MINSTER - The Ada volleyball team finished fifth at the tough six-team Minster Invitational Saturday.
The Lady Bulldog spike record is now 9-7.
The purple and gold lost to Russia and Marion Pleasant in preliminary pool play, then defeated Botkins in the fifth-place match.
In their first match vs. Russia, Ada lost 25-19, 25-12. Junior setter Sidney Gossard passed out five assists, hit three kills, made four digs and served two aces.
Sophomores Megan Light and Aubrey Madison each knocked down two kills and added a block.
Senior Rilan Conley connected on two kills and made three digs. Senior Morgan Swick mustered up eight digs.
VAN WERT - The Ada boys cross country team finished 14th of 15 teams at the Van Wert Invitational Saturday.
Bulldog senior Miguel Jordan captured 16th place in the 153-runner field to pace Ada. Jordan covered the 3.1-mile course in a season-best time of 17:47.1.
Ada junior Michael Crouse came in second for the Bulldogs at 66th in 19:58.7. Freshman Riley Ferguson finished in 102nd place with a time of 21:30.5.
Keegan Giddens came in 134th with a time of 24:09.4. Senior Brice Ferguson ended up 148th in 26:37.4.
WESTERVILLE — Head coach Dean Paul picked up his 100th career coaching victory at Ohio Northern on Saturday in a hard-fought 13-7 Ohio Athletic Conference football victory at Otterbein on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-0 overall and are 3-0 in the OAC, while the Cardinals fall to 0-4, 0-3.
In his 15 seasons as head coach at ONU, Paul is now 100-48, a winning percentage of .675. He is 140-60 overall in 20 seasons as a head coach.
FINDLAY — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team traveled to NCAA Division II foe Findlay and dropped a 6-1 decision on Saturday morning at Armstrong Courts.
The Polar Bears fall to 0-1, while the Oilers improve to 1-0.
Sophomore Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) notched Ohio Northern's win, posting a 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 victory at No. 1 singles.
ADA - The Ohio Northern women's soccer team used a three-goal second half scoring outsburst to post its fifth consecutive victory Saturday afternoon, blanking the Thomas More (Ky.) Saints 3-0 at Kerscher Stadium in Ada.
The Polar Bears now climb to 5-2-0 overall in 2018 while the Saints fall to 1-8-0 on the season.
