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ONU Women win in double overtime

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 17, 2018

MARIETTA — It took 50 minutes, including two overtime periods for the No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team to grind out a 93-85 victory over Marietta and claim the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title outright on Saturday afternoon at Ban Johnson Arena.

The Polar Bears move to 21-4 overall and 15-3 in the OAC, while the Pioneers fall to 21-4, 14-4.

With the victory, Northern claimed the OAC Regular Season title outright for the fourth straight season and will own the No. 1 seed in next weeks OAC Tournament.

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Ada's Wills is on ONU tennis team

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 17, 2018

Mackenzie Wills is a member of the ONU women’s tennis team again this year. Wills is a sophomore pharmacy and health care business major.

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Women’s tennis: Kalamazoo 6, ONU 3

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 17, 2018

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2017-18 schedule on Fridayevening with a 6-3 loss at Kalamazoo (Mich.) at the Markin Center.

The Polar Bears (2-1 overall) got two victories from freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester/Mount Notre Dame).

Worthoff won 6-3, 7-6(4) at No. 4 singles and combined with senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) to win 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.

Sophomore Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.

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Men’s lacrosse season preview

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 17, 2018

Now in its third season as a program, the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team is looking to take another step into post-season play in 2018.

The Polar Bears welcome back 34 lettermen and nine starters from last year's squad that went 9-7 overall and finished fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 4-4 record under third-year head coach sat St. Laurent.

St. Laurent recruited 35 freshmen for the inaugural season in 2016 and 24 of those players are still in the program.

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Men score high in running competitions

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 17, 2018

Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) broke the school record in the 3,000-meter run at the OSU Tune Up Meet on Friday evening, while senior Matt Molinaro(Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) highlighted a strong showing for the Polar Bears at the Silverston Invitational on Friday.

McVey won the Ohio State Tune Up's 3,000-meter run, setting a new school-record in the event and posting a top-25 time nationally in the event in 8:25.84.

Molinaro led the way at the Silverston Invitational as he won the 1-mile run in 4:11.56, posting the 16th best time in the country in the event.

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Two school records fall

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 17, 2018

Senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and sophomore Taylor Lavey (New Baltimore, Mich./Findlay) each set new school records to highlight ONU's day at the Silverton Invitational.

Richards bested her own school record in the 1-mile run and finished second overall in the event in 4:46.11. Her time is the sixth fastest time in Div. III history in the event, and currently leads the nation among Div. III athletes.

The senior now owns the best time in the country in the 800-meter run, the 1-mile run and the 3,000-meter run.

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