ADA - The Ohio Northern women's soccer team defeated Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponent Trine (Ind.) 3-0 to kick off a two-game weekend set in winning fashion at Kerscher Stadium in Ada Friday evening.
The Polar Bears improve to 2-2-0 on the season by winning their second straight match while Trine falls to 3-3-0.
SPRINGFIELD - The No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern women's volleyball program upset the No. 17-ranked Hope (Mich.) Flying Dutch 25-20, 25-16, and 25-21 in the Polar Bear's opening match at the 2018 Wittenberg Fall Classic in Springfield, Ohio Friday evening.
With the victory, Northern moves to 8-2 overall while Hope dropped their first match of the campaign, falling to 7-1 overall.
Junior middle hitter Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) provided the spark offensively as she posted 15 kills on 22 total attacks with just one error, resulting in a stratospheric .636 attack percentage. She would also chip in a pair of blocks, two assists, and a dig in the winning effort
This Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's soccer program returns to Kerscher Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 15 as they host the Oberlin Yeomen in nonconference action ... The Polar Bears enter the weekend's contest sporting a 2-2-1 overall record after knocking off D3soccer.com's No. 19-ranked Ohio Wesleyan squad 3-0 on Wednesday evening at Olentangy Liberty High School ... In the contest, senior Joseph Schulte netted the eventual game winner just 90 seconds into the contest while junior Luke Fickenworthand sophomore Beelal Hasan each added a strike to the scoreline ...
MT. BLANCHARD - The Ada cross country team finished a solid fifth out of 11 teams at the Riverdale Invitational Thursday evening.
Bulldog senior Miguel Jordan took fourth in the 119-runner field to pace Ada's strong showing. Jordan covered the 3.1-mile course in 18:17.22, 29 seconds behind the race winner.
Ada junior Michael Crouse came in 26th in 19:49.02 to finish second for the Bulldogs. Junior Hunter Wells followed him closely in 28th with a time of 19:51.2.
ADA - After a tight first set, the Ada volleyball team rolled to a sweep of visiting backyard rival Allen East Thursday night in a Northwest Conference match.
The Lady Bulldog spikers improved to 7-4 overall and 2-0 in the NWC with the 26-24, 25-16, 25-15 win, their 18th in a row in league play. The Mustangs fell to 3-4 and 1-1 with the defeat.
"We did a great job blocking," said first-year Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We are not a tall team and the girls have been working hard on defense. Our defense was good, the back row played well and serve receive was solid.
