Northern finished the season with a 22-5 mark and advanced to the OAC Tournament Finals, posting its seventh straight top-2 finish in the OAC.

Four members of the team were named All-OAC in 2016-17.

Junior Lynn Kelly (Mason) and sophomore Ashley Ochsenhirt (Brimingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) were named First Team All-OAC, while senior Christina Corbean (Dayton/Oakwood) and freshman Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) were Second Team All-Conference honorees.

Freshmen Mackenzie Wills (Ada) and Ola Latala (Grosse Ile, Mich.) each tied for second on the team with 20 victories in singles play, while Wills was third on the team with 20 victories in doubles play.

The Polar Bears got off to a hot start during the Fall portion of the schedule as they rattled off eight straight victories to open the 2016-17 campaign.

Northern defeated Kean (N.J.), Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) and Farmingdale State (N.Y.) to open the season during its east coast trip.

After competing in the Oberlin Invitational, Northern posted a 2-0 record at the Defiance Invitational, defeating the host Yellow Jackets 9-0 and Concordia (Mich.) 8-1.

From there, Northern would close the Fall portion of the schedule out with victories over Trine (Ind.) and St. Francis (Ind.).

Northern opened the Spring schedule at Div. 1-foe Miami (Ohio), where it fell 7-0.

After dropping an 8-1 decision to Wilkes (Pa.) on the first day of its Spring Break trip in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Northern would defeat Nebraska Wesleyan, Sweet Briar (Va.), Albion (Mich.) and North Carolina Wesleyan to close out its trip.

ONU wrapped up the month of March with a 9-0 victory over Wittenberg.

The Polar Bears posted a 7-2 record in April, falling only to No. 35-ranked Kenyon and eventual OAC Champion John Carroll.

Northern would post 5-0 victories over Marietta and Mount Union in the OAC Tournament before falling to John Carroll in the tournament final to close the season.