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Season Preview: Men's Tennis looks to take step forward in 2017-18

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, September 12, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will look to continue to move forward and challenge for an Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2017-18 under the guidance of second-year head coach Mike Bonnell.

In his first season as Ohio Northern's first full-time men's tennis head coach, Bonnell guided the Polar Bears to an 11-11 mark and a sixth place finish in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

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Junior Joseph Schulte named Men's Soccer OAC Player of the Week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, September 11, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Ohio Northern junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 3-9.

He earns the honor for the first time in his career.

Schulte led the Polar Bears (3-1-1 overall) to the ONU Invitational title and a perfect 3-0-0 week.

The junior scored a goal in all three of Northern's victories during the week and added an assist in ONU's 2-1 victory over Wittenberg on Sept. 6.

Schulte currently leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with three goals and seven points.

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Women's Golf finishes second at 4-team Ohio Wesleyan Fall Invitational

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, September 11, 2017

By Tim Glon

POWELL — Freshman Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood), Junior Caitlin Silva (Hilliard/Bradley) and junior Suzanne Short (Findlay) all posted top-10 finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's golf team to a second place finish at the Ohio Wesleyan Fall Invitational Saturday and Sunday at Safari Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (4-1) finished with a 356-339—695 on the par-72, 5823-yard course.

Wooster won the team title with a 333-326—659, Ohio Wesleyan was third with a 379-345—164 and Heidelberg was fourth with a 372-353—725.

Cranmer fired an 87-82—169 to finish sixth out of 32 golfers.

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Ada runs at Spencerville

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, September 11, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

SPENCERVILLE - The short-handed Ada cross country teams competed at the Spencerville Invitational last Saturday morning.

 

"We had small teams due to the fair and other various events going on this weekend, so we only had eight kids run at Spencerville," explained Ada head coach Joshua Klein.

 

Hunter Wells placed 70th in a field of 138 with a time of 20:37.9 to pace the Bulldog boys. Jacob Morgan finished 90th with a time of 21:52.1 over the 3.1-mile course.

 

The Ada girls fielded a full team, including Abbie James and Olivia Ennis. The Lady Bulldogs finished 10th out of 11 teams.

 

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Women's Soccer plays to 0-0 draw with No. 22-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, September 11, 2017

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team showed another strong defensive effort as it played to a 0-0 draw with No.22-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) on Saturday evening at Kerscher Stadium.

The Polar Bears move to move to 2-1-1 overall, while the Tartans move to 3-0-1.

Defense was yet again a strong point for Northern as it held the No. 22-ranked Tartans in check for 110 minutes.

Sophomore goalkeeper Meagan Grierson (Miamisburg) led the way for Northern in the contest as she recorded seven saves.

After being shutout 9-0 in shots in the first half, Northern would get two shots in the second half to put pressure on the CMU defense.

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#25 Volleyball wins Illinois Wesleyan Classic title with victories over DePauw (Ind.)

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, September 11, 2017

By Tim Glon

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The No. 25-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team claimed the team title at the Illinois Wesleyan Classic with a pair of victories on Saturday.

The Polar Bears (6-2 overall) began the day with a 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23 win over DePauw (Ind.), who received the 27th-most votes in last week's AVCA Division III poll.

Northern them edged Aurora (Ill.) 25-16, 22-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-9 in a thriller to finish 3-1 in the tournament and claim the crown.

Ohio Northern senior All-American Megan Nieszala (Lambertville, Mich./St. Marys Catholic Central ) and sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) were named to the All-Tournament Team.

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