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Ohio Northern advanced to the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament with a hard-fought 5-3 quarterfinals victory over Capital on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at University Courts.

The third-seeded Polar Bears (15-8 overall) advance and will play second-seeded Mount Union in the semifinals on Friday at 4:30 pm at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason.

The sixth-seeded Crusaders end their season at 5-9.

Northern started the match by winning at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles.

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The Ohio Northern baseball team recorded 13 hits on Tuesday afternoon on its way to defeating Olivet (Mich.) 13-2 at Wander Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 27-11 overall, while the Comets fall to 10-25.

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By Cort Reynolds

FOSTORIA - The Ada boys tennis team whipped Fostoria 5-0 Monday evening on the road.

 

The Bulldog netters improved to 8-1 with the one-sided victory, their fifth 5-0 sweep of the season.

 

Senior Zach Beaschler improved to 12-0 this spring with a double-bagel blowout at first singles.

 

Sophomore Isaac Spar also won 12 games without a loss to grab his first win at second singles.

 

Gabe Hassan won at third singles by forfeit.

 

The first doubles tandem of freshman Miranda Wills and soophomore Nathan Hurtig won in straight sets.

 

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By Cort Reynolds

MIDDLE POINT - Host Lincolnview scored seven first-inning runs and went on to post a 15-1 win over Ada Monday evening in a Northwest Conference game.

 

The Bulldogs fell to 4-12 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat. The second-place Lancers improved to 14-3 and 5-1 in the league with the win.

 

Lincolnview only out-hit Ada 6-2, but collected eight walks and took advantage of seven Bulldog errors to plate nine unearned runs.

 

Senior Aaron Everhart collected both Ada hits. He stole two bases and scored the only Bulldog run in the top of the fourth.

 

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By Cort Reynolds

MIDDLE POINT - The visiting Ada softball team scored four runs in the top of the eighth to beat Lincolnview 10-6 in a Northwest Conference extra-inning road battle Monday evening.

 

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 12-6 and 4-3 in the NWC with the hard-fought win. The Lady Lancers fell to 7-8 and 1-5 in league play with the loss.

 

Both teams scored two runs in the sixth inning to tie it again, 6-6. After a scoreless seventh, the Bulldogs erupted for four runs in the top of the eighth to win it.

 

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Ohio Northern softball team dropped a hard-fought 3-0, 3-2 twinbill at Transylvania (Ky.) in its regular season final on Monday evening at John & Donna Hall Field.

The Polar Bears fall to 27-9 overall, while the Pioneers improve to 30-6.

Defense took over game one, as the two teams hit a combined five hits.

The Pioneers were able to score three runs in the bottom of the third inning and would hold on to claim the game one victory.

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