The Ohio Northern men's tennis team began the Mike Bonnell era with an 8-1 victory at Olivet (Mich.) on Sunday afternoon at the Minges Creek Athletic Club.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Comets fall to 0-7.
Sophomore Tim Kargl (Downers Grove, Ill./South) led Ohio Northern with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles and an 8-3 victory with freshman Andrew Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill./South) at No. 1 doubles.
Sophomore Jake Abbott (Kenton), freshman Tyler Frantz (Bellefontaine), junior Cody Hurley (Centerville) and senior Dan Warren(Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln) also won singles matches for ONU.
ADA - Three-point bombing Lima Temple Christian took control with a 13-0 second quarter run and cruised to a 63-39 victory at Ada in non-conference boys basketball action Saturday night.
The loss in the regular season home finale dropped the Bulldog record to 4-17 overall, while the Pioneers improved to 10-11 with the victory.
"It was another game with a bad second quarter," lamented Ada first-year head coach Dre White, whose team was out-pointed 17-9 in that decisive stanza.
"We have got to get better defensively," he continued. "We didn't shoot well, but our rebounding wasn't bad. Temple shot the three well (10-for-21)."
BOWLING GREEN - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama qualified for the state meet by finishing second in the 100 freestyle race at the Div. II Bowling Green district meet held Friday evening. She will now swim at the Div. II state meet Feb. 23-24 in Canton.
Katayama finished sixth in the 50 freestyle race as well, two spots away from state qualification in that event. She posted personal-best times in both freestyle events.
Several other Bulldogs competed in the BG Div. II district meet as well, but none qualified for Canton. Senior Andrew Ross posted the best Ada boys finish, coming in ninth in the 100 backstroke.
Six ONU Polar Paws dogs went to school last week to interact with elementary students. The Paws for Ability dogs are part of a program to provide children with disabilities and veterans with quality, task-trained service dogs to increase their independence and provide them with the care these dogs are trained for. Polar Paws was established on April 4 as an official campus organization at Ohio Northern. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
The No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team completed its first ever undefeated regular season in school history as it celebrated Senior Day with a 82-43 victory over Marietta on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 25-0 overall and finish first in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings with an 18-0 record, while the Pioneers fall to 15-10, 9-9.
ONU recognized seniors Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee), Angela Tesny (Medina) and Amauria Campbell (Cincinnati/Summit Country Day) prior to the contest.
