ANDERSON, Ind. - The Ohio Northern men's soccer team defeated Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference member Anderson (Ind.) 5-1 at AU Soccer Stadium in Anderson, Indiana on Friday afternoon, giving head coach Brent Ridenour his 300th career coaching victory and pushing the team's current winning streak to four games.
Coach Ridenour now owns a 300-117-35 career coaching record (a win percentage of .702) in his 21 seasons at Ohio Northern, ranking him as the winningest coach in school history. He also becomes the first soccer coach (men's or women's) at ONU to reach the 300 coaching victories milestone.
Saturday's Match Preview: The Ohio Northern women's soccer team returns home Saturday afternoon as the Polar Bears play host to the Thomas More (Ky.) Saints in nonconference action ... Match time is set for 1 p.m. at Kerscher Stadium in Ada ... Ohio Northern enters this weekend's competition sporting a 4-2-0 overall record and riding a current four-game win streak.
LIVONIA, Mich. - Madonna University President Michael Grandillo, an ONU graduate, joined Athletics Director Scott Kennell at Thursday’s news conference to announce that the university will add football to its intercollegiate athletics program, bringing the total offerings to 20 teams.
The Crusaders compete in the 12-school Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. This is the ninth sport added under Grandillo’s leadership, following the addition of eight teams in 2015.
Saturday's Contest: Saturday's contest is ONU's first road game of the 2018 season and is Homecoming at OU. ONU is 534-492-36 in 124 seasons of play, a winning percentage of .518. ONU is riding a solid 5-game winning streak, which includes the final two games of 2017.
ONU Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul is in his 15th season at ONU with a 99-48 record. Paul is ONU's all-time winningest coach in ONU football history. He is 139-60 in 18 seasons overall and is 11-3 against OU.
OU head coach Tim Doup: Doup is in his 7th season at OU with a 34-28 record. He is 1-5 against ONU.
ADA - The Ada volleyball team lost a four-set match to visiting ex-league rival Lima Central Catholic Thursday night in a very hot gym.
The Lady Bulldog spikers fell to 8-5 with the 25-13, 25-20, 18-25, 25-15 defeat that snapped their four-match win streak. LCC improved to 9-5 after the hard-fought win.
"We were slow starting off in the first set, not moving our feet well," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "After that our defense picked up and serve receive was solid. I was happy with our defense.
