ADA - The Ada softball team tallied eight first inning runs and cruised to a 19-1 blowout of Delphos Jefferson in a Northwest Conference mismatch Thursday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 6-2 and 3-0 in the NWC (tied for first) with the victory. The Lady Wildcats fell to 1-6 overall and 0-2 in the NWC with the defeat.
"Today was a good bounce-back win (after an 11-2 loss at Shawnee)," said Ada head coach Troy Erickson. "It was a good win. We made the routine plays on defense and had good discipline at the plate.
ONU has had a stellar season so far in spring sports. The last five news stories posted by the Ada Icon proved just that...all wins in various sports, men’s teams and women’s teams.
However tonight, the Icon reports a loss...in baseball, by just one run.
The Ohio Northern baseball team's comeback against Ohio Wesleyan came up short as it dropped a hard-fought 10-9 decision on Thursday afternoon in Delaware.
The Polar Bears fall to 18-7 overall, while the Battling Bishops improve to 9-12.
Sean Buckley has joined the the Ohio Northern football coaching staff as assistant coach and will coach the quarterbacks.
Prior to arriving at ONU, he was an assistant coach at Ohio State from 2013-17.
He was a part of 61 victories over this five year period and appeared in 5 New Year's Six Bowl games including 2 College Football Playoff Apperances.
He assisted in coaching Quarterbacks J.T. Barrett & Cardale Jones in 2014, as well as assisting coaching running backs Ezekiel Elliott & Mike Weber in 2015 and Tight End Marcus Baugh from 2016-2017.
LIMA SHAWNEE - The Ada softball team lost 11-2 at non-league foe Shawnee in a Wednesday evening contest.
Ada fell to 5-2 and had its four-game win streak snapped with the defeat, while Shawnee improved to 4-0 with the win.
The Lady Bulldogs jumped ahead 2-0 in the top of the first inning on a double by Maddie Gossard. But Shawnee tallied three runs in the bottom of the first, and never trailed again.
The Indians scored two runs in the bottom of the third, then added two more scores in the fourth to take a 7-2 lead.
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team scored the game's last five goals to snap a 7-all tie and post a 12-7 victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 6-5 overall and are 3-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Student Princes fall to 5-6, 1-3.
TIFFIN — Sophomores Cameron Marous (Brecksville) and Shane Olsen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) each had hat tricks to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to its eighth straight victory as it defeated Heidelberg 14-3 on Wednesday evening.
The Polar Bears improve to 11-1 overall and 4-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Students Princes drop to 7-5, 1-3.
Marous tallied five goals in the win, while Olsen added four goals.
