GOLD TEAM WINS SPRING GAME

With temperatures in the lower forties and a light rain that began before half-time, conditions for the Blue-Gold spring game were less than ideal. (more)

   

ROCKETS GROUNDED

Toledo saw it's run through the WNIT come to a screeching halt on Thursday as the Rockets fell victim to the University of Illinois Fighting Illini, 63-55, at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ZANOGUERA LEADS TOLEDO TO WNIT WIN

Following Toledo's 61-43 WNIT win over Youngstown State on Saturday afternoon, Inma Zanoguera was asked if she was worn out from playing basketball continuously for almost 12 months. (more)

   

ROCKETS TOPPLE BUTLER IN WNIT OPENER

Shaking off the disappointment of not landing an invitation to the post-season NCAA Tournament, Toledo pulled away from the Butler Bulldogs in the final eight minutes to defeat the visitors 63-49 in front of 2,546 rowdy fans. (more)

   

SPRING FOOTBALL STARTS TOMORROW

With the start of Spring practice only a day away, head coach Matt Campbell spoke to the media today about his 2013 team. (more)

   

GOING OUT IN STYLE WITH A FINAL HOME WIN

The fans began arriving early, queuing up at the entrances to the arena a full thirty minutes before the doors opened. And when it was time, they hurried in to secure their favorite seats, giving no quarter to the later arrivals. (more)

   

ROCKET MEN PREVAIL ON SENIOR NIGHT

Tuesday was Senior Night for the Toledo men's basketball team and the Rockets responded with a 70-46 win over the visiting Northern Illinois Huskies. (more)

   

ENGLISH PLAYER COMMITS TO ROCKET WOMEN

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MAC CHAMPS!

When Toledo's offensive game disappeared somewhere inside Savage Arena on Sunday afternoon, the Rockets turned to their trade-mark defense to beat the visiting Eastern Michigan Eagles. (more)

   

ROCKETS FALL TO RED-HOT CARDINALS

Ball State used a 13-0 run five minutes into the second half of its game with Toledo to take command of the court before claiming an 86-72 win over the Rockets at Savage Arena. (more)

   

TOLEDO STUMBLES LATE IN LOSS

The Toledo Rockets would probably rather forget the final three minutes of Wednesday's game with the Western Michigan Broncos, a 65-62 loss. (more)

   

COWBOYS ROPED IN BRACKETBUSTER

Fans that came out to Savage Arena to watch Toledo tangle with the McNeese State Cowboys on Saturday were treated to some of the best basketball the Rockets have played this year, then they got to watch some not-so-good play. (more)

   

ROCKETS TRAMPLE HUSKIES, 72-40 

Toledo used a 23-2 run at the close of the first half and the beginning of the second half to blow open a close game with the Northern Illinois Huskies and grab a 72-40 conference win in front of 5009 fans. (more)

   

KENT NO MATCH FOR TOLEDO

The Toledo Rockets improved their season record to 22-2 (10-1 MAC) on Saturday as they handed the hapless Kent State Golden Flashes an 82-45 thrashing in front of 5,712 fans at Savage Arena. (more)

   

PEARSON SHINES IN TOLEDO WIN

Rian Pearson missed the 10:00 AM Saturday team breakfast. “The alarm clock didn't go off,” is how he put it. (more)

   

FOOTBALL CLASS FILLS NEEDS FOR ROCKETS

A record 1,500 football prospects were on campus this past year, and that group yielded what three national recruiting services called the best class in the MAC. (more)

   

ROCKETS WIN ON BOOTHE BUZZER BEATER TRIPLE!

The story of Toledo's win over the Miami Redhawks on Wednesday can be told in the final four seconds of the game; everything else is just anticlimactic, a prelude to the dramatic finish. (more)

   

RECRUITING CLASS STANDS AT 23

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TOLEDO GETS NO. 19 AGAINST WESTERN MICHIGAN

Toledo shook off a poor start for the first 10 minutes of its game with Western Michigan to defeat the Broncos, 65-54, in a Sunday matinee at Savage Arena. (more)

   

SHAFIR SETS ASSIST RECORD IN WIN

Naama Shafir says she doesn't remember the assist she dished out in Thursday's win over Ohio University to vault her ahead of Toledo Hall of Famer Dana Drew and become Toledo's All-Time assist leader.  (more)

   

FALCONS PLUCKED!

