Sophomores Mackenzie Wills (Ada) and Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) led the Ohio Northern women's tennis team as it defeated Mount Union 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at the Lima Westwood Tennis Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 13-4 overall and 3-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders fall to 9-5, 2-2.
The duo of Wills and Curry got Northern off to a solid start, posting a quick 8-0 victory at No. 3 doubles.
WILMINGTON — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team continued on its best start in school history with a 22-4 victory at Wilmington on Wednesday
evening at Williams Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 9-1 overall and are 2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Quakers fall to 3-7, 0-3.
Junior Peter Hardt (Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge), freshman Joe O'Connell (Fishers, Ind.) and sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) each had hat tricks for ONU.
ONU sophomores Betsy Naugle of Moon Township, Pa., and Rachel Shipman of Noblesville, Ind., each scored four goals to lead the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team to an 18-4 victory over Wilmington on Wednesday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-5 overall and are 1-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Quakers fall to 2-8, 0-3.
ONU senior Emily Richards of Delaware, Ohio, has been named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women's Outdoor National Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Apr. 3.
Richards earned the honor for the fourth time this season, and the first time during the outdoor season.
The senior finished third overall in the 1,500-meter run at the Raleigh Relays in the Division I-dominated field of runners, finishing in 4:15.77.
LANCASTER — The Ohio Northern baseball team got dominating pitching performances in a 2-1, 6-0 sweep at Capital on Monday afternoon at Beavers Field.
The Polar Bears (14-6 overall, 2-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) got a 4-hit shutout in the nightcap from sophomore Josh Mohr (Oregon/Clay).
In the opener, sophomore Nate Bye (Thorntown, Ind./Western Boone) allowed one unearned run and just four hits in 7.2 innings and sophomore Scott Beaton (Novi, Mich.) threw the final 1.1 innings of shutout baseball to earn his first collegiate victory for ONU.
