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McVey, Men's Cross Country have historic day

By Tim Glon

CEDARVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team had a historic afternoon at the All-Ohio Championships on Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.

Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) became the first Ohio Northern runner to win the All-Ohio individual crown, finishing first of 135 NCAA Division III runners in a season-low 25:14.

Northern (46-6 overall) won the 17-team NCAA Division III meet with 56 points. It marked the third time since 2011 that ONU won the team title in the DIII race.

Men's Soccer hold off furious rally

By Tim Glon

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team withstood a furious rally, playing a man down the final 7:42, and held on for a 1-0 victory at Mount Union on Saturday night at Mount Union Stadium in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener for both teams.

The Polar Bears (8-2-1 overall, 1-0-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) got the match's only goal when junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) scored from outside the 18-yard box just 9:40 into the contest.

The Purple Raiders (4-5-0, 0-1-0) controlled play for the final 20 minutes, out-shooting ONU 6-0 after Northern led the shots battle 10-7 in the first 70 minutes.

Volleyball sweeps Mount Union

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team opened Ohio Athletic Conference play with a 3-0 sweep over Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 16-3 overall and 1-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders drop to 16-3, 0-1.

Sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) led the way offensively for ONU with a game-high 14 kills while sophomore McKenna Jordan (Toledo/St. Ursula) chipped in 11 kills and senior Haley Potters(Wheelersburg/South Webster) added 10 kills.

ONU football falls at Mount Union

By Tim Glon

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern football team dropped a 43-14 decision at No. 2-ranked Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at Mount Union Stadium.

The Polar Bears fall to 2-2 overall and are 1-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders improve to 4-0, 3-0.

Trailing 3-0 late in the first quarter, Northern drove deep into Mount Union territory. But an 89-yard pick-6 turned the momentum of the game and gave the hosts a 10-0 lead with 49 seconds left in the first period.

Mount then drove 81 and 69 yards for touchdowns on its next two possessions and took advantage of a fumble deep inside ONU territory to take a 27-0 lead at halftime.

Ada girls fall to Cavs

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada girls soccer team lost a 6-1 contest to visiting Coldwater Saturday morning.

 

Ada fell to 2-9 overall with the non-league defeat.

 

Alivia Okuly scored the Lady Bulldog goal on an assist from Gizrem Tanriverdi.

 

Ada senior keeper Anney Archer made a career-best 29 saves in goal. The Cavaliers out-shot the Bulldogs, 35-15.

 

"We played a lot of defense," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "We had a hard time stopping their speed up front, which they fed constant through balls to."

 

Ada runs at Bath

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA BATH - The Ada cross country teams competed in another warm meet at the Bath Invitational Tuesday evening.

"It is meets like this that remind me that cross country is probably the friendliest sport around," said coach Josh Klein. "Our times were a direct result of the heat. It is a really cool experience to see fellow coaches, crowd members, and other athletes rally around one another when someone was struggling, or simply walking because they were overheated."  

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