The Ohio Northern men's basketball team has been picked to finish sixth in the 2017-18 Ohio Athletic Conference coaches poll, voted on by league coaches.
Northern received 46 points in the poll and is seeking its third consecutive upper division finish under second-year head coach Rich Bensman.
Marietta was selected to repeat as conference champions with 80 points and eight first place votes, Baldwin Wallace was picked to finish second with 63 points and John Carroll was picked to finish third with 62 points and one first place vote.
BEREA — Senior Colin Johnson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) scored 3:42 into overtime to lift the Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a 3-2 victory at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday evening at Finnie Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 12-5-1 overall and are 5-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 5-11-2, 1-6-0
By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA - The Ada volleyball team rallied to knock off top seed Leipsic in five sets at the Div. IV district semifinals in Ottawa Tuesday night.
The third-seeded Lady Bulldogs won 15-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-18, 15-10.
The comeback win was their ninth victory in a row, and advanced Ada (17-7)
to the district finals Thursday in Ottawa vs. Lima Central Catholic.
Senior middle Melina Woods knocked down 37 kills and came up with 19 digs
and four blocks to pace the purple and gold.
BEREA — The No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team swept Baldwin Wallace 25-16, 25-17, 25-14 on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears (24-4 overall) run their win streak to eight consecutive matches and stay atop the Ohio Athletic Conference standings with a 7-1 league record.
ONU would grab a share of its 25th OAC Regular Season title with a victory at Marietta in its regular season finale on Friday night.
The Yellow Jackets fall to 25-5, 3-5.
The Polar Bears have clinched a top-3 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and will host a quarterfinal match on Oct. 31 at 7 pmat the ONU Sports Center.
The No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team used a strong offensive effort to claim the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship outright and move its win streak to 13 games with a 7-2 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday evening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 15-1-1 overall and 8-0-0 in the OAC, while the visiting Yellow Jackets drop to 11-6-1, 4-3-1.
Northern was led in the contest by freshman Jenna Fuller (Countryside, Ill./Lyons Township) as she scored two goals and tallied two assists for ONU.
The Ohio Northern wrestling team was picked to finish second in the 2017-18 Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestling regular season standings in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.
The Polar Bears, under 30th-year head coach Ron Beaschler, received 31 points and one first place vote in the voting.
Baldwin Wallace was picked to win the league with 36 points and six first place votes. Otterbein was third with 22 points and John Carroll was picked to finish fourth with 21 points.
The Polar Bears return starters at all 10 weight classes and 14 lettermen from last year's squad that went 11-4 overall and finished third in the OAC with a 4-2 league record.
