McGUFFEY - The visiting Ada softball team held local arch-rival USV to one hit and rolled over the Rams 13-1 on a warm but windy Friday evening.
Ada improved to 7-2 with their sixth victory in the last seven games. The Rams fell to 0-4 with the defeat.
The purple and gold plated five runs in each of the first and second innings, then added one in the third to build an insurmountable 11-0 cushion.
Two more Bulldog runs in the top of the fourth frame extended the margin to 13-0. USV tallied an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth without a hit.
DELAWARE — ONU junior Maddy Reed (Piketon) tied her own All-Ohio meet record in the pole vault and won the event, while sophomore Taylor Lavey (New Baltimore, Mich./Findlay) broke her own school record in the 100-meter dash to lead the No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team at the 2018 All-Ohio Championships at Gauthier Track.
The Polar Bears (34-7 overall) finished fourth of 19 teams in the meet.
DELAWARE — ONU senior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich.) posted the lone first place finish to lead the Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team as it competed at the All-Ohio Championships at Gauthier Track on Saturday.
The Polar Bears (24-14 overall) finished 10th of 19 teams.
Molinaro won the 1,500-meter run by nearly three seconds, finishing first in an impressive 3:55.44. The senior currently owns the ninth fastest time in the event nationally.
LIMA -- The Ohio Northern men's tennis team fell to John Carroll 8-1 in a non-conference match on Saturday afternoon indoors at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center.
The Polar Bears fall to 9-7 overall and 3-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks improve to 7-7, 5-0.
BEREA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team moved into sole possession of first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with an impressive 16-4 victory at Baldwin Wallace in a battle of league unbeatens on Saturday afternoon at Finnie Stadium.
The Polar Bears extend their winning streak to a school record nine games and are now 12-1 overall and are in first place in the OAC with a 5-0 record.
The Yellow Jackets fall to 9-3, 5-1.
Junior Max Weese (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) posted his school-record 15th career hat trick with three goals in the game to lead ONU.
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — The Ohio Northern softball team swept John Carroll 1-0, 5-2 on Friday afternoon to extend its winning streak to seven games at Bracken Field in University Heights.
The Polar Bears improve to 24-4 overall and 10-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, 11-12, 6-6.
Sophomores Brady Guest (Convoy/Crestview) and Gabby Stewart (Union, Ky./St. Henry) each had four hits to lead ONU offensively. Guest added five RBI, including a 3-run home run and a run scored, while Stewart had an RBI and a run scored.
