By Tim Glon
ADA — Junior All-American Brock Martin (Attica/Seneca East) ran for 108 yards and the Ohio Northern defense turned in a dominating performance in a 2020-21 season-opening 17-7 football victory over Otterbein Friday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals fall to 0-1, 0-1.
Junior Johnny Rupp (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) led an outstanding defensive effort with a career-high 13 tackles.
The Polar Bears held the Cardinals to 269 yards of total offense.
The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team jumped to a big early lead and held off a furious late rally to win 17-15 at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night at Finnie Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 3-3 overall and are 3-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 0-5, 0-5.
Freshman Sydney Kilgore (Pleasant Plain/Little Miami) tied a school record with 10 points, scoring seven goals and adding three assists, to lead Ohio Northern.
She tied the single-game mark held by Maddie Storr in 2019 and Rachel Shipman in 2017.
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.