Entering Saturday's game with Bowling Green, the Toledo Rockets were ranked fourth nationally in free-throwing accuracy, making 77 % of their charity tosses. (more)

   

SOUTH CAROLINA QUARTERBACK BRINGS RECRUITING CLASS TO 19

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ZIPS TOO MUCH FOR TOLEDO

MAC front runner Akron stopped by Savage Arena on Wednesday for a cross-divisional game against the Toledo Rockets and the final result was a convincing 71-56 victory for the visitors. (more)

   

REBOUNDING WINS IT FOR TOLEDO

Toledo used a 17-7 run over the final nine minutes of its game with Buffalo to break open a close contest and claim a 59-44 win in a Saturday matinee at Savage Arena. (more)

   

BUILDING CONFIDENCE

The Toledo Rockets locked horns with a scrappy Central Michigan team on Saturday and the result was a hard-fought 76-72 overtime win for UT at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKET WOMEN STUMBLE IN MAC OPENER

Thursday's Toledo/Central Michigan match-up at Savage Arena was crucial for both teams, two West Division rivals who had been tabbed to finish atop the MAC standings. (more)

   

LONG-DISTANCE SHOOTING DOWNS ROCKETS

Toledo ended 2012 on a sour note with a disheartening 58-53 home loss to the Chicago State University Panthers. (more)

   

SOLID FORTY MINUTES PRODUCES ROCKET WIN

Toledo put together two very good halves of basketball in just its second regularly scheduled home game of the season, and the result was a 74-55 win over the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) Flames.  (more)

   

TOLEDO ROLLS PRAIRIE VIEW TO CAPTURE TOURNEY

It took Tricia Cullop about fifteen minutes to decide that she and her team needed to do something different to slow down the Prairie View A&M Panthers. (more)

   

ROCKETS POWER PAST EVANSVILLE FOR NINTH WIN

Toledo ran out to a 37-16 first-half lead, then coasted to a 60-50 win over the Evansville Purple Aces in the second game of the inaugural Toledo Invitational Tournament Thursday evening at Savage Arena. (more)

   

UT MAULS SIENA HEIGHTS IN EXHIBITION

Until about six days ago Brendon Schwiebert was a member of the scout team that goes up against Tricia Cullop's Rockets every day that Toledo holds a practice session. (more)

   

ROCKETS DISMANTLE MILWAUKEE 83-59

Toledo sprinted out to a 52-25 halftime lead over the Milwaukee Panthers, nee The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Saturday afternoon at Savage Arena, then coasted to an 83-59 win in front of 4,034 fans. (more)

   

ROCKETS CLAIM TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

Toledo got strong individual performances from its starting five Sunday afternoon as the Rockets took down St Bonaventure, 59-45. (more)

   

STRONG FIRST HALF POWERS TOLEDO TO TOURNEY WIN

Toledo fashioned an incredible 37-point spurt in the first half of its game with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville that netted a 41-16 halftime lead. (more)

   

ROCKETS WIN HOME OPENER ON FREE THROWS

Rian Pearson poured in a career-best 30 points in leading Toledo to an 80-68 non-conference, foul-plagued win over the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders on Wednesday evening in front of 3,689 fans. (more)

   

DANTIN, PASQUALE LEAD ROCKETS TO WIN OVER AKRON

It was fitting that two seniors that hadn't seen significant playing time in their final season would lead the Rockets to a 35-23 win over Akron on Senior Day. (more)

   

FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS EARN DISTRICT HONORS

A number of players who have committed to Toledo are on the 2012 Ohio all-district football teams. (more)

   

DEFENSE DOES IT FOR ROCKETS IN OPENER

Toledo successfully opened the 2012-13 basketball season on Friday evening with a strong 56-34 win over the Red Wolves of Arkansas State at Savage Arena. (more)

   

SHAFIR, REED-LEWIS SHINE IN EXHIBITION WIN

Sunday was a good afternoon if you happen to be a fan of Toledo women's basketball. The Rockets were finally playing a real game at Savage Arena, albeit an exhibition contest with the Wayne State University Warriors. (more)

   

ROCKETS CLAIM EXHIBITION WIN

Led by freshman Nathan Boothe, the Toledo men's basketball team romped to a 75-52 exhibition victory over the University of Northwestern Ohio Racers in a Friday evening tilt at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKETS OPEN PRACTICE, BOOTHE TO START

It may be ten days late, but the Toledo men's basketball team finally got in their first practice for the 2012-13 season. (more)

 

   

FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS STANDS AT 15

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TOLEDO OVERWHELMS CMU

UT overcame three first half turnovers to claim a 50-35 Homecoming victory over Central Michigan in the Blass Bowl on Saturday. (more)

 

   

WOMEN HOOPSTERS OPEN CAMP

Media day provides insights into upcoming women's basketball season. (more)

   

COASTAL CAROLINA PROVES TOUGH OPPONENT

A game that looked like it could be a rout, gave UT all it could handle in 38-28 win over Coastal Carolina in the Glass Bowl. (more)

   

DEFENSE, OWENS LEAD ROCKETS OVER BG 27-15

Terrance Owens said he wanted to get the Rockets off to a quick start in their home opener against Bowling Green, and he did just that... (more)

   

OWENS' CONFIDENCE UP AS SEASON NEARS

It would be tough to imagine a better sophomore season than UT quarterback Terrance Owens had last year. He broke five Toledo passing records, four of which were held by Bruce Gradkowski.. (more)

