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Tennis player of the week

ONU freshman Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) earned his first career Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week nod this week for his efforts.

The freshman led ONU to a 2-1 week to wrap up its regular season and prepare for this week's OAC Tournament.

Thai posted a 4-1 record last week, including a 2-1 record at No. 1 singles and a 2-0 record at No. 1 doubles.

Thai helped ONU clinch the No. 3 seed in the OAC Tournament after leading ONU to a 6-3 victory over Otterbein to close out OAC play.

Men’s lacrosse defensive player of the week

ONU junior Alex Pizarro (Boonsboro, Md.) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week.

Pizarro, now a 3-time OAC Defensive Player of the Week honoree, earned the award after helping ONU to a 2-0 week to end the regular season.

The junior goalkeeper with sensational in the goal this week, helping ONU to its first trip to the OAC Tournament in school history.

Ada boys 12th at sectional

By Cort Reynolds

 

ELIDA - The Ada baseball team was seeded 12th out of 13 teams at the Div. III Elida district drawings held Sunday.

 

Ada (4-11) will host 13th-seeded Fostoria Wednesday, May 9 at 5 p.m. in a first round game.

 

The winner will then play at second-seeded Fort Recovery on Friday, May 11 at 5 p.m. in the second round.

 

The second round survivor will play either third-seeded Ottawa-Glandorf, sixth seed Liberty-Benton or ninth seed Lakota at Elida May 17.

 

The district finals will be May 19 at 5 p.m. at Elida. Coldwater was voted the top seed in the 13-team sectional/district.

 

Lady Bulldogs seeded 2nd in tourney draw

By Cort Reynolds

 

ELIDA - The Ada softball team was seeded second out of 10 teams in the Div. IV Elida district drawings held Sunday.

 

The Lady Bulldogs (11-6) were seeded behind only league foe Columbus Grove, with dangerous Wayne Trace ranked third. Ada received a first round bye.

 

The Lady Bulldogs will host the winner between Kalida and Continental on Thursday, May 10 in the sectional finals at 5 p.m. Kalida was seeded eighth and will visit seven seed Continental in the first round on Monday, May 7.

 

Cort Reynolds latest Celtics history blog

Cort Reynolds' latest Celtics history blog published this week is trending strongly on the NBA websites of SB Nation.

The blog titled: "Celticcs and 76ers renew the most epic and prolific NBA playoff rivalry ever"

Read the article here: https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/4/29/17298874/boston-celtics-philadelph...

Women’s tennis almost wins OAC crown

CLEVELAND — Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) won at No. 2 singles to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team in an 8-1 loss at John Carroll in a battle for the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Sunday afternoon at Cleveland State's Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.

The Polar Bears end their regular season 18-6 overall and finish their OAC slate 7-1, while the Blue Streaks improve to 14-6 overall and win the league's regular season title with an 8-0 record.

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