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ONU men's basketball opener a 72-65 victory over Saint John Fisher

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, November 10, 2021

The Ohio Northern men's basketball team opened its 2021-22 season with a 72-65 victory over a very good Saint John Fisher (N.Y.) squad in the opening game of the Case Western Reserve Bill Sidlack Tournament on Saturday night, November 6, at Horsburgh Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears (1-0 overall) will advance to the championship game on Sunday at 3 pm against either Case Western Reserve or Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

The Cardinals (0-1), who are receiving votes in the D3hoops.com preseason Division III poll, fall to the consolation game at 1 pm on Sunday.

Junior Landen Long (Mason) led four Northern players on double figures in scoring with 14 points.

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ONU’s Woods, Baxter lead All-OAC Volleyball; Kuhn named Coach of the Year

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Ohio Northern senior Melina Woods (Ada) and freshman Taylor Baxter (Bellevue) have been named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference First Team, joining senior Kiki Carle (Cincinnati/Mother of Mercy) and freshmen Rachel Jennings (Novi, Mich.) and Erin Wagner (Massillon/Perry) on the 2021 All-Conference Volleyball Team in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Baxter was also selected as the OAC Freshman of the Year.

Jennings and Carle were Second Team selections, and Wagner rounded out the ONU quintet as an Honorable Mention pick.

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Lauren Naso sends ONU Women’s Soccer to OAC Tournament finals

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, November 5, 2021

Junior Lauren Naso (Grosse Ile, Mich.) played the hero for the Ohio Northern women's soccer team Thursday night, scoring both goals in a 2-1 double-overtime win over Capital in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals at Kerscher Stadium.

The victory improves the No. 2 seed Polar Bears to 12-4-3 overall and advances them to their seventh consecutive OAC Tournament championship game.

ONU will play at top-seeded and defending champion Otterbein on Saturday at 2 p.m. for what will be a rematch of the past three OAC Tournament finals.

Naso scored with just under three minutes remaining in Thursday's first half to give the Polar Bears a 1-0 halftime edge.

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Oct 30 ONU sports roundup

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, October 31, 2021

For more information on ONU sports results and upcoming events, visit onusports.com.

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Ada sportswriter on 75th anniversary of Boston Celtics

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, October 31, 2021

It may seem like the Boston Celtics and professional basketball have been around forever. In a new article for celticsblog.com, Ada Icon sportswriter Cort Reynolds tells us the story of the early team and its competition:

"The Boston Celtics are one of eight teams who have existed since the Basketball Association of America was formed for its inaugural campaign in 1946-47. Only Boston and the New York Knicks have remained in their original city since the league’s inception.

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Grace Honigford earns third OAC Women's Golfer of the Week honor

By Wes Mayberry
Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Ohio Northern sophomore Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for the week of Oct. 19-25.

This is the third OAC Golfer of the Week accolade for Honigford this season and fifth such honor of her career.

On Monday, Honigford fired an 8-over-par 80 to stand tied for 24th of 97 golfers after the first round of the Berry (Ga.) Invitational at the Coosa Country Club.

She took a quadruple-bogey 9 on the second hole and responded by going 1-under par for her next five holes and shot 4-over par over the final 16 holes.

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