 

   

WISCONSIN PLAYER COMMITS TO ROCKET WOMEN

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MCDOWELL SET FOR A BIG SEASON

We have yet to see what Cassius McDowell can do on the football field. (more)

   

KENTUCKY QUARTERBACK BRINGS RECRUITING CLASS TO EIGHT

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MICHIGAN GUARD HEADING TO UT

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 LAUF AND GARBER COMMIT TO TOLEDO

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WEATHERSPOON TRANSFERS FROM OHIO STATE

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TWO MORE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS

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GUARD TRANSFERS TO TOLEDO

6-4 wing player Justin Drummond has transferred from Loyola Maryland. (more)

   

BLUE DEFEATS GOLD 21-13 IN SPRING GAME

It didn't take long for Toledo's new passing game to show it's promise, when on the first play of the spring football game, quarterback Austin Dantin threw a short pass to Dwight Macon for a 70-yard touchdown play. (more)

   

END OF THE LINE

The Toledo Rockets saw their dream of a second consecutive WNIT championship shattered on Saturday with a heartbreaking 74-73 overtime loss to the Syracuse Orange at Savage Arena. (more)

   

SECOND HALF EXPLOSION PROPELS ROCKETS TO WIN

Toledo fashioned an incredible 30-13 run in the final eight minutes of its game with Virginia Commonwealth University to defeat the Rams, 81-64, and advance to the Elite-8 of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. (more)

   

UT MAULS THE BEARCATS

Courtney Ingersoll said it: “We just want to keep playing We don't want the season to end." Toledo hosted the Cincinnati Bearcats in the second round of the WNIT on Monday evening, and judging by the 72-51 whipping UT laid on the team from the Queen City, the Rockets were indeed eager to keep playing. (more)

   

ROCKETS OUSTED BY ROBERT MORRIS

Toledo's brief venture into the world of post-season basketball tournaments ended in a thud on the Savage Arena hardwood Saturday afternoon as the Rockets fell prey to a talented team from Robert Morris University, 69-51. (more)

 

   

ROCKETS TOPPLE TITANS

Toledo pulled away from the University of Detroit Mercy in the final six minutes of its game with the Titans to post a 59-49 win over the visitors in the opening round of the WNIT. (more)

   

SPRING FOOTBALL BEGINS

After a winter workout period that head coach Matt Campbell described as "really great", the UT football team began Spring Practice on the turf in the Glass Bowl today. (more)

   

ROCKETS PREVAIL IN CIT TOURNAMENT OPENER

The second season of basketball began for the Toledo Rockets on Tuesday evening, and the Midnight Blue and Gold made the most of their opportunity by taking down visiting McNeese State, 76-63 in the first round of the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. (more)

   

CINCINNATI GUARD COMMITS TO ROCKETS

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ROCKETS ARE CLEVELAND BOUND!

Toledo got its ticket punched for a trip to Cleveland, by defeating the Miami RedHawks at Savage Arena, 60-53, on Monday.  (more)

   

POWER FORWARD COMMITS

6-6 forward Aubrey Williams has committed to Toledo. (more)

   

ROCKETS SAVE THEIR BEST FOR LAST

Early in conference play this season the young Toledo Rockets struggled through a string of nine games that produced just two wins, Northern Illinois and Miami, two teams that had also fallen upon hard times. (more)

   

FIRST 2013 FOOTBALL COMMITMENT

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ROCKET MEN ON A ROLL

The Toledo Rockets gutted out a hard-earned physical 83-74 win over the Western Michigan Broncos in game No. 2 of a Saturday Savage Arena twin-bill. (more)

   

ROCKET WOMEN FINISH AT HOME WITH A WIN

It wasn't a gem by any stretch of the imagination but the Toledo Rocket women outlasted Northern Illinois on Nichols Court to post a 49-39 win over the West Division rival Huskies. (more)

   

CHIPPEWAS GET JUICE-ED!

Julius “Juice” Brown poured in 29 points as the Toledo Rockets outlasted the Central Michigan Chippewas, 72-67 on the Savage Arena floor, avenging an early-season 85-69 road loss to this same CMU team back on January 7. (more)

   

STREAKING ROCKETS OVERWHELM BRONCOS

The host Toledo Rockets fired a first-half 47-point offensive broadside at the Western Michigan Broncos Saturday afternoon and the result was a runaway 76-50 win for the Midnight Blue and Gold at Savage Arena. (more)

   

SATURDAY AFTERNOON THRILLER!

