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Mackenzie Wills (pictured), a sophomore from Ada, won both of her matches for Ohio Northern during women’s tennis play on Saturday at Westwood Tennis in Lima. Mackenzie won 6-0 at No. 5 singles and 8-0 in doubles. Overall, the team beat Heidelberg 9-0 in the OAC opener. ONU improves 11-3 on the season.

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 9-0 sweep of Heidelberg on Saturday afternoon at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima. The Polar Bears improve to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the OAC.

A record-setting performance by the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team paved the way for a 17-6 victory over Beloit (Wis.) on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears continue the best start to a season in program history by improving to 7-1, while the Buccaneers fall to 4-3.

Sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) set an ONU single-game record with 10 points on the day, scoring four goals and tying an ONU single-game record with six assists.

His 10 points breaks the previous record of eight set by Max Weese and Steven Slagle in 2016.

ONU’s first 3 games are at home

The Ohio Northern football team will open its 123rd year of competition on Sept. 1 with a night game against Adrian (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium under 15th-year head coach Dean Paul.

The Polar Bears will open the season with three consecutive home games.

After the game with Adrian, ONU will host Muskingum on Sept. 8 and Wilmington on Sept. 15 before playing back-to-back road games at Otterbein and Marietta to close out the month of September.

Northern will have its bye week on Oct. 6 and will host John Carroll on Oct. 13, travel to Capital on Oct. 20 and host Mount Union on Oct. 27 on Homecoming Weekend.

Everhart, the hometown kid with a golden foot, chooses ONU

By Grant Pepper
Bob Olwin laughed.

Those who know Olwin know that this is rare, especially in a football context. But the former Ada head coach, who just announced his retirement last week, was asked a question.

“Did Aaron Everhart ever get tired?”

Chuckles came in thick and heavy through the phone, and the response was delayed: “Sometimes.”

Team wins 4th consecutive OAC title

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team posted its ninth consecutive winning season and claimed the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season crown in 2017-18 for the fourth consecutive season on its way to another successful campaign in 2017-18 under the guidance of 17th-year head coach Michele Durand.

After being ranked No. 7 in the preseason D3Hoops.com poll, the Polar Bears climbed as high as No. 10 in the D3Hoops.comregular season rankings.

Northern finished with an impressive 23-5 record, and claimed the OAC Regular Season title with a 15-3 mark in conference play.

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