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Men's tennis ends season 6-3

LIMA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team wrapped up its regular season with a 6-3 loss to Capital on Sunday afternoon indoors at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center.

The Polar Bears fall to 11-10 overall and are 3-5 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders improve to 8-15, 4-4.

ONU will be the No. 6 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and will play at third-seeded Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday.

The semifinals and finals are slated for Friday and Saturday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.

Ada's Mackenzie Wills wins 2 shutout victories 

Record setting effort at OAC golf championships

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Seniors Tyler Davis (Liberty Center) and Blaine Ricketts (Belle Center/Ben Logan) earned All-Conference honors to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team in a record-setting effort at the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships Thursday-Saturday at River Greens Golf Club.

The Polar Bears end their season with a 49-33-1 record after finishing fourth of eight teams with a 54-hole total of 296-299-308—903.

ONU baseball wins 2, seniors recognized

The Ohio Northern baseball team celebrated Senior Day as they defeated Capital 12-7, 5-2 on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

The Polar Bears improve to 20-17 overall and 7-9 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders fall to 16-19, 4-12.

Game two of the double header was called after seven innings due to rain and lightning.

Following the double header, Northern honored seniors Devin Carr (Newark/Licking Valley), Zach Foster (Wayne/Elmwood), Jacob Lochard (Sidney), Zach Maier (Huntsville/Indian Lake), and Casey Mulcahy (Lima/Shawnee).

Men place second in OAC track and field

Junior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) posted two first place finishes to lead the No. 29-ranked Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team to a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday afternoon in New Concord.

The Polar Bears (65-16 overall) finished second with 124.5 points.

Molinaro got Northern off to a solid start as he opened the afternoon with an All-Conference mark and claimed the 1,500-meter run title in a facility record time of 3:59.40.

The junior also claimed first place in the 800-meter run with an OAC record and facility record time of 1:51.46.

Women win OAC title, 3 conference records broken

NEW CONCORD — Junior Emily S Richards(Delaware/Hayes) led the Northern women's outdoor track and field team to the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships title on Saturday afternoon in New Concord. The team is ranked 14th nationally.

The Polar Bears (78-4 overall) claimed the title with 162 points.

As a team, Northern set three conference records in the meet.

Northern won the conference title for the first time in seven years.

Richards led the Polar Bears on the afternoon as she won two events and was part of the OAC Title clinching 4x400-meter relay.

ONU softball ends season 25-13

WILMINGTON -- The Ohio Northern softball team fell 2-1, 2-0 in their season finale on Sunday afternoon at Capital in Columbus.

The Polar Bears finish the season 25-13 overall and 9-9 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders improve to 25-15, 12-6.

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