TIFFIN — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern men's cross country team posted a fifth place finish on Saturdayafternoon at the Tiffelberg Open at the Clinton Heights Golf Course.
Northern finished fifth of nine teams and moved its record to 30-6 on the season.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) led Northern across the finish line in 25:26.
Senior Bobby Borger (Perrysburg) also posted a top-10 finish for Northern, finishing the race in 26:07.
Senior Sam Boyd (Killbuck/West Holmes) rounded out the trio of ONU athletes in the top-15 as he finished 12th in 26:26.
OBERLIN — Freshmen Hoang Do (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) and Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) led the Ohio Northern men's tennis team as it competed in the first day of the Oberlin Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
Do and Thai teamed up in doubles play to take down a duo from John Carroll, 8-5 to lead ONU on the afternoon.
Junior Tim Kargl (Downers Grove, Ill./South) and sophomore Andrew Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill./South) fell in doubles play in a hard-fought 8-5 decision against John Carroll on court No. 16.
CLEVELAND — Freshman Sydney Leshnak (Liberty Township/Mount Notre Dame) scored her first career goal to lead the Ohio Northern women's soccer team to its second straight victory, as Ohio Northern defeated Case Western Reserve 1-0 on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-1-1 overall, while the Spartans fall to 3-3-0.
Leshnak scored the only goal of the contest to lead ONU offensively.
The lone goal of the afternoon was scored in the 18th minute as Leshnak played a free kick from 30 yards out and scored to put Northern ahead 1-0.
The Spartans outshot the Polar Bears by 14-12 margin, and won the corner kick battle 7-6.
SPRINGFIELD — The Ohio Northern volleyball team used a balanced offensive scoring attack as it defeated No. 9-ranked Washington (Mo.) in four sets on the first day of the Wittenberg Fall Classic.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-2 on the year, while the Bears fall to 5-4.
Senior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) and sophomore Sydney Bapst (Grove City) led the way for Northern offensively, recording 11 kills each in the victory.
Sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) chipped in nine kills for Northern.
Here's the latest happenings at Ada High School, from the school website:
VOLLEY FOR THE CURE: The Ada High school volleyball team will host a volley for the cure on Oct. 3 at the Ada gym versus Spencerville. All proceeds going to Amelia Griffin a first grader at Ada who is in remission from stage four cancer
If you were interested in purchasing a volley for the cure shirt for team Amelia see any high school volleyball player. The cost is $10 for the shirt there will be posters up around the school letting you know about the other things going on they will be lots of baked goods to purchase and other things to do.
