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.
ADA - The Ada Alligator boys and girls swim teams swept a dual meet against visiting West Ohio Aquatic League foe Sherwood Thursday evening at the Ada pool.
The Gator boys won by a convincing 292-60 score. Meanwhile, the Ada girls were victorious by a 203-138 count. Ada won the combined meet team score, 495-198.
The Alligator boys improved to 3-3 with the win while the Gator girls upped their summer season record to 2-4 with the victory.
As for their combined dual meet team record, the Alligators improved to 3-3 with the decisive triumph.
The 2017-18 season proved to be a season of growth for the Ohio Northern men's tennis team as it took a big step forward under the direction of second-year head coach Mike Bonnell.
The Polar Bears finished the season with a 15-9 record, its first winning season since the 2013-14 season and the most wins the program has posted since the 2012-13 season.
ONU also finished in third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 6-2 mark, the highest it has finished in the OAC since 2012-13.
ADA - The Ada Alligator swim team lost a boys and girls dual meet to visiting West Ohio Aquatic League rival Westside Wednesday evening.
The Alligator boys fell by a relatively close 222-194 count. Meanwhile, the Ada girls lost 306-119. Westside won the combined meet team score, 528-313.
The Ada boys dropped to 2-3 in dual meets this summer with the defeat, while the Gator girls fell to 1-4. In combined team meets, Ada is 2-3 this season.
Austin Veltman has been named the head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Ohio Northern University. He comes to ONU after serving as the head coach at Hiram last year.
Veltman is just the fifth head coach of the ONU swimming and diving programs since 1990 and takes over for former head coach Peggy Ewald, who guided the Polar Bears to 19 Ohio Athletic Conference team titles from 2005-18.
WAPAKONETA - The Ada Alligator swim team lost a boys and girls dual meet at West Ohio Aquatic League foe Wapakoneta on a very warm Monday evening back on June 18.
The Gator boys were edged by an extremely close 316-314 score. Meanwhile, the Ada girls were defeated by Wapak, 416-182. The host Waves thus won the combined meet team score, 762-496.
The Ada boys and girls squads each fell to 1-2 in dual meets with the losses.
Quite a few Gator swimmers won multiple races. Tea Griffith led the way for the Ada girls with five firsts in the 7-8 age division.