The Toledo Rockets fashioned an 8-0 run at the end of their game with arch-rival Bowling Green State University to claim a dramatic come-from-behind, 52-50, Saturday afternoon win, in the annual neighborhood battle between the two Northwest Ohio schools. (more)

   

DREW-SHAW HONORED

Former women's basketball great, Dana Drew-Shaw, was honored today before the basketball game against Bowling Green by having her jersey retired. (more)

   

ROCKETS TAKE DOWN BOBCATS IN THRILLER

You knew it was going to happen sometime this season. After experiencing the gnawing pain of losing six, oh-so-close, basketball games, the Toledo Rockets were due for a little positive mojo; Way overdue. (more)

   

ROCKETS OUT-MUSCLED IN LOSS

Saturday, it was another close game, and, for Toledo, another agonizing loss, as the Buffalo Bulls used their inside muscle to defeat the Rockets 72-65 on the Savage Arena hardwood..  (more)

   

INGERSOLL LEADS TOLEDO TO WIN OVER AKRON 

Courtney Ingersoll poured in twenty-three points Wednesday evening to help lift Toledo to a 71-60 win over the visiting Akron Zips on Nichols Court in front of 3,514 appreciative fans.. (more)

   

OFFICIAL SIGNING CLASS

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TURNOVERS TAKE DOWN ROCKETS 

Toledo, fresh off of a 63-61 road victory against Miami back on Wednesday, was looking to make a statement with a home win against the Flashes and for the first 20 minutes of the contest the home team played the visitors almost to a standstill. (more)

   

TORRID SECOND HALF PROPELS ROCKETS TO WIN

Toledo spotted the Miami Redhawks a game-opening 11-0 lead in the first five minutes of the contest before finally settling in to thump the visitors, 79-66, thanks some blistering Savage Arena shooting in the second half. (more)

   

FOUR MORE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS

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NAAMA SHAFIR IS RETURNING FOR HER FINAL YEAR

Following Wednesday's media conference covering the win over Ball State, Naama Shafir formally announced that she would be returning to the University of Toledo to play a final year. (more)

   

RICHARDSON SHINES AS ROCKETS BEAT BALL STATE

A stellar offense performance by junior Yolanda Richardson coupled with a strong defensive effort by the rest of the Toledo players proved to be the winning combination as the Rockets upended the Ball State Cardinals 63-48 in a Wednesday game at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKETS DISMANTLE NORTHERN ILLINOIS, 71-41

Toledo picks up first MAC win over the Huskies... (more)

   

PAGE TO ENTER NFL DRAFT

Toledo junior wide receiver Eric Page announced today that he will leave school and enter the NFL draft. (more)

 

   

RALLY FALLS SHORT AGAINST EASTERN MICHIGAN

Toledo spotted the Eastern Michigan Eagles a 14-point, 47-33, half-time lead at Savage Arena Wednesday evening and that point margin was enough to send the visitors back to Ypsilanti, MI with a 70-66 conference win. (more)

   

ROCKETS LOSE HEARTBREAKER AT THE BUZZER

For the third time this season the Toledo Rockets have gone down to the wire against an opponent at Savage Arena, and for the third time, the home team has tasted nothing but bitter defeat. (more)

   

TOLEDO TOPS CENTRAL MICHIGAN IN THRILLER

The mark of a mature, veteran team is how well it responds to adversity. Fresh off a heart-breaking 70-67 road loss at Western Michigan three days ago, the Toledo Rockets twice found themselves on the short end of double-digit deficits against a very young but very talented Central Michigan squad.  (more)

   

ROCKETS BURY INDIANA-NORTHWEST

In a game that was a total mismatch from the opening tip, the Toledo Rockets thoroughly pummeled NAIA Indiana-Northwest, 107-43 in front of an announced crowd of 3,652 at Savage Arena. (more)

   

UT FALTERS IN SECOND HALF FOR YEAR-END LOSS

The Marquette Golden Eagles took advantage of some Toledo defensive lapses, and a few turnovers, to break open a close game midway through the second half and claim a year-ending 69-60 out-of-conference victory over the Midnight Blue and Gold. (more)

   

ROCKETS FALL TO CLEVELAND STATE

After Toledo's thrilling 42-41 victory over the Air Force Academy in the Military Bowl, many of the Rocket fans who had ventured out to Savage Arena to view the game on the large scoreboard screens, were hoping for a similar outcome to the men's basketball game that was on the menu immediately following the gridiron event. (more)

   

LATE BASKET DOOMS ROCKETS

For the second time in 10 days Toledo has gone to the wire against a visiting team only to lose the game on a last-second basket by the opponent. Back on December 10, Loyola sank a shot with one-second on the clock to beat the Rockets, 55-57. (more)

   

CAMPBELL NAMED HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

It certainly didn't take Mike O'Brien long to name a new head football coach. Just four days after Tim Beckman accepted the head coaching position at Illinois, O'Brien named Matt Campbell as UT's next head man. (more)

   

TOLEDO EDGED ON LAST SECOND SHOT

The are any number of ways to lose a basketball game. Then there is the way that Toledo did it Saturday afternoon. (more)

   

