AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team fell in a thrilling matchup against RIT (N.Y.) 6-5 before defeating Nichols (Mass.) 5-1 in the RussMatt Invitational in Auburndale, Florida on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 5-3 on the year, while the Tigers move to 2-0 and the Bison fall to 1-5.
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team posted a convincing 17-5 victory over Hanover (Ind.) on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 5-1 overall, while the Panthers drop to 0-6.
Junior Max Weese (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) led the attack offensively, scoring four goals in the win, while sophomore Cameron Marous (Brecksville) posted a 3-goal, 3-assist effort in the win.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Junior Maddy Reed (Piketon) earned All-America honors in the pole vault to lead Ohio Northern on the first day of the NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday at the Birmingham Cross Plex.
Reed finished fifth out of 16 vaulters, clearing 3.85 meters, to earn All-America honors for the second time Indoors and her third time overall.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern softball team dropped a 9-5 decision to WPI (Mass.) on Friday afternoon before defeating Saint Joseph's (Maine) convincingly, 14-4 during its spring break trip at the Sunkissed Games in Kissimmee, Fla.
The Polar Bears move to 8-2 on the year, while the Engineers improve to 7-3 and the Monks fall to 2-8.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) earned All-America honors with a fifth place finish in the 5,000-meter run to lead Ohio Northern on the first day of the NCAA Division III Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday at the Birmingham Cross Plex.
McVey rallied on the final lap, passing four runners to improve from ninth to fifth place, and finished in 14:34.21.
This is his first appearance at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. He was seeded 15th with a school record time of 15:31.11.
CLEVELAND — Senior Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and sophomore Nate Barcaskey(Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) both made their first career wrestling debuts at the Div. III Wrestling Championships as they represented Ohio Northern on day one of the 2018 Div. III Wrestling Championships at the Cleveland Public Auditorium on Friday.
The Polar Bears made their first appearance at the championships since the 2015 Championships in Hershey, Pa.
In his first match of the day at bout No. 57, Nelson dropped a 6-2 decision to No. 3-seeded Zach Wilhelm of Stevens (N.J.).
