Bob Barnes ’89 served as women’s soccer coach at Ohio Wesleyan from 1997-2015, turning the Battling Bishops into a national power. The 1998 team went 19-3 and posted the first NCAA Division III playoff wins by an Ohio Wesleyan women’s team on the way to a regional runner-up finish. The next year, the Bishops won their first 19 games, including the North Coast Athletic Conference title. In 2000, the Bishops went 16-4-1, shared the NCAC championship, won the inaugural NCAC tournament and the Great Lakes Regional tournament, and advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals. In 2001, Ohio Wesleyan went 22-1, won the NCAC championship and the NCAC tournament, and won the NCAA Division III championship. The 2002 Bishops won all 24 games and repeated as NCAC champion, NCAC tournament champion, and NCAA Division III champion. The team’s winning streak eventually reached an NCAA Division III-record 60 games. He was one of the fastest coaches ever to reach the 100-win mark, doing so in his 118th game (100-17-1). He is Ohio Wesleyan’s all-time leader in victories and finished his OWU career with a 221-118-30 (.640) record in 19 seasons, compiling 11 seasons with 10 or more wins, winning 4 outright and 2 shared NCAC championships, 6 NCAC tournament titles, and making 9 NCAA tournament appearances, with 2 national championships, and 3 national quarterfinal appearances.