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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team swept St. Vincent (Pa.) 9-0 on Tuesday at Oak Street Park.

The Polar Bears improve to 7-2 overall and lost only nine games in the nine matches, while the Bearcats fall to 6-9.

Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) and sophomore Jordan Dodson (Worthington) swept their singles matches, winning 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 2 and 5, respectively.

IMMACULATA, Pa. — Junior Max Weese (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) and sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) each had hat tricks to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to an impressive 14-3 victory at Immaculata (Pa.) on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears improve to 4-1 on the season, while the Mighty Macs fall to 1-4.

Weese picked up all three of his goals in the first half as ONU raced to an 8-1 halftime lead.

Marous finished his hat trick with back-to-back goals in the third period. His third gal at the 2:30 mark of the period extended ONU's lead to 11-1.

Hear all about it at the ONU Observatory

Icon viewers are invited to the ONU Observatory on Friday, March 9, from 8-10 p.m. for a program titled "Stardeath: supernovae and their remnants."

According to Dr. Jason Pinkney,  professor of physics and astronomy and manger of the ONU Observatory, "Stars meet their death in a variety of ways which depends mostly on their mass.  Most massive stars end in spectacular explosions called supernovae.

"Those which occur in our Milky Way galaxy can outshine Venus for a month or more."

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened its Spring Break trip with a 9-0 win over Penn State-Harrisburg on Monday night at Hilton Head Beach & Tennis courts and a 6-2 loss to NAIA foe Spring Arbor (Mich.) on Monday morning at the Evian Tennis Center.

The Polar Bears move to 5-2, while the Lions fall to 1-6 and the Cougars improve to 9-4.

Freshman Hoang Do (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) picked up four victories on the day to lead ONU.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) joined the 100-win Club and the Ohio Northern women's tennis team rallied for a solid 6-3 victory over Carthage (Wis.) Monday evening and dropped a tight 5-4 decision to NCAA Division II foe Minnesota State-Moorhead on Monday morning at the USTA National Tennis Campus. The Polar Bears are now 6-2.

On the ONU campus for two-day conservation tillage conference

By Monty Siekerman
About 800 farmers from throughout Ohio are attending the 26th annual, two-day Conservation Tillage conference at McIntosh Center.

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Sixty presenters are scheduled to talk today and tomorrow.  Many agribusiness exhibits are on hand.

Experts from OSU Extension, OARDC, USDA, and SWCD will talk about the latest research on topics that affect today’s farmers, crop consultants, and agribusiness professionals.

Photo: Albert Suniga of Ada helps at the registration table. He is storm water inspector for Allen County Soil and Water.

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