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ONU wins 4 events in women's swimming

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Ohio Northern women's swimming & diving team won four events at the Calvin (Mich.) Invitational Friday and Saturday at the Venema Aquatic Center.

Sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) and freshman Marissa Taylor (Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell) swept the 200 and 400 I.M. races to lead the Polar Bears.

Halle won the 400 I.M. in 4:48.74 with Taylor right behind in second place in 4:53.40.

The pair switched place for a 1-2 finish in the 200 I.M. with Taylor winning in 2:15.21 and Halle second in 2:15.65.

Otterbein beats ONU in OAC volleyball tourney finals

WESTERVILLE — The No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team fell 25-17, 25-18, 25-17 to Otterbein on Saturday afternoon during the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship match in Westerville.

The No. 2-seeded Polar Bears fall to 27-5 overall, while the No. 1-seeded Cardinals move to 29-3.

Sophomore McKenna Jordan (Toledo/St. Ursula) led the Polar Bears with a team-high 11 kills, while freshman Katie Wade (Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek) had a team-best 22 assists, and sophomore Kristin Langston (Versailles) led the team with 10 digs.

ONU football beats Wilmington 49-45

WILMINGTON — Ohio Northern scored on its first six possessions and led 42-12 at halftime, then held off a furious rally to hang on for a 49-45 Ohio Athletic Conference football victory at Wilmington Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.

The Polar Bears (6-3 overall, 5-3 OAC) scored on its first six possessions in the first half, but the Quakers (2-7, 1-7) scored on its last six possessions to get within 49-45 with 1:21 to play in the game.

Women's soccer wins OAC title

The No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team won its second Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championship in school history on Saturday afternoon, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III Tournament as it defeated Capital 2-0 at Kerscher Stadium.

The No. 1-seeded Polar Bears improve to 17-1-2 overall, while the No. 2-seeded Crusaders fall to 10-8-1.

With the OAC Tournament championship match victory, the Polar Bears earn the conference's automatiuc bid to the NCAA III Tournament.

Previewing Ada’s first round playoff matchup tonight

By Grant Pepper
Tonight, the Ada Bulldog football team will make their 11th OHSAA playoff appearance in 12 years, as they will face Findlay Liberty-Benton in the first round.

Ada (7-3) snuck into the playoffs with a win over Allen East last week and a little bit of luck (you can read Cort Reynolds’ explanation of their unconventional path to the playoffs here), earning the 8-seed in Division 6 Region 22. They will face a Liberty-Benton squad tonight that went 9-1 in the regular season and is the top seed in the region.

ONU volleyball wins, now in OAC finals Saturday

No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern swept Mount Union 25-19, 25-17, 25-22 in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament Thursday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

The second-seeded Polar Bears (27-4 overall) were OAC Regular Season Co-Champions and will travel to top-seeded and OAC Co-Champion Otterbein in Saturday's finals at 2 pm.

The third-seeded Purple Raiders fall to 25-5.

Northern is gunning for its league-record 20th OAC Tournament title and is now an impressive 66-14 in OAC Tournament play.

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