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Boys' tennis: Plenty of returning and new talent

Mullins, Spar and Wills return to lead strong Ada net squad under new coach

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Former Ohio Northern University tennis player Cody Hurley assumes the reins of the Ada tennis program this spring with plenty of returning and new talent comprising the roster.

The fifth season of Bulldog varsity spring tennis follows on the heels of a team-best 11-2 dual record last spring.

Ada repeated as Northern Buckeye Tennis League champions, winning the title outright in 2018 after sharing it with three other schools in 2017. The Bulldogs edged Bryan 13-10 to win the conference crown last spring.

Lacrosse: Bears win in OT

Men's team stands 5-1 overall

Junior attack Cameron Marous (Brecksville) scored the game-winning goal on the opening possession of the overtime period Saturday afternoon, giving the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse program a 9-8 victory over nonconference foe Alfred (N.Y.) at Yunevich Stadium.

With the victory, the Polar Bears move to 5-1 overall this season and extend their current win streak to five games. In addition, ONU has now won 12 successive road contests dating back to the 2018 campaign.

Meanwhile, the Saxons drop to 3-1 on the year.

ONU’s men’s track team is tabbed to finish fourth and the women picked to finish fifth in the OAC this season.

Men’s team

The Ohio Northern men's track and field program was tabbed for a fourth-place finish in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 2019 outdoor season in the annual OAC Coaches Preseason Poll, the league announced Friday morning.

The Polar Bears ended fourth after receiving 57 total points from the league's 10 head coaches.

Reigning OAC Champion Mount Union stood atop the poll with 79 points and seven first-place votes. Otterbein claimed second with 74 points and two first-place votes, and John Carroll rounded out the top-three programs with 66 points and the final first-place vote.

ONU's Ryan Bruns leads "Team Campoli" in all-star game

Joe Campoli and Gale Daugherty were the honorary coaches for the West All-Stars

 Ohio Northern senior All-American Ryan Bruns scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the West All-Stars to a 104-101 victory over the East All-Stars at the NABC Reece's Division III All-Star Game on Saturday afternoon at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

Bruns was 7-of-15 from the floor and an impressive 4-for-8 from 3-point range to share game-high scoring honors with teammate Nolan Ebel of Augustana (Ill.)

Legendary ONU basketball coaches Joe Campoli and Gale Daugherty were the honorary coaches for the West All-Stars, nicknamed Team Campoli on the scoreboard.

ONU women’s bball team has 4 academic athletes

The Ohio Northern women's basketball program placed four student-athletes on the Academic-All Ohio Athletic Conference team for the 2018-19 season, the league office announced Wednesday morning.

4 ONU swimmers on all-academic team

Senior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.), junior Katelyn Koebel (Port Clinton) and sophomores Avery Manbeck (Aldie, Va./Champe) and Sydney Johnson (Crown Point, Ind.) were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's swimming and diving for 2018-19.

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