ADA - The Ada girls soccer team kicked off its Northwest Conference slate with a tough 2-0 loss to visiting Spencerville Monday evening at the park.
Ada fell to 2-2 and 0-1 in the NWC with the defeat. The Lady Bearcats improved to 2-0-1 and 1-0-1 in the league with the win.
Spencerville scored early in the game to take a 1-0 lead. Bearcat Shaffer dribbled through the Bulldog defense to net the first goal.
"After that, we were able to keep the ball on our offensive end but only managed to get four shots on goal," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "The second half started out the same with us controlling much of the possession."
BELLEFONTAINE - The Ada volleyball team started well but lost at perennial power Ben Logan Monday evening in four sets.
The Lady Bulldog spikers are now 3-3 after the loss.
Ada lost by a 25-22, 25-4, 13-25, 25-16 count.
"We started off strong in the first set and were up 19-14 but couldn't finish," said new Ada head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We got down on ourselves in the second set, but turned it around and played extremely well in the third set. But we couldn't carry it over to the fourth.
Following a historic 2017 campaign, the Ohio Northern women's soccer program has set lofty goals as they begin their defense of the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season and tournament crowns under 15th-year head coach Mark Batman.
Their first matches are this weekend at the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational. The first home game in Ada will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, against Case Western.
Last season, the Polar Bears sported an impressive 20-2-2 overall record with an undefeated 9-0-0 mark in conference action.
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The Shawn Christopher era as head coach of the Ada football program got off to a great start last Friday night as the Bulldogs defeated rival Upper Scioto Valley 30-16. First-year Sophomore quarterback Brandon Hull accounted for three scores in the win, which moved Ada to 1-0 on the season.
The Bulldogs got on the board early when dual-threat QB Hull capped a solid 61-yard drive with a 27-yard quarterback keeper. The extra point attempt was no good, leaving Ada with a 6-0 lead with just under ten minutes to play in the first quarter.
