CLEVELAND — Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) won at No. 2 singles to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team in an 8-1 loss at John Carroll in a battle for the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Sunday afternoon at Cleveland State's Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.
The Polar Bears end their regular season 18-6 overall and finish their OAC slate 7-1, while the Blue Streaks improve to 14-6 overall and win the league's regular season title with an 8-0 record.
WEST LAFAYETTE — Senior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) and junior Joshua Turich (Centerville) earned All-Conference honors to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships on Friday-Sunday at River Greens Golf Course.
The Polar Bears (25-50-1 overall) finished fourth of nine teams in the 72-hole tournament with a 305-318-299-315—1237.
Goodchild finished fourth out of 45 golfers with a 10-over par 74-76-73-79—302 and Turich tied for ninth with a 14-over par 75-79-74-78—306.
ADA — The Ohio Northern softball team picked up a 3-1 victory in game one before falling 8-1 in the nightcap and clinched the No. 3 seed in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday afternoon on Senior Day in the 2018 home regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears move to 27-7 overall, and 13-5 in the OAC, while the Muskies move to 24-10, 10-8.
Heidelberg swept Wilmington in a twinbill earlier today and moved its conference record to 13-5. Due to tie breaker rules, Heidelberg will own the No. 2 seed in next weekend's OAC Tournament.
ADA -- The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team wrapped up its 2018 season and celebrated Senior Day on Saturdayagainst Capital at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears end their campaign with a 6-10 overall record and finish sixth in the Ohio Athletic Conference after the 23-2 loss to the Crusaders (13-2, 6-2).
Sophomores Ann McArn (Bay Village/Western Reserve Academy) and Betsy Naugle(Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) each scored goals for ONU.
For the first time in school history, the Ohio Northern women's track and field team has won back-to-back Ohio Athletic Conference titles in the outdoor meet after claiming first place in the 2018 OAC Championships on Saturday afternoon at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears took the team title with 166 points, while Mount Union took second place with 154 points, narrowly edging Otterbein who finished third with 153.5 points.
ADA — Senior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Distance Runner of the Year as he helped guide the ONU men's track and field team to a third place finish at the 2018 OAC Championships at Kerscher Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Mount Union won the team title with 212 points, while John Carroll was second with 162 points and ONU rounded the top three with 95 team points.
The third place finish marks the fifth consecutive season that the Polar Bears have finished in the top-3 at the meet.
