By Blake Moore
The Ohio Northern football program was projected to finish third in the Ohio Athletic Conference by coaches and media members at the 2018 OAC Football Media Day held at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
ONU received 61 points and 223 points from the conference coaches and the media, respectively, to finish third on each ballot.
Reigning NCAA Division III champion Mount Union was tabbed as the preseason favorite by both the media and coaches, collecting a unanimous 31 first-place media votes and nine first-place votes from the coaches.
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced Tuesday, July 24 that the Ohio Northern women's tennis program has been named an ITA All-Academic Team for the 2017-18 season.
Northern was listed among 735 teams honored across all levels of college tennis for the past season. In order to receive the award, teams must be an ITA program who achieve a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.00 grading scale.
The national association has now recognized the Polar Bears with the award 14 times in the last 16 seasons. The mention also marks the team's first honor since the 2015-16 campaign.
The Ohio Northern football program was projected to finish third in the Ohio Athletic Conference by coaches and media members at media day held at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
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"We should have high expectations, not just because of what we have done in the past, but because we have a good group of players coming back," said 15th-year head coach Dean Paul. "We have a few questions that need to be answered...but the key will be how quickly some of the guys emerge to answer the questions we have and how we develop our depth."
The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams are set to open the 2018-19 season under first-year head coach Austin Veltman when they take the pool at the annual Kenyon Relays held Saturday, Oct. 20.
The meet, which will serve as Northern's season opener for the sixth consecutive season, will be held in two different locations. The swimming portion of the event will be held at Kenyon while all divers will compete at nearby Denison located in Granville.
Final WOAL results: (each event winner and all Ada finishers)
Place Name Age Team Time Points (top 16 individuals score points)
Event 1 Girls 6 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle
1 Kelley, Burke 6 WEST-OH 26.59 20
Event 2 Boys 6 & Under 25 SC Meter Freestyle
1 Warren, Brayden D 6 BLUF-EH 24.0 20
8 Huber, Landon 6 ADA 35.45 11
12 Lewis, Louie 6 ADA 40.32 5
Event 3 Girls 7-8 25 SC Meter Freestyle
1 Diller, Kari E 8 BLUF-EH 18.45 20
4 Griffith, Tea 7 ADA 21.63 15
12 Callahan, Ainsley 7 ADA 23.97 5
19 McDougle, Lynkin 8 ADA 27.34
WAPAKONETA - The Ada Alligator swim team stands in fourth place at the annual eight-team West Ohio Aquatic League championship meet after the first day of competition in Wapakoneta Friday.
Westside leads the combined team standings after completion of the first 40 events with 1,593.5 points. Wapakoneta is second (1,379), followed by Bluffton (1,030) and Ada (681).
Shawnee sits fifth (567) and Kenton is sixth (534), with Van Wert seventh (304) and Sherwood last (284.5).
