Ohio Northern senior Sydney Ward (Columbus/Upper Arlington) and sophomore Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's basketball for 2020-21 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Ward was named Second Team All-OAC and Serbin was an Honorable Mention All-Conference selection.
Ward led the Polar Bears in scoring (7.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.3 rpg) this season.
A four-year regular in toe rotation, Ward scored 393 points in 80 career games.
Serbin was second on the team in scoring this season at 7.4 ppg and led the team in assists with 31 and steals with 25.
Here are previews of the Ohio Northern University women’s tennis team and softball team.
By Tim Glon
Women’s tennis preview
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team is hoping to use a balanced approach in its quest for an Ohio Athletic Conference championship in 2021 under 20th-year head coach Scott Wills.
The Polar Bears feature a good blend balance of experience and youth - with three fifth-year seniors and six first or second year players.
By Tim Glon
MARIETTA — Ohio Northern fell at No. 6-ranked Marietta 100-49 in the championship game of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday night at at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.
The fifth-seeded Polar Bears end their season at 6-8, while the top-seeded Pioneers end their season at 13-2.
The game marked the second time in the past four seasons that Ohio Northern reached the finals of the OAC Tournament.
Sophomores Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) and Landen Long (Mason) were named to the All-OAC Tournament Team.
By Cort Reynolds
TROY - Three Ada wrestlers competed in the Div. III district tournament at Troy's Hobart Arena Friday and Saturday to finish their season strongly, led by one Bulldog freshman placing sixth.
"We wrestled hard all weekend," said Ada head coach David Ames. "We fought hard and wrestled tough."
The double-elimination tournament format allows wrestlers who lose one match to still finish as high as third by making their way through the consolation draw.
After a promising start, Ada freshman Clayton McClain went 2-3 in the 113 lbs. division to finish sixth and narrowly miss state qualification.
Outstanding Ada High school tennis player now a senior at ONU Mackenzie Wills tied Ohio Northern all-time career singles wins record, leading the Polar Bear women's tennis team to a 9-0 season-opening victory over Marietta on Saturday afternoon at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 overall and are 1-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers fall to 0-1, 0-1.
Wills won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles for her 83rd career singles win, tying the record set by Meghan Letizia from 2012-16.
The Ohio Northern University men's basketball team advances to OAC finals on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women's team bowed out in its semi-final contest. The recap of both games follow.
By Tim Glon
Sophomore Grant Heileman (Millersport/Sheridan) scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 81-75 victory over Muskingum in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (5-6 overall) advance to the OAC Tournament finals on Saturday and will play at top-seeded and No. 6-ranked Marietta at 7 p.m. at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.
