Outstanding Ada High School tennis player Zach Beaschler has joined the ONU men’s tennis team. He is one of three freshmen who will challenge the returners for starting spots this season.
The men's tennis program is set to kick off the 2018-19 season with a trip to the two-day Oberlin Invitational this Saturday and Sunday.
They will then take on NCAA Division II foe Findlay (Sept. 22) and compete in the ITA Central Regionals in Saint Louis, Missouri (Sept. 28-30) to complete the fall portion of their schedule. The spring schedule will be announced later.
OTTAWA - The Ada golf team split a non-conference tri-match Wednesday evening at Pike Run Golf Club in Ottawa.
Leipsic won the match with a total of 192 strokes. Ada finished second with 212 strokes, follwed by Lima Senior (242).
Junior Alex Morgan shot 51 to lead the Bulldogs. Sophomore Brevin Sizemore carded a 53, while senior Austin Amburgey and junior Ethan Hull each posted a 54.
Senior Rob Allison registered a 58 while freshman Kamron Wilkerson shot 64.
Leipsic's Mason Tadena was match medalist with a score of 43 on the par-35 back nine at Pike Run.
The Bulldogs improved to 6-21 overall with the split. Leipsic is 6-13.
RAWSON - The visiting Ada girls soccer team lost 7-1 at Cory-Rawson Wednesday evening.
Ada fell to 3-4 overall with the defeat.
C-R scored early on a through ball that got past the Ada defense to grab a 1-0 edge. About 10 minutes later, the Lady Hornets extended the lead to 2-0 on a similar goal and the score that way into halftime.
"It was pretty evenly matched for the first 15 minutes," said Bulldog head coach Doug Poling. "We played on our heels the rest of the first half."
Ada tallied its lone goal early in half two when Katie Butterfield put a through ball by Timberlyn Blankenship into the back of the net.
POWELL — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team scored in the second minute and tacked on two more late goals to defeat No. 19 Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday evening at Olentangy Liberty High School.
The Polar Bears improve to 2-2-1, while the Battling Bishops are 3-1-0.
Kate Witte won her 700th career victory when the ONU volleyball team swept area rival Bluffton Tuesday at the ONU Sports Center. She is the winningest coach in Ohio Northern volleyball history and in the history of the Ohio Athletic Conference.
Witte is now 700-229 in 28 seasons at ONU, an outstanding winning percentage of .753.
"I am just so grateful to be the head coach at such a fine institution as Ohio Northern University,' Witte said. "This is a testament to the quality of women we have had in our program. I love the ladies on the team right now and I love all of the players that have played for me through the years.”
The Ada golf team won a fifth-man tiebreaker to beat Crestiew in a Northwest Conference tri-match Tuesday evening.
Columbus Grove won the match with a total of 175 strokes. Ada and the Knights tied at 208 strokes.
But Ada fifth man Rob Allison shot a 64 to nip the fifth Knight by a single stroke, providing the margin of victory. Will Sharpe and Scott Bowman each shot 65 to tie as fifth man on the Crestview squad.
Ethan Hull posted his career-low for the second straight day, shooting a 46 to pace Ada. Austin Amburgey and Alex Morgan each carded a 53. Brevin Sizemore shot a 56.
Owen Macke of Grove was match medalist with a score of 41.
