The Ohio Northern volleyball team, ranked 19th nationally, swept Wilmington 25-8, 25-11, 25-21 in an OAC match on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears (14-4 overall, 3-1 OAC) played all 20 healthy players on their roster and were led by junior Chelsea Huppert with nine kills and a .529 hitting percentage.
HARROD - The Ada boys soccer team shut out backyard rival Allen East 1-0 in a defensive battle Tuesday night in Harrod.
With the win, the Bulldog boys improved to 8-5-1 overall and pulled into a second-place tie with AE at 3-1 in NWC play. The Mustangs are 4-5-3 overall.
Bluffton is first in the league at 4-0.
Bulldog junior Isaac Spar scored the game's only goal on an assist from senior Chris Reyes.
Ada junior keeper Drew Hadley made six saves in goal to post the shutout.
The Bulldogs host Upper Sandusky Thursday at 5 p.m. in the regular season finale.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer program returns home following a two-match road spell as the Polar Bears welcome in OAC foe Wilmington on Wednesday, Sept. 10 ... Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Kerscher Stadium ... ONU enters their matchup with the Quakers sporting a 9-3-1 overall record and a 2-1-0 mark in league play, placing them in a five-way tie for second place in the conference standings ... In their most recent outing, Northern edged Muskingum 2-0 on the road last Saturday
FINDLAY - The Ada girls soccer team was seeded 10th at the drawing for the 11-team Div. III Findlay district held Sunday.
Ada (4-9) will play at sixth-seeded backyard rival Allen East (6-4-3) Tuesday, October 16 at 5 p.m. in first round sectional tournament play.
The victor will visit top-seeded Liberty-Benton Saturday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. in round two action.
In a scheduling rarity, Ada (2-3 NWC) will also host the Mustangs (3-1-1 NWC) in their final regular season game this Saturday, Oct. 13. Thus, they will face their local traditional rival twice in a four-day span.