ROCKETS POUND CLEVELAND STATE

Two days after losing a close game to nationally-ranked Wisconsin-Green Bay , the Toledo Rocket women evened the score with the Horizon League by pummeling the visiting Cleveland State Vikings, 81-42. (more)

   

O'BRIEN DISCUSSES BECKMAN, FOOTBALL FUTURE

Toledo athletics director Mike O'Brien this afternoon announced that assistant football coach Jason Campbell will assume the position as interim head coach, as Tim Beckman has accepted a position at the University of Illinois. (more)

   

ROCKET WOMEN FALTER AGAINST GREEN BAY

Wisconsin-Green Bay used a 12-0 run early in the second half to turn a four-point Toledo lead into an eight-point deficit, allowing the Phoenix to ultimately  grind out a 72-65 win on Nichols Court.. (more)

   

TOLEDO NO MATCH FOR TEMPLE

The Temple Owls used a strong performance on the glass coupled with a 52.8 per-cent shooting night to power past the host Toledo Rockets, 77-58, Wednesday evening in Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKETS OUTLAST COLORADO STATE

Toledo used a balanced scoring attack and a stingy defense to upend the visiting Colorado State Rams, 58-51, in a Sunday afternoon contest at Savage Arena.  (more)

   

UT WOMEN DOWN IONA ON KIDS DAY

Strong rebounding and a late second-half offensive surge by Toledo proved to be the ticket to a hard-fought 54-42 win over the visiting Iona Gaels in a rare Thursday morning game at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKETS OUTLAST UNC-WILMINGTON FOR WIN NUMBER FIVE

The Toledo Rockets overcame a 10-point deficit thirteen minutes into their game with the University of North Carolina-Wilmington in Savage Arena to post a 75-73 win over the Seahawks. (more)

   

TOLEDO WINS HOME OPENER

The Toledo Rockets returned home to Savage Arena, and came away with a convincing 82-67 win over Illinois-Chicago. (more)

   

SECOND HALF SURGE POWERS TOLEDO PAST ALBANY

On a rainy evening when the shots wouldn't fall, the Toledo Rockets once again turned on the defensive pressure to claim a 53-39 win over the University of Albany.. (more)

   

ROCKETS DO IT WITH DEFENSE

The Toledo Rockets opened the 2011-12 season in impressive fashion with a 61-51 win over the Dayton Flyers in front of 3,467 appreciative fans at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKETS EDGE WESTERN MICHIGAN IN SHOOTOUT

For a second straight game, UT got into a crazy offensive contest with a MAC west foe. While the Rockets fell short against Northern Illinois, the Toledo running game was the extra spark that helped Toledo to an amazing 66-63 win over Western Michigan on Senior Night in the Glass Bowl. (more)

   

ROCKETS TOP ASHLAND IN EXHIBITION WIN

Toledo opened the 2011-12 basketball season with a 51-36 Saturday win over D-II Ashland University in front of an estimated 1,200 fans at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKET MEN IMPRESSIVE IN EXHIBITION WIN

Coach Tod Kowalczyk took the wraps off of the 2011-12 University of Toledo basketball team Thursday evening at Savage Arena, and the end result was a resounding 88-62 exhibition win over the University of Northwestern Ohio. (more)

   

ROCKETS STAY UNBEATEN IN MAC

Toledo ran its MAC record to 4-0 with a 49-28 Homecoming victory over Miami.. (more)

   

MEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY REPORT

After last season's 4-28 record, UT head basketball coach Tod Kowalczyk looks at this season as a new beginning for his program. (more)

   

ROCKETS EDGE FALCONS 28-21

Toledo remained unbeaten in MAC play, but it certainly wasn't easy at a windy Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green. (more)

   

HOT QUARTERBACKS SPARK ROUT OVER EMU

Toledo quarterbacks Austin Dantin and Terrance Owens completed an amazing 27 of 30 passing attempts, as the Rockets defeated Eastern Michigan 54-16 at the Glass Bowl. (more)

   

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY

Today was the day that Tricia Cullop and her Toledo Rockets have been waiting for ever since the team successfully ended its fairy-tale run through the post-season WNIT Tournament. (more)

   

ROCKETS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH BRONCOS

Boise quarterback Kellen Moore threw for 455 yards and five touchdowns as the Broncos defeated Toledo 40-15 in front of 28,905 fans at the Glass Bowl. (more)

   

HEARTBREAKER AT OHIO STATE

Toledo had its chance for the biggest upset in school history. Trailing Ohio State 27-22, sophomore quarterback Terrance Owens drove the Rockets from their own 28 to the OSU's 16- yard line. But that was it for UT. (more)

   

ROCKETS OVERWHELM NEW HAMPSHIRE IN OPENER

Toledo needed this. A fast start against a good opponent in the Glass Bowl to prepare for a string of three straight difficult games against Ohio State, Boise State and Syracuse. (more)

 

   

FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY INTERVIEW WITH TIM BECKMAN

