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Baseball looks competitive in OAC

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The Polar Bears posted their third consecutive winning season as they went 21-16 in 2016 and went 9-9 in the OAC.

Over the last three seasons, Northern has recorded a school-record 79 victories in that time span.

"We really want to compete this season," said head coach Gene Stechschulte. "These guys have been working hard this offseason and we think we can compete at a very high level this season."

Schedule

The Polar Bears will open the season on Mar. 4 as they compete in the RussMatt Invitational in Auburndale, Fla. from Mar. 4-11.

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Cardinals knock off Ada in sectional 1st round 

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

 

COLDWATER - The Ada boys basketball team endured a cold shooting night and fell to New Bremen 65-31 in Div. IV first round sectional action Tuesday night at Coldwater.

 

With their sixth consecutive defeat, Ada ended its season with a record of 4-19. Meanwhile, the Cardinals snapped a nine-game losing skid and improved to 2-21 following the win.

 

The Cards advance to face second-seeded Midwest Athletic Conference rival Fort Recovery (15-7, 6-3 MAC) in the second round Friday, March 3 at approximately 8 p.m. in Coldwater.

 

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3 ONU wrestlers named All-OAC

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Three Ohio Northern wrestlers were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in wrestling for the 2016-17 season on voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.

Sophomore Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) were named First Team All-Conference and junior Seth Meyer(Defiance) was a Second Team All-OAC selection.

The Polar Bears finished the season with an 11-4 record and were third in the OAC with a 4-2 league mark under 29th-year head coach Ron Beaschler.

Nelson was 23-12 at 157 pounds on the season and posted a 5-1 record in the OAC regular season matches.

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ONU men's track now nationally ranked

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The Ohio Northern men's track and field team moved to No. 31 in the sixth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings.

The Polar Bears are 47-16 overall.

Wis.-LaCrosse came in at No. 1 with 135.61 points while Wis.-Whitewater took second place with 113.55 points

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ONU hosts first and second rounds of DIII women's tourney this weekend

Illinois Wesleyan, Trine and Lakeland (Wisc) play in Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 27, 2017

No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern will host the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament.

ONU will take on Lakeland (Wis.) on Friday, March 3, in a First Round game in the nightcap of a double header at the ONU Sports Center.

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No. 17-ranked Trine (Ind.) and Illinois Wesleyan will play in the first game on Friday night.

The two First Round winners will play at the ONU Sports Center on Saturday night in a Second Round game.

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ONU men's tennis team swept a tri-match

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, February 27, 2017

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team swept a tri-match at Penn State-Behrend with Pitt-Bradford on Saturday at the Westwood Racquet Club.

The Polar Bears (3-1 overall) defeated Pitt-Bradford 9-0 on Saturday afternoon and edged Penn State-Behrend 5-4 Saturday evening.

Freshman Andrew Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill./South) led the Polar Bears with a 4-0 record in the two matches.

He went 2-0 at No. 3 singles and combined with sophomore Tim Kargl (Downers Grove, Ill./South) to win twice at No. 1 doubles.

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