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Reed wins pole vault

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, May 17, 2018

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Junior Maddy Reed (Piketon) won the pole vault, while sophomore Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) finished third in the event to lead the No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's track and field team on day one of the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) on Wednesday afternoon.

No team scores were kept in the meet.

Reed won the event with a vault of 12' 10.75", while Krause finished third in the event with a leap of 12' 6.75".

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2 gain regional softball honors

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Ohio Northern seniors Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) and Jenna Hollar (Lima/Bath) were named Second Team All-Central Region in voting conducted by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

 

Lightel is now a four-time All-Region honoree and a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference award winner.

She is ONU's all-time career leader with 512 strikeouts and a 1.45 ERA and her 66 victories tied the ONU career mark.

She pitched in 103 games during her four seasons as a Polar Bears, posting a 66-22 record with three saves and pitched a school record 602.1 innings.

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2 tennis players named all-conference

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Ohio Northern freshmen Vinh Thai (Galloway/Saint Charles) and Hoang Do(Powell/Olentangy Liberty) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's tennis for 2017-18 in voting conducted by the league's nine head coaches.

Thai was named to the First Team, while Do was a Second Team selection.

Thai posted a 13-10 singles record playing exclusively at the No. 1 spot, while Do was 13-9 primarily at No. 2 singles.

The duo also combined to go 16-10 at No. 1 doubles for the Polar Bears.

Do (29-19) and Thai (29-20) led Ohio Northern with 29 victories overall.

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Ada connections on HN sports hall of fame team

1984 volleyball squad won 26 straight
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 15, 2018

The 1984 Hardin Northern volleyball team was inducted into the Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame during a banquet Saturday at USV High School.

The team won 28 straight matches before dropping the only match of the season in the Class A state finals to bring home the state runner-up trophy.

Members of the team included Lisa Haudenschield, Michelle Hackworth, Holly Lowery, Tonya Crowe, Jill Jolliff, Jolene Jolliff, Patty Baird, Kathy Lenhart, Deana Dillon, Lisa Hipsher, Kelly Halsey, and Mindy Clark.

Beth Elwood served as head coach; Sue Fetzer, assistant coach; Melissa Stair, manager; Laura Wagner, statistician.

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ONU crushes competition in OAC sports this year

Upper-division finishes in nine of the 11 OAC sponsored sports
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Ohio Northern won the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's All-Sports Trophy for the 2017-18 season. There are 10 teams in the OAC. The men finished a strong second.

This marks the third consecutive title and the 12th crown overall for the Polar Bear women's teams.

ONU edged Otterbein 80.50-78.50 on the strength of OAC titles in volleyball, soccer, basketball, outdoor track and field and softball.

Northern also finished second in tennis and indoor track and field.

In all, ONU posted upper-division finishes in nine of the 11 OAC sponsored sports in 2017-18.

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3 named all-conference in women’s tennis

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, May 15, 2018

ONU senior Lynn Kelly (Mason), junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala.) and freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's tennis for 2018 in voting conducted by the league's nine head coaches.

Kelly and Ochsenhirt were First Team honorees and Worthoff named to the Second Team.

Kelly is now the seventh Polar Bear to be named All-Conference in women's tennis four times. She was a First Team pick the past three seasons and a Second team pick as a freshman in 2015.

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