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ILLINOIS BIG MAN COMMITS TO ROCKETS

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TWO MORE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS

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MICHIGAN TIGHT END IS ROCKETS' SIXTH COMMITMENT

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON RECAP

While the story of the Toledo Rockets’ final six games of the 2010-11 season doesn't quite match the tale of the mythological phoenix rising from the ashes.... (more)

   

DANTIN LEADS GOLD TEAM TO VICTORY

Junior quarterback Austin Dantin played an excellent game, and led the Gold squad over the Blue 35-14 in the annual Spring Game. (more)

   

 

TOLEDO WEARS THE 2011 WNIT CROWN

The post season has been a magical journey for the MAC Champion Toledo Rockets and the team reached the top of the mountain with a well-earned 76-68 final victory over the Trojans of Southern California on Saturday. (more)

   

ROCKETS ROMP TO WNIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

A Final Four game isn't supposed to be a blowout but don't tell that to the University of Toledo Rockets who rolled the University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Tuesday evening, 83-60, to advance to the WNIT championship game. (more)

   

ROCKETS REACH FINAL FOUR

Toledo overcame a poor first half of shooting to grab a 71-68 overtime victory over Big East member Syracuse and qualify for the WNIT final four. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS WIN – ADVANCE TO THE ELITE EIGHT!

Toledo continued its run through the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday evening, defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide, 74-59. (more)

   

TOLEDO OVERPOWERS AUBURN FOR WNIT WIN

Yolanda Richardson picked the perfect day to have her strongest game of the season as Toledo thumped Auburn 67-52 in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. (more)

   

LATE HEROICS GIVE ROCKETS WNIT WIN

Down by four points with less than two minutes to play, a freshman who seems to get better with each game, and a senior who wasn't ready for the season to end, both stepped to the head of the class, giving the Toledo Rockets a hard-fought, well-earned 58-55 win over the Delaware Blue Hens. (more)

   

 

ROCKET WOMEN ARE MAC CHAMPS!

Wednesday evening was very special at Savage Arena as the Toledo Rockets shot their way to the Mid-American Conference Championship with an 85-75 win over the visiting Central Michigan Chippewas. (more)

   

CENTRAL MICHIGAN TOO MUCH FOR TOLEDO IN HOME FINALE

Tuesday was Senior Night at Savage Arena and both of the Rocket seniors, Justin Anyijong and Anthony Wright, were in the starting lineup for Toledo. (more)

   

HUSKIES TAKE DOWN ROCKETS IN OVERTIME

As the clock wound down to the final minutes of regulation time in Toledo’s game with visiting Northern Illinois on Saturday evening, it looked as if the Rockets might actually get a rare victory, something the team has desperately needed since mid January. (more)

   

TOLEDO WOMEN TRIUMPH IN THRILLER

With Wednesday’s win, Toledo is now the West Division Champ and can do no worse than having a share of the MAC overall championship. (more)

 

   

 

EASTERN ILLINOIS HANDLES TOLEDO IN BRACKETBUSTER GAME

A short-handed Toledo team also came up very short Saturday evening against the Eastern Illinois Panthers, 75-58, in an ESPN-Sears BracketBuster game at Savage Arena. (more)

   

ROCKETS FLATTEN WESTERN MICHIGAN, 76-39

 

Toledo improved to 11-1 in conference play on Wednesday with a 76-39 beat-down of the visiting Western Michigan Broncos. (more)

   

ROCKETS LOSE HEARTBREAKER

Junior forward Julian Mavunga scored on a putback with two seconds remaining in the game to give the Miami Redhawks a 68-66 win over the Toledo Rockets at Savage Arena. (more)

 

   

ROCKET WOMEN SWEEP THE EAST

For the second time this season the University of Toledo women’s basketball team was the opening act of a Toledo Twin-Bill, and for the second time this season the ladies received a standing ovation from the audience for their performance. (more)

   

 

FOUR CAN'T MISS RECRUITS

College coaches, and fans for that matter, believe that every recruit will be a contributor to their program. (more)

   

UPDATED FOOTBALL COMMITMENT LIST

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ROCKETS TOPPLE KENT STATE FOR BIG WIN

UT was going head-to-head with the Kent State Golden Flashes in a big cross-division match up that featured the leaders of their respective divisions. Toledo and Kent were both 6-1 in conference play. (more)

   

 

BIG RECEIVER COMMITS TO TOLEDO

6-3 Justin Olack gives the Rockets another sure-handed receiver with top end speed. (more)

   

 

FALCONS JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR TOLEDO

In a rare Tuesday evening game, the Toledo Rockets put up a strong fight against the Bowling Green Falcons at Savage Arena, but at the end of forty minutes the visitors escaped with a 70-64 win. (more)

   

