force to recon with this season. The victory over Dayton now pushes the Bearcats unbeaten streak against the MCLA to over 3 years and counting. While the pre-season is officially over, Cincinnati is still trying to set up scrimmages with Ohio State, Xavier, and Mt. St. Joes DIII team sometime during November, and welcomes any opportunities to play other college teams in the area!

Bearcats Win Capitol Tournament, Beat Miami in Championship!

October 29th, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in recaps |

  The Cincinnati Bearcats opened the pre-season with an early game on Saturday, beating the Louisville Cardinals at Clark Montessori High School in Hyde Park. The game was a good opener for the Bearcats as they were able to run all five lines of midfielders all game long, and give a lot of game experience to new players. The game ended with a final score of 11-5 in favor of the Bearcats who needed to quickly turn their attention to the Capitol Tournament at the Bryn Du Mansion that awaited them in Granville the following morning.

   Because of travel complications one scheduled team was unable to make the tournament and the Bearcats had to split their team in order to facilitate proper bracketing. Cincinnati’s Freshmen team would take on Louisville in the first game of the tournament, while the veteran team Took on Capitol at the same time. The veteran team came away with a convincing 8-0 win, while the freshmen team played very well, but were unable to beat a bigger, and most  likely angry Louisville team looking to avenge their defeat from the previous morning; the final score was 4-3 Cardinals.

   In UC’s next couple games against Carnegie Mellon and ODU, they were able to combine their teams once again to play as a full unit, and the added depth paid off. The Bearcats would go on to rout their next two opponents CMU and ODU 14-1 and 11-0 respectively.

   In the Championship game the Bearcats would face their toughest obstacle in the Miami Redhawks, who also went through the tournament undefeated (the freshmen game did not count on the tournament record). Cincinnati grabbed the momentum early with 4 unanswered goals to start the game. Jason Keck and Bobby Nagle were crucial to the offensive success as they served as the major facilitators in what turned into a solid 12-4 victory for the Bearcats.

   While this was certainly a good start, the Bearcats know they have a long way to go to reach the level they hope to play at this season. Cincinnati will try to build on their early success in the Ohio University Halloween Tournament October 31st in Athens, Ohio.

Cincinnati Opens Pre-season with Big East Matchup

October 5th, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in Articles |

The Cincinnati Bearcats will open their pre-season on Saturday against the Louisville Cardinals at Clark Montessori High School. On Sunday morning the Bearcats will depart from campus for Bryn Du Mansion fields in Granville Ohio for the Capitol Tournament. Below is a tentative schedule for the Bearcats Fall-Ball, pre-season. Information will be updated as it becomes final.

10-14-09  UC vs. XU  (scrimmage) cancelled!

10-24-09  UC vs. Louisville   12:00 PM W 12-5

10-25-09  Capitol Tournament (Granville, Ohio)

   UC  (veterans) vs. Capitol University 10:30 AM W 8-0

   UC (freshmen) vs. Louisville 10:30 AM L 4-3

   UC vs. Carnegie Mellon 12:30 PM W 14-1

   UC vs. ODU 1:30 PM W 11-0

   UC vs. Miami (Championship) 4:00 PM W 12-4

10-31-09 Ohio University Halloween Tournament

    UC vs. OU 10:00 AM L 8-9 OT

    UC vs. OSU 1:00 PM Cancelled (field conditions)

    UC vs. West Virginia 3:00 PM Cancelled (field conditions)

11-07-09 UC vs. Dayton (Springboro HS) W 14-13 OT

Upcoming Dates to Remember

August 17th, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in Articles |

   The Cincinnati Bearcats would like to announce that they will be holding their orientation meeting for all prospective players on Friday September 25th. This meeting is an important information filled hour that all incoming and prospective players must attend. The meeting will be held at 7pm on the first floor of TUC. New players be sure to bring your student ID.

   The Bearcats have several other important dates to announce as well: UC will be holding a back to school pick up game on September 24th, at 7pm on Sheakley Lawn, open to all returning and prospective players.  The first practice of the season will take place on Monday September 28th at 7pm on Sheakley Lawn, players must bring both cleats and running shoes.