For the second successive week, freshman midfielder Levi King has been tabbed the Ohio Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week for men’s soccer.
King turned in another impressive week as the Polar Bears went 3-0-0 against Thomas More (Ky.), Anderson (Ind.), and Rose-Hulman (Ind.) during the voting period to extend the program's win streak to five matches.
ADA - The Ada volleyball team swept a non-league match over visiting Hardin County rival Kenton Monday night.
The Lady Bulldog spikers improved to 10-7 with the 25-17, 25-22, 25-17 home win. Kenton fell to 3-7 with the loss.
"Our serve receive was solid," said Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We did not make as many errors as we did against LCC."
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 10-5 lead in set one. Ensuing kills by Megan Light and Raina England then sparked a 7-2 Ada run. Kenton inched within 20-11, but Rilan Conley hammered a kill off a Wildcat block.
Tuesday's Match Preview: The Ohio Northern women's soccer program wraps up its 2018 nonconference slate and a brief two-match home stand when the Polar Bears welcome in Wittenberg Tuesday evening ... Match time is set for 7 p.m. at Kerscher Stadium in Ada ... Northern enters Tuesday's affair sporting a 5-2-0 overall record and riding a current five-match win streak dating back to September 8 ... All five victories this season have come via shutouts of the opposing teams ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 3-0 weekend victory over Thomas More (Ky.) at Kerscher Stadium .
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Senior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) led a solid performance by the Ohio Northern women's tennis team at the ITA Central Regional tournament Friday-Sunday.
Ochsenhirt went 2-1 in singles and was 3-3 overall to lead the Polar Bears at the non-scoring event.
Freshman Olivia Schrager (Dayton/Miami Valley) went 2-2 in singles, junior Mackenzie Wills (Ada) was 1-1 in singles and junior Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) was 1-2 in singles play.
All four women posted 1-2 doubles records with Ochsenhirt and Wills combining on one team and Schrager and Curry on another doubles tandem.
The Ohio Northern men's golf team finished sixth of nine teams at the Bluffton Fall Classic Saturday at Bluffton Golf Club and Sunday at Hidden Creek Golf Club.
The Polar Bears (7-15) finished with a 314-300—614 for the 36 holes, and were just 11 strokes off the lead.
Senior Joshua Turich (Centerville) led ONU with a 5-over par 76-73-149 to finish seventh of 52 golfers.