ROCKETS STUMBLE AGAINST BALL STATE

For 25 minutes on Saturday evening the Toledo Rockets hung tough with division-leading Ball State in Game Two of a Savage Arena double header, matching the Cardinals basket-for-basket and defensive stop-for-defensive stop... (more)

   

 

ROCKET WOMEN DEFEAT BUFFALO TO STAY ATOP MAC WEST

Saturday afternoon was bitterly cold with the temperature struggling to work its way up to double digits in the Glass City, but inside of warm Savage Arena, preparations were being made to play a basketball double header. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS CORRAL WESTERN MICHIGAN FOR FIRST MAC WIN

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DEFENSE RULES THE EVENING IN ROCKET WIN

 

“A defensive juggernaut,” that’s how Tricia Cullop described the battle waged on Nichols Court between Toledo and the visiting Northern Illinois Huskies. (more)

 

 

   

 

MID-YEAR FOOTBALL SIGNINGS

The University of Toledo football program got a head start on its 2011 recruiting class with the addition of eight student-athletes, including Keenen Gibbbs left, who will join the team this semester. (more)

 

   

ROCKETS HUMBLED IN MAC OPENER

Toledo took one on the chin Saturday evening in Savage Arena as the visiting Eastern Michigan Eagles pummeled the Midnight Blue and Gold in the conference opener for both teams, 71-48. (more)

   

DEFENSE SPARKLES IN WIN OVER BALL STATE

The Toledo Rockets came up with a stellar defensive performance against the visiting Ball State Cardinals Wednesday evening, and the result was a 63-46 win in the conference opener for both schools. (more)

   

 

ROCKET WOMEN BEGIN THE NEW YEAR WITH A WIN

Toledo got a combined 42 points from post players Melissa Goodall and Yolanda Richardson as the Rockets celebrated the New Year with a 71-55 win over the visiting “Fighting Sioux” of North Dakota University. (more)

   

 

ROCKET MEN GET NUMBER 3 IN A ROMP

The Toledo Rockets got a breather for the first time this season as the Midnight Blue and Gold smothered Indiana University Northwest, 80-44 at Savage Arena. (more)

   

LATE HEROICS SAVE WIN FOR ROCKETS

Rockets hold on to defeat Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (more)

   

STRONG SECOND HALF PROPELS ROCKETS PAST FGCU

For the second consecutive game the Toledo Rockets came out of the locker room after intermission to outplay an opponent and, for the second consecutive game, left the floor after the final horn with a win, 75-63. (more)

   

STRONG SECOND HALF LIFTS ROCKETS PAST INDIANA

Rockets get big win over Indiana. (more)

   

AT LAST, A WIN!

It took the Toledo Rockets 10 games to get their first victory of this season, a 75-72 overtime win over visiting Valparaiso, but when it finally came, it was a hard-fought gritty team effort that had the 4,078 fans at Savage Arena animated and on their feet cheering. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS SHUTDOWN GOLDEN GRIZZLIES

Senior forward Melissa Goodall led a quartet of Rockets in double figures Friday evening as the Toledo Rockets bested visiting Oakland University, 64-36. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS SELECTED TO PLAY IN LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL

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ROCKETS NO MATCH FOR CINCINNATI

The Rockets ran into a Cincinnati Bearcat buzz saw Saturday evening at Savage Arena and the final result was an 81-47 blow-out loss. (more)

   

PAGE BREAKOUT GAME LEADS ROCKETS OVER CMU

Toledo sophomore Eric Page had perhaps the greatest single-game performance in Rocket history as he returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, caught two touchdown passes and threw another to help UT defeat Central Michigan 42-31. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS DROP FINALE IN 2K SPORTS CLASSIC

 

The host Toledo Rockets lost their third and final game of the 2K Sports Classic, falling to the College of Charleston (COFC), 64-51 in a Sunday afternoon game at Savage Arena. (more)

 

 

   

 

RUNNIN’ RAMS TOO MUCH FOR ROCKETS

The Saturday evening game between Toledo and the Rhode Island Rams at Savage Arena looked as if it was quite possibly going to be a blowout loss for the struggling Rockets. (more)

   

 

ROCKET WOMEN FALL TO MISSOURI STATE

The Toledo Rockets dug themselves a pretty large hole in the first half of their WNIT consolation game against visiting Missouri State on Saturday afternoon. (more)

   

ROCKETS COME UP SHORT AGAINST UIC

A pair of scoring droughts and some poor free-throwing shooting proved to be the downfall for Toledo as the Rockets dropped a 57-51 decision to the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). (more)

   

SPEED KILLS FALCONS

Speed kills on the football field. Toledo had it, BG didn't. (more)

   

ROCKETS OUTLAST ST. FRANCIS IN WNIT OPENER

Toledo found a way to overcome a good St. Francis of Pennsylvania team and walk away with a hard-fought 71-66 win in the opening round of the preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament. (more)

   

 

