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By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada boys tennis team edged visiting Celina 3-2 Tuesday on a warm evening at the park courts.

 

The Bulldog netters improved to 9-1 with the hard-fought win in their home regular season finale. Ada went 5-1 at home, including 5-0 at the park and 0-1 at ONU.

 

Seniors Zach Beaschler, Acel Gamble and Adam Bailey were recognized before their final home match.

 

"The kids fought hard," said head coach Christy Beaschler. "Celina is a very well-coached team, and for the most part is very comparable to us."

 

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Ada sophomore Nora Dellifield took second at the Hardin County meet in the
pole vault Tuesday.

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Ohio Northern advanced to the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament with a hard-fought 5-3 quarterfinals victory over Capital on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at University Courts.

The third-seeded Polar Bears (15-8 overall) advance and will play second-seeded Mount Union in the semifinals on Friday at 4:30 pm at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason.

The sixth-seeded Crusaders end their season at 5-9.

Northern started the match by winning at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles.

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The Ohio Northern baseball team recorded 13 hits on Tuesday afternoon on its way to defeating Olivet (Mich.) 13-2 at Wander Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 27-11 overall, while the Comets fall to 10-25.

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By Cort Reynolds

FOSTORIA - The Ada boys tennis team whipped Fostoria 5-0 Monday evening on the road.

 

The Bulldog netters improved to 8-1 with the one-sided victory, their fifth 5-0 sweep of the season.

 

Senior Zach Beaschler improved to 12-0 this spring with a double-bagel blowout at first singles.

 

Sophomore Isaac Spar also won 12 games without a loss to grab his first win at second singles.

 

Gabe Hassan won at third singles by forfeit.

 

The first doubles tandem of freshman Miranda Wills and soophomore Nathan Hurtig won in straight sets.

 

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By Cort Reynolds

MIDDLE POINT - Host Lincolnview scored seven first-inning runs and went on to post a 15-1 win over Ada Monday evening in a Northwest Conference game.

 

The Bulldogs fell to 4-12 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat. The second-place Lancers improved to 14-3 and 5-1 in the league with the win.

 

Lincolnview only out-hit Ada 6-2, but collected eight walks and took advantage of seven Bulldog errors to plate nine unearned runs.

 

Senior Aaron Everhart collected both Ada hits. He stole two bases and scored the only Bulldog run in the top of the fourth.

 

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