BEREA — The No. 22-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team opened the OAC/HCAC Challenge on Friday afternoon, sweeping Mt. St. Joseph and defeating Hanover (Ind.) at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears improve to 12-3 overall, while the Lions drop to 9-4, and the Panthers fall to 11-4.
Sophomore McKenna Jordan (Toledo/St. Ursula) led the way offensively in the first contest with a game-high 12 kills, while senior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) chipped in 10 kills and sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) added eight kills.
The trio of Polar Bears all hit .480 or better during the match.
ADA -- The Ohio Northern men's soccer team gutted out a thrilling 2-1 victory in double overtime against Rose-Hulman (Ind.) on Saturday evening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 6-2-1 with the victory, while the Fighting Engineers fall to 4-3-1.
Seniors Mac Tompkins (Fairview, Pa.) and J.J. Fortner (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) each scored to lead Northern offensively.
Fortner and senior Cory Lains (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville Community) each added assists for ONU.
Northern would put pressure on Rose-Hulman during the first half, outshooting the Engineers 8-3.
Students at the ONU Child Development Center noticed that this is a month with lots of bugs outside. So, the students took some time to study bugs. Here are some of the photos showing their research. CHECK OUT MORE PHOTOS HERE.
By Tim Glon
The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams will join teams from across the country in an attempt to break the Guiness Book of World Records mark for the most people treading water at the same time.
The Polar Bears will participate in the event on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 5 pm at the ONU Sports Center.
The goal of this World Record attempt is to raise awareness of the global drowning pandemic and to raise donations for the International Water Safety Foundation.
For more information on the attempt and how to donate, click on the link above.
Interested in local history and putting that interest to use in community service?
By Monty Siekerman
Rhett Grant, the new Ada Public Library director, has been seeking out people in Ada who have an interest in Ada/ONU history to form what might be called the Ada Historical Society.
The public is invited to an initial meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday at the library to discuss what projects to undertake, when and where to meet, what historical resources are available and where they are located, etc.
By Monty Siekerman
Today is the first day of fall and is also National Falls Prevention Awareness day. In recognition of this day, ONU's chapter of American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is holding a Falls Prevention Day walk on the ONU Tundra.
Pictured here holding a stability ball are (from left) Hailey Martin, Marykate Munz, and Amy Bullimore, all exercise physiology majors.
Various pharmacy organizations set up tables and had information available to keep in shape.
