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OSU professor named president of veterinary pathology organization Bella Casey tors, Jerry has Staff Reporter spearheaded many
Carson Toulouse With the Cowboys shooting, length and mentality, they believe they can compete in the hectic Big 12.
Times like these: Cowboys show they can compete in Big 12 game, take any of the hits or fight for every rebound. But by the end of it, he lost his voice and had been through all the tension of winning a Big 12 basketball game. On Saturday, OSU completed the third-largest comeback in proGabriel Trevino gram history in decades for a 61-59 win against No. 12 Iowa State in Sports Editor Gallagher-Iba Arena. It wasn’t a game the Cowboys Mike Boynton needed a break, should’ve won after 20 minutes. so, during a timeout with four minIn the first half, they had as many utes left, he walked as far from the turnovers as field goals made, were huddle as possible to breathe. heavily out-rebounded and down by After minutes of screaming as many as 16. But that’s why there’s across the court, slamming the hard- a second half. wood with all his might — even if he Even with eight minutes left, wasn’t supposed to — and trying to the chance of winning was slim — do anything and everything to help unable to make a shot. In the Big 12, his team win. He didn’t play in the though, almost anything is possible.
“There’s peaks and valleys in life,” Boynton said. “Everybody looks at success as a linear thing, but the truth is, there’s pitfalls. We were in a valley at halftime. We were in a valley with eight minutes to go. You just gotta find a way to get over the hump.” It takes size and length, experience, physicality in the paint, and making open and contest shots to win in the Big 12; which is what OSU did on Saturday. Moussa Cisse, who is dealing with an ankle injury, played 14 minutes of high effort rebounding and blocking late shots, including one Boynton said “sealed the game.” See Times on 2
OSU professors are making a difference. OSU veterinary professor Dr. Jerry Ritchey was named president of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. The ACVP promotes excellence in the veterinary pathology field and aims to improve animal, human and environmental wellbeing through its members. In addition to his 26-year career at OSU’s veterinary school, Ritchey has been a member of the ACVP since 1996 and has been on the board of directors for the past five years after serving on several other committees and task forces. As president, Ritchey will oversee functions of the college, such as membership, finances, strategic planning and moderating monthly board meetings. Amy Durham, the chief operating officer for ACVP, is confident in Ritchey’s leadership abilities. “During his tenure on the board of direc-
impactful and transformative initiatives,” said Durham. “Some behind the scenes, like extensive contract negotiations for our journal, Veterinary Pathology, and some that garnered great attention from all members, like the successful creation of the ACVP Training Accreditation program. I consider any institution with Jerry in the leadership to be exceptionally fortunate.” Ritchey plans to target three main areas of focus during his time as president. “We recently generated a new five-year strategic plan and I hope to get us off to a good start so we can accomplish everything we set out to,” Ritchey said. “Second is the accreditation of our residency training programs. We want to support the group leading that effort and make sure they have all the resources they need. The third is member engagement and improving communication between the board and the membership.” See Ritchey on 5
File photo Tyler Zink (right) helped clinch the Cowboys win in doubles with Isaac Becroft.
Cowboys open weekend with hard-fought win over Omaha
PJ Tikalsky Staff Reporter The Cowboy tennis team continued their earlyseason unbeaten streak on Saturday afternoon at the
Greenwood Center as they took down the University of Nebraska-Omaha 4-0. Despite the shutout, some healthy struggles were needed to secure the win. “That’s a program that’s beaten power five teams,” coach Dustin Taylor said on the Mavericks following the dual. “There were a couple of matches where there was uncomfortable moments and and (the team) got to face some adversity.” The Cowboys clinched the doubles point following 6-3 wins by both the Leighton Allen/Carl Roothman and Tyler Zink/Isaac Becroft pairings.
The aforementioned adversity first reared its head during the match with OSU’s Chase Ferguson/Francisco Pini duo, which had the rest of the match called off due to the clinched point. Ferguson, a fifth year USF transfer making his OSU debut, attributed the challenges to the recency of the pairing. “It’s actually (Francisco)’s and my first time playing together,” he said. “I think once you have some more time to play with each other and get the chemistry there, we’re gonna be able to play a lot better.” See Cowboys on 2