The Ohio Northern men's basketball team dropped an 88-68 decision to the visiting Marietta Pioneers on Saturday afternoon as it celebrated Senior Day at the ONU Sports Center.
With the loss, the Polar Bears (17-8 overall, 12-6 OAC) clinched the No. 3 seed in next weeks Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament, while the Pioneers (20-5, 14-4) grabbed the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
No. 1 seed John Carroll fell to Capital this afternoon, allowing Marietta to claim a share of the OAC Regular Season title.
MARIETTA — It took 50 minutes, including two overtime periods for the No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team to grind out a 93-85 victory over Marietta and claim the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title outright on Saturday afternoon at Ban Johnson Arena.
The Polar Bears move to 21-4 overall and 15-3 in the OAC, while the Pioneers fall to 21-4, 14-4.
With the victory, Northern claimed the OAC Regular Season title outright for the fourth straight season and will own the No. 1 seed in next weeks OAC Tournament.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2017-18 schedule on Fridayevening with a 6-3 loss at Kalamazoo (Mich.) at the Markin Center.
The Polar Bears (2-1 overall) got two victories from freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester/Mount Notre Dame).
Worthoff won 6-3, 7-6(4) at No. 4 singles and combined with senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) to win 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Sophomore Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.
Now in its third season as a program, the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team is looking to take another step into post-season play in 2018.
The Polar Bears welcome back 34 lettermen and nine starters from last year's squad that went 9-7 overall and finished fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 4-4 record under third-year head coach sat St. Laurent.
St. Laurent recruited 35 freshmen for the inaugural season in 2016 and 24 of those players are still in the program.
Julie Wilson, age 72, died on Friday, February 16, 2018 at 8:32 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on June 12, 1945 in Kenton, Ohio to Lewis D. and Ruth (Brown) Rader and they are both deceased. On December 22, 1963 Julie married Thomas Wilson and he survives in Dola.
