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.
BEXLEY — Ohio Northern rallied from a quick 5-0 deficit to post a thrilling 11-10 victory and claim a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Saturday afternoon at Bernlohr Stadium.
The Polar Bears (14-2 overall) end their third OAC season as a varsity program tied for first place with John Carroll with a 7-1 record.
ONU will be the No. 2 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and will host third-seeded Baldwin Wallace in the semifinals on Wednesday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
MOUNT VERNON — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team wrapped up its regular season with a convincing 9-0 victory at Mount Vernon Nazarene on Saturday at Ramser Tennis Courts.
The Polar Bears improve to 14-8, while the Cougars fall to 2-18.
Senior Cody Hurley (Centerville) led ONU with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles. He also combined with sophomore Tyler Frantz (Bellefontaine) to win 8-0 at No. 3 doubles.
ADA - The Ada boys tennis team swept visiting Wauseon 5-0 on a windy Friday evening at the park courts.
The Bulldog netters improved to 7-1 with the lopsided victory.
Senior Zach Beaschler improved to 11-0 this spring with a straight-sets win at first singles. Stroking the ball conservatively amid the strong winds, he forced his outmatched opponent into many unforced errors to stay unbeaten.
Junior Cade Mullins gutted out a tough three-set win at second singles to increase his season record to 9-1.
Sophomore Isaac Spar also won at third singles in two tough sets.
ADA - Host Ada scored 10 runs in its final two at bats to break open a tie game and defeat visiting Vanlue 16-6 in a non-conference baseball game Friday evening.
The Bulldogs improved to 4-11 overall with the victory. Ada out-hit Vanlue 12-10 and took advantage of nine walks and eight Vanlue errors to pull away late.
Sophomore Phillip Coulson hurled a complete game, scattering 10 hits and giving up no earned runs to earn his second victory.
Ada led 6-0 before Vanlue rallied to tie it with six unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning.
