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Women's tennis finishes 22-5

Ada's Mackenzie Wills wins many matches at singles and doubles

Northern finished the season with a 22-5 mark and advanced to the OAC Tournament Finals, posting its seventh straight top-2 finish in the OAC.

Four members of the team were named All-OAC in 2016-17.

Junior Lynn Kelly (Mason) and sophomore Ashley Ochsenhirt (Brimingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) were named First Team All-OAC, while senior Christina Corbean (Dayton/Oakwood) and freshman Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) were Second Team All-Conference honorees.

Freshmen Mackenzie Wills (Ada) and Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) each tied for second on the team with 20 victories in singles play, while Wills was third on the team with 20 victories in doubles play.

Men's lacrosse tallies two winning seasons

The Polar Bears finished the season 9-7 overall and 4-4 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, improving their win total from a season ago. 

Five athletes earned All-Conference accolades for their efforts on the field.

Sophomores Andrew Fox (Solon), Anthony Pavone (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) and Jackson Pfister (Upper Arlington) and freshmen Cameron Marous (Brecksville) and Logan Krogman (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) all earned All-OAC honors.

For the second time in the program's 2-year history, an Ohio Northern athlete was named Freshman of the Year in the OAC.

Marous earned the honor and was named Second Team All-OAC for his efforts.

Here's OHSAA 2017 football regions and playoffs format

All playoff games during first four rounds will be on Friday nights

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the football regions and schedule format for the 2017 playoffs. New in 2017, all playoff games during the first four rounds will be played on Friday nights.

ONU baseball ends season with 21-19 record

The Ohio Northern baseball team posted its fourth consecutive winning season during the 2017 campaign under sixth-year head coach Gene Stechschulte.

The Polar Bears finished the season 21-19 overall and 7-11 in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

Over the last four seasons, Northern has posted the second most wins in program history, tallying 100 victories and falling just three short of the all-time record.

ONU softball ends season 25-13

For the 12th season in a row, the Ohio Northern softball team posted an upper division finish, finishing fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings under first year head coach Jackie Mangola.

The Polar Bears finished 25-13 overall and finished fifth in the OAC standings after posting a 9-9 record in conference play.

Northern saw two athletes earn All-OAChonors.

Senior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) led the list as she earned her third All-OACaccolade in as many years, and was named First Team All-OAC for the second time in her career.

Storer leads nation in saves

 T.J. Storer, an ONU junior,(Loveland/Moeller) has been named Second Team All-America by D3Baseball.com as a relief pitcher.

This marks the second consecutive season Storer has earned All-American status as a relief pitcher.

In 2016, Storer was named Third Team All-America.

This season Storer set an Ohio Northern single season record with 14 saves and led the nation with 14 saves.

He was a perfect 14-for-14 as a closer for the Polar Bears and is a perfect 27-for-27 during his career as a closer.

The junior owns the single season and career saves records at Ohio Northern.

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