FINDLAY - Visiting Ada scored first but lost 8-1 in a non-league girls
soccer match Wednesday evening at Liberty-Benton.
The defeat snapped a three-match Lady Bulldog win streak, dropping their
record to 5-10.
Katie Butterfield scored the Ada goal early on to put the Bulldogs ahead
1-0. But the Eagles responded with five first half goals to grab a 5-1
halftime lead.
L-B added three more scores after intermission to provide the final margin.
Ada keeper McKenzie Long stopped 37 shots in goal. L-B out-shot Ada, 48-20.
The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team will look to rebound in 2017-18 and claim its 13th Ohio Athletic Conference Championship under the guidance of 14th-year head coach Peggy Ewald.
The Polar Bears posted a 5-4 record last season and finished second at the OAC Championships in 2016-17 after posting 12 straight OAC Championship seasons.
Ewald and her staff welcome back a deep roster that includes 14 letterwinners.
"Recapturing conference titles and looking beyond to the national stage is the pursuit," said head coach Peggy Ewald. "
Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team will look to compete for an Ohio Athletic Conference Championship under 14th-year head coach Peggy Ewald.
The Polar Bears posted a third place finish in the OAC during the regular season and at the OAC Championships a season ago.
Ewald and her staff welcome back 10 letterwinners in 2017-18 and will look to lean on their experience in 2017-18.
Kyley Stuart also returns after earning All-OAC honors as a part of the 200 Medley Relay.
The Polar Bears open the season on Oct. 14 as the swimmers compete in the Kenyon Relay Meet and the divers in the Denison Diving Meet.
Sophomore Christiaan Williams (Sidney/Anna) has been named to the D3Football.comTeam of the Week for his efforts in Ohio Northern's 51-21 victory over Capital on Oct. 7.
Williams broke ONU's 17-year old single game rushing record, compiling 407 yards on 29 rushes.
The sophomore also added three touchdowns in the victory as he broke Ohio Northern Hall of Famer Jamal Robertson's previous single game record of 307 rushing yards.
Williams also caught one pass for five yards for a total of 412 all-purpose yards, breaking Robertson's single game record of 406 yards also set in 2000.
Senior J.J. Fortner (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) scored two first half goals to help lift the Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a 4-0 shutout victory over No. 8-ranked Heidelberg on Wednesday in Ada.
The Polar Bears improve to 9-4-1 overall, and 2-2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference and handed Heidelberg its first loss of the season to drop the Student Princes to 9-1-1, 2-1-1.
