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Men’s Tennis: ONU 7, Albion 2

ALBION, Mich. — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its schedule with a 7-2 victory at Albion (Mich.) on Saturday at the Ungrodt Tennis Center.

The Polar Bears (1-0 overall) will also play Olivet (Mich.) Saturday night at the Ungrodt Tennis Center.

Albion falls to 1-2.

Northern started the match by sweeping the doubles courts.

Freshmen Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) and Hoang Do (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) rallied from 5-0 and 6-1 deficits to win 8-6 at No. 1 doubles.

ONU men finish 9th of 18 teams

WESTERVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team finished ninth at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday at Otterbein's Clements Recreation Center.

The Polar Bears (21-12 overall), scored 25 points to finish ninth of 18 teams.

Mount Union won the meet with 143 points, Case Western Reserve was second with 96 points and Ohio Wesleyan was third with 54 points.

Junior Spencer Schulze (St. Henry) and freshman Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) had the top individual performances for ONU.

Men’s Basketball: John Carroll 90, ONU 80

BEREA —Ohio Northern overcame an 18-point first half deficit, but cold-shooting from long range and a late run by No. 24-ranked John Carroll was the difference in a 90-80 loss on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears (16-7 overall, 11-5 Ohio Athletic Conference) got a game-high 33 points from senior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter), 17 points from junior Ryan Bruns(Chickasaw/Marion Local) and 12 from senior Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson).

Bulldog matmen edged in tri-meet

By Cort Reynolds

BELLEFONTAINE - The Ada wrestling team grappled at Ben Logan along with Buckeye Valley Friday night, losing two close dual matches.

 

The Bulldogs fell to BL 30-23, and lost 42-39 to Buckeye Valley.

 

In their first match, Ada senior Chase Sumner defeated Cole Hauser of host BL 10-8 at 145 lbs.

 

Bulldog sophomore Reece Evans followed with a 5-1 decision victory over Raider Taylor Hites at 152 lbs. to pull Ada within 6-5.

 

Ada junior Carson Hissong posted a pin of Nick Rose at 1:04 in the 160 lbs. class to give the Bulldogs an 11-6 edge.

 

Overholt bombs Lancers past Ada boys

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Visiting Lincolnview forged a 19-4 run bridging the middle quarters to defeat Ada 53-39 in Northwest Conference boys basketball action Friday night.  

 

The the Bulldogs drop to 4-15 overall and 2-4 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lancers improve to 12-7 and 6-1 in league play after the victory.  

 

The victory kept the second-place Lancers a half-game behind league-leading rival Crestview (6-0 NWC), which rallied to beat Paulding Friday night.

 

Men’s tennis season opens

Saturday's Matches: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will open up its Spring schedule with a pair of matches on Saturday at Albion ... The Polar Bears will play Albion (Mich.) at 2 pm and Olivet (Mich.) at 6 pm at the Ungrodt Tennis Center, a 4-court indoor facility on Albion's campus ... After back-to-back 6-13 campaigns, Ohio Northern got to .500 at 11-11 in 2017 in the first season under head coach Mike Bonnell ...

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