Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 19, 2019
The winning streak continues. The Ohio Northern men's soccer team made it four victories in a row Wednesday night, downing Hanover (Ind.) 2-0 at Kerscher Stadium behind a pair of second half goals.
"We take a lot of pride in getting shut outs," interim head coach Chris Matejka said. "Team defense is a big part of what we do. It feels good to get four, and we just want to keep it going."
A big part of that team defense is sophomore goaltender John Lombardo (Solon). He logged two saves Wednesday to earn his fifth shut out of the season and fourth in a row. It has been four years since ONU has shut out four straight opponents.
Here is a report of Ohio Northern University fall sport events since Saturday.
Men's soccer
Junior Zach Yoder (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) scored in the 71st minute to lead the Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory at NAIA foe Huntington (Ind.) on Monday afternoon at King Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-2-1 with their third consecutive win.
The Foresters, who received votes in the latest NAIA poll, fall to 5-2-1 after seeing their 4-match win streak snapped.
Williams netted a pair of goals and Conley added the other score
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 18, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
NEW KNOXVILLE - Despite an eight-day layoff, the Ada boys soccer team stayed hot on a warm Tuesday evening at New Knoxville.
The visiting Bulldog boys crushed the non-conference foe Rangers 6-1 to earn their sixth straight victory. Ada has not lost since August 21 at Kenton.
With the win, the Bulldog record improved to 6-2-1.
Junior Jacob Poling tallied another hat trick to pace the onslaught. Senior Skyler Williams netted a pair of goals and Carter Conley added the other score.
Senior Isaac Spar dished out three assists. Isaac Williams and Andrew Rush each passed out one assist.
Kyleigh Tabor: "It was a very competitive, hard-fought battle, especially the fifth set"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 18, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The visiting Ada volleyball team lost a marathon five-set battle to backyard rival Allen East in a seesaw Northwest Conference thriller Tuesday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs took a two sets to one lead, but the Mustang girls rallied to win the fourth set and force a decisive fifth game. AE then took the final set in extra time to clinch the hard-fought victory.
The purple and gold dropped to 4-7 and 0-3 in the NWC with the tough-luck defeat. AE improved to 5-2 and 1-1 in league play with the 25-22, 25-27, 19-25, 25-18, 17-15 comeback victory.
Ada's third straight match with a team score under 200
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 17, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Ada golf team whipped Hardin County foe Ridgemont 199-254 Monday evening in a dual match to end their regular season on a high note at the Bluffton Golf Course.
It was Ada's third straight match with a team score under 200. The Bulldogs dominated by taking the top five spots in the match.
"The boys are looking to carry this momentum into the (upcoming) post-season tournaments," said Ada head coach Jason Campbell.
Bulldog junior Brevin Sizemore was first medalist with a score of 46. He finished strong with scores of five, five and three over the final three holes.