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ONU spring sports return to winning

As ONU athletic teams near the end of their spring trips, the Polar Bears, for the most part, returned to their winning ways. Here's a run down on the latest from South Carolina and Florida.

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team posted its third consecutive victory as it defeated Albion (Mich.) Thursday morning at Hilton Head Island, S.C.

The Polar Bears improve to 11-2 overall, while the Britons fall to 3-4 overall.

Ada's Mackenzie Wills won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5 singles and won at doubles.

Here's the weekend Division III basketball pairings

ONU faces Geneseo State Friday at 7:30 p.m.

No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern will host the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament Sectionals this weekend. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for ONU students, seniors and children.

Here's the schedule:

5:30 p.m. - Friday, March 10
Hope (Michigan) vs. Christopher Newport (Virginia)

7:30 p.m. - Friday, March 10
Ohio Northern University vs. Geneseo State (New York)

8 p.m. - Saturday, March 11
Title game - winner advances to Division III Final 4

 

Bad day for ONU sports

ONU sports teams were on the short end of the stick on Tuesday's competitions in the South during spring break. Maybe it was because the Polar Bears were out of their  northern environment. Briefly, here are the results, if you care to read doom and gloom:
Men's tennis falls to Drew, 7-2, in Hilton Head, S.C.
Men's golf trails Thomas More (Ky.) after the first day of dual match play in Charleston, S.C.
Women's lacrosse looses 18-0 to Kean (N.Y.) in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Men's lacrosse beaten 12-7 by Guilford (N.C.) In Greensboro, N.C.
Baseball. drops 10-5 to St. John's Fisher (N.Y.) in Auburndale, Fla

ONU's Emily Richards Women's All-Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year

Repeat honor Delaware, Ohio, junior

ONU's Emily Richards has been named the Women's All-Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year. For the second consecutive season, Richards earned the honor.

Richards set the Ohio Northern school records in the 800-meter run, 1-mile run and the 1,000-meter run in 2017.

She is also a part of the 4x400-meter dash record breaking team.

The junior, from Delaware Hayes HS, owns the sixth fastest time in Division III history in the 800-meter run and also owns the sixth fastest time in Division III history in the 1-mile run.

Another win for ONU baseball

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team used a strong fourth inning effort to defeat Pitt.-Greensburg Tuesday afternoon in Auburndale, Fla. at Lake Myrtle Park. 

The Polar Bears improve to 4-1 overall with the victory

7 women honored in track and field

The Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team saw seven members earn All-Great Lakes Region honors for the 2017 season.

Seniors Kelsey Commager (Maumee), Allie Gast (Grandville, Mich.), Michelle Mosler(Wapakoneta), and Meagan Ellinger (Bath, Ind./Union County), junior Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) and sophomores Taylor Fisher (Wapakoneta) and Maddy Reed(Lucasville/Piketon) all earned the honor.

Commager earned All-Great Lakes Region in both the long jump and the triple jump.

The senior owns the school record at ONU and will be competing in the event at the NCAA Div. III National Championships on Saturday, Mar. 11 at 10 am CST.

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