The No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team improved to 6-0-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference action after defeating Heidelberg 3-1 at Kerscher Stadium on Tuesday night.
ONU (12-2-2 overall, 6-0-0 OAC) won its eighth consecutive match.
Junior Abigail Mathews (Liberty Township/Lakota East) provided the match's first goal in the 15th minute on a blast from 22 yards out. Senior Rose Nienaber (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) earned the corner and an assist in the sequence.
The Ohio Northern wrestling team was picked to finish fifth in the 2019-20 Ohio Athletic Conference Coaches poll in voting conducted by the league's eight head coaches.
The Polar Bears, under 32nd-year head coach Ron Beaschler, received 24 points in the poll.
Mount Union was picked to finish first with 49 points and seven first place votes, Baldwin Wallace was picked second with 42 points and John Carroll was third with 38 points and one first place vote.
ONU returns seven starters and 11 lettermen from last year's squad that went 6-9 overall and was 1-5 in the OAC.
Ohio Northern will open its 2019-20 campaign on Nov. 9 at the Mount Union Invitational.
Track and field practice in 2020 will begin earlier than in previous seasons.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association this week announced by an 8-0 vote, its board approved a proposal from the Ohio Association of Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches to move the start date for track and field practice for the 2020 season to Feb. 24, 2020.
That date coincides with the practice start date of softball, baseball and lacrosse.
ADA - The injury-plagued Ada football team hosts Paulding this Friday in week nine.
The Panthers lost at home to a solid 7-1 Allen East squad 42-21 in week eight. The Bulldogs (2-6, 1-4 NWC), who dressed just 20 players last weekend, lost 63-12 at Crestview.
Paulding (3-5, 2-3 NWC) has won three of its last six games after starting the season with non-league losses to Wayne Trace (28-27) and Fairview (32-0).
Men’s soccer
The No. 19 Ohio Northern men's soccer team came up on the short end of a 1-0 decision against No. 13/22 John Carroll Saturday night. The loss drops the Polar Bears to 11-4-1 overall and 3-2-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play.
The Blue Streaks (11-2-2 overall, 4-0-1 OAC) logged the game's lone goal during the 66th minute. Chase Fernkorn scored off a corner kick from William Turrittin.
Junior All-American Christiaan Williams (Sidney/Anna) had a record-setting afternoon, but Ohio Northern fell 44-10 at No. 13-ranked John Carroll on Saturday afternoon at Don Shula Stadium.
Williams ran 25 times for 127 yards for the Polar Bears (3-3 overall, 3-2 Ohio Athletic Conference).
Williams' 127-yard effort breaks the school record for 100-yard rushing games, giving Williams his 21st such game in just his 25th career contest. He breaks the previous record of 20, set by All-American and NFL standout Jamal Robertson from 1997-2000.
