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ONU Women 61, Baldwin Wallace 55

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 11, 2018

ONU senior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) and junior Jenna Dirksen(Beavercreek/Carroll) led the charge offensively as the No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team defeated Baldwin Wallace 61-55 on Wednesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

With their 13th consecutive victory, the Polar Bears move to 13-1 overall and remain a perfect 7-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 8-6, 4-3.

Bullimore led the way with her sixth consecutive double-double, scoring a game-best 22 points and grabbing a game-high 13 rebounds.

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Season review: Men’s cross country

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 11, 2018

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team continued to show its strength during the 2017 campaign as it claimed the Ohio Athletic Conference title for the third consecutive season under ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.

The Polar Bears (126-37 overall) posted their second consecutive top-20 finish at the 2017 National Championships in Elsah, Ill. behind junior Ian McVey's (Stow/Munroe Falls) All-American performance.

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Do you have your August calendar full?

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 11, 2018

The Ohio Northern volleyball team is set to open its 2018 campaign with the 40th Annual ONU Invitational on Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at the ONU Sports Center under 28th-year head coach Kate Witte.

The Polar Bears will also play in-season tournaments at Bluffton, Wittenberg and Calvin (Mich.) 

The schedule also features non-conference home contests with Denison and Bluffton and a road match at Kenyon.

Northern will begin the quest for its third consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title with a match at John Carroll on Sept. 25.

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Ada girls blow past Perry

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 10, 2018

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Host Ada ran out to a big early lead and cruised to a 57-36 victory over winless Perry in non-league girls basketball action Tuesday night.

 

The purple and gold improved to 3-9 with the lopsided win, while the undersized Lady Commodores fell to 0-7 after the defeat.

 

Ada led 8-0 out of the gate and later put the game out of reach with a 13-0 run to start the second half.

 

"It was good to get a W again, I am happy for the girls," said fourth-year Ada head coach Bill Taflinger. "We needed that, especially after Saturday's loss to Kenton.

 

"I was hoping for a good start and we got it."

 

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Melina Woods Small School All-American

MaxPrep Small Schools list
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

She among the nation’s top volleyball hitters. It only took 80 sets for her to get 665 kills (a per set mark of 8.3). She also averaged 4.0 digs and 4.7 serve receptions per set, as well as serving 38 aces and blocking 67 shots.

“She” is Ada’s Melina Woods, recently name to the second team MaxPreps 2017 high school Small Schools All-American Girls’ Volleyball team.

Here’s the other All-American’s in Melina’s class.

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Women’s basketball moves up in standings

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team cracked the top-10 in the sixth weekly D3Hoops.com poll after jumping four spots to No. 10 in the sixth weekly coaches poll.

After falling in their season-opener, the Polar Bears (12-1 overall, 6-0 OAC) have won 12 straight, including handing undefeated and nationally-ranked Marietta its first loss of the season.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they welcome OAC-foe Baldwin Wallace to the ONU Sports Center

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