WOMEN vs SAINT FRANCIS PREVIEW

It’s almost time for the preseason WNIT and the Toledo Rockets will host a first-round game at Savage Arena on Friday, Nov. 12. (more)

   

 

ILLINOIS PREVIEW

The Rocket men open their season on Wed. Nov, 10 with a road game against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (more)

   

 

ROCKET WOMEN BREEZE PAST ALASKA-ANCHORAGE

Tricia Cullop’s Rockets took advantage of a cold-shooting University of Alaska-Anchorage team to coast to a 63-37 exhibition win at Savage Arena on Thursday evening. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS CRUISE TO SECOND EXHIBITION WIN

Six Rockets reached doubles figures as the men’s basketball team defeated the University of Michigan-Dearborn, 92-73, at Savage Arena in the second and final exhibition game of the season. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS PREVAIL IN EXHIBITION

The 2010-11 edition of the Toledo Rockets basketball team opened its season on Saturday afternoon at Savage Arena with an 82-80 exhibition victory over the Siena Heights Saints. (more)

   

 

BASKETBALL EXHIBITION GAMES PREVIEW

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MEN’S BASKETBALL OPEN SCRIMMAGE

 

As I watched the Toledo men’s basketball team scrimmaging Saturday afternoon at Savage Arena, it quickly became evident that in just a few months, the program has gone through a complete metamorphosis under the guidance of first-year coach, Tod Kowalczyk and his staff. (more)

 

 

   

MICHIGAN FORWARD COMMITS TO UT

Coach Kowalczyk got his inside banger as Romulus forward Justin Moss decides to become a Rocket. (more)

   

ROCKET WOMEN BEGIN FALL PRACTICE

Coach Tricia Cullop and her staff welcomed 16 student-athletes onto Bob Nichols Court for the first day of basketball practice this past Monday and judging by the enthusiasm of the group it should be quite a season. (more)

   

 

 
   

 

PAGE EARNS NATIONAL HONOR

Toledo sophomore wide receiver Eric Page was named the national kickoff returner of the week. (more)

   

 

 
   

BECKMAN SEES EARLY PROGRESS

Football practice may be only a few days old, but head coach Tim Beckman is happy with the way his team is progressing. (more)

   

NEW SCOREBOARD READY

The new video board is now completely installed at the Glass Bowl and ready for the 2010 football season. (more)

 

   

MEET SARA MCGRIFF

Rocket Report writer Fred Janiszewski recently interviewed athletic trainer Sara McGriff. (more)

   

KOWALCZYK WORKS TO TURN AROUND UT BASKETBALL

Turning around a basketball program from square one can be a daunting task for any coach. (more)

   

TRICIA CULLOP Q&A

Head coach Tricia Cullop answers questions from basketball writer Fred Janiszewski. (more)

   

A VERY EARLY LOOK AT MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

It's never too early to look ahead to the basketball season. Rocket Report basketball writer Fred Janiszewski looks at all of the MAC teams. (more)

   

 

BLUE DEFEATS GOLD TEAM IN SPRING GAME

On a very windy evening, the Blue squad defeated the Gold team 21-14 in the annual Spring Football Game. (more)

   

Tod Kowalczyk Named New Basketball Coach

Toledo got a new basketball coach today, as Tod Kowalczyk (Ko-wall-check) was introduced to the press, university officials and fans this afternoon. (more)

   

 

 
   
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 
   

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

FETTERMAN TRAINING CENTER MEDIA TOUR

The media got a chance to tour the Fetterman Training Center today, and everyone came away impressed. (more)

   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

BECKMAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW FOOTBALL COACH

Tim Beckman is off and running as the new head football coach of the Toledo Rockets. (more)

   

 

ROCKETS WIN THRILLER IN SAVAGE ARENA DEBUT

Justin Anyijong tipped in a missed shot with just one second remaining on the clock to give the Toledo Rockets a 57-56 win over the University of Massachusetts at the new Savage Arena on Wednesday night. (more)

 

   

AMSTUTZ OUT AS UT HEAD COACH

Tom Amstutz's eight-year reign as Toledo's head football coach is almost over. (more)

   

TOLEDO UPSETS MICHIGAN

Toledo's defense, helped by three interceptions, held Michigan scoreless in the second half on the way to a 13-10 victory, the first win in the Big House ever by a MAC team. (more)

   

SAVAGE HALL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Just about four months ago the renovation of Savage Hall began. (more)

   

CULLOP NAMED NEW WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

Tricia Cullop was introduced today as the new head women's basketball coach at The University of Toledo. (more)

 

 

JOPLIN OUT

In a press conference this morning, UT athletic director Mike O'Brien (photo left) announced that men's basketball coach Stan Joplin has been released from his position. (more)

   

 

NEW SAVAGE HALL RENOVATION DRAWINGS

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MAC CHAMPS

Toledo defeated Central Michigan today 77-57 to win its first outright regular season MAC title in 27 years. (more)

 

 
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