Second-year head coach Jackie Price had the Polar Bear softball team competing a high level once again in 2018 as Northern grabbed the OAC Tournament title, advanced to the NCAA Tournament and recorded its 13th straight upper-division Ohio Athletic Conference finish this season.
Northern finished the 2018 season with an impressive 32-11 record, which are the most wins the program has seen in a single season since Price played for the Polar Bears in 2010.
The Ohio Northern baseball team lived up to its high expectations in 2018 as it ended an 18-year Ohio Athletic Conference tournament drought and posted its fifth straight winning season under the guidance of seventh-year head coach Gene Stechschulte.
The Polar Bears finished the season 27-15 overall and 11-7 in the OAC and were tied for third in the OAC standings as it punched it ticket to the OAC Tournament for the first time since the 2000 campaign.
Six athletes were named All-OAC in 2018 for their efforts during the season.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA SHAWNEE - The Ada Alligator swim team finished its regular season by posting victories in the boys and combined dual meets column at West Ohio Aquatic League foe Shawnee Monday evening.
The Gator boys won while the Ada girls lost their dual meet by undisclosed scores. The Alligators narrowly won the combined team meet by a score of 379-359.
The Ada boys improved to 4-3 in dual meets with the win, while the girls dropped to 2-5 following the loss.
LIMA SHAWNEE - The Ada Alligator swim team finished its regular season by posting victories in the boys and combined dual meets column at West Ohio Aquatic League foe Shawnee Monday evening.
The Gator boys won while the Ada girls lost their dual meet by undisclosed scores. The Alligators narrowly won the combined team meet by a score of 379-359.
The Ada boys improved to 4-3 in dual meets with the win, while the girls dropped to 2-5 following the loss.
The combined Gator team finished with a dual meet record of 4-3 this summer.
It took just three years for the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to be recognized with the Ohio Athletic Conference's elite programs, earning a regular season OAC title during the 2018 campaign under 3rd-year head coach Nat St. Laurent.
The Polar Bears had a historic year that featured numerous broken records and an OAC regular season title after going 14-3 overall and posting a 7-1 record in the conference.
A school-record nine Ohio Northern players were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's lacrosse for 2018.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team continued to show its dominance in the Ohio Athletic Conference as it posted its seventeenth upper-division OAC finish during the 2017-18 campaign under the watch of 17th-year head coach Scott Wills.
Mackenzie Wills, Ada High School grad and ONU sophomore, finished 23-7 in singles, including 7-1 in the OAC. In doubles, she posted a 20-10 record, including 6-2 in the OAC.
The Polar Bears finished second in the OAC standings for the third consecutive season, and finished in the top-2 of the OAC standings for the eighth straight season.
