Now in its third season as a program, the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team is looking to take another step into post-season play in 2018.
The Polar Bears welcome back 34 lettermen and nine starters from last year's squad that went 9-7 overall and finished fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 4-4 record under third-year head coach sat St. Laurent.
St. Laurent recruited 35 freshmen for the inaugural season in 2016 and 24 of those players are still in the program.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) broke the school record in the 3,000-meter run at the OSU Tune Up Meet on Friday evening, while senior Matt Molinaro(Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) highlighted a strong showing for the Polar Bears at the Silverston Invitational on Friday.
McVey won the Ohio State Tune Up's 3,000-meter run, setting a new school-record in the event and posting a top-25 time nationally in the event in 8:25.84.
Molinaro led the way at the Silverston Invitational as he won the 1-mile run in 4:11.56, posting the 16th best time in the country in the event.
Senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and sophomore Taylor Lavey (New Baltimore, Mich./Findlay) each set new school records to highlight ONU's day at the Silverton Invitational.
Richards bested her own school record in the 1-mile run and finished second overall in the event in 4:46.11. Her time is the sixth fastest time in Div. III history in the event, and currently leads the nation among Div. III athletes.
The senior now owns the best time in the country in the 800-meter run, the 1-mile run and the 3,000-meter run.
COLUMBUS GROVE - Host Columbus Grove clinched the outright Northwest Conference girls basketball title with a convincing 82-23 win over Ada Thursday evening in the league season finale.
Ada finished its regular season 4-17 overall and 0-8 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, Grove improved to 12-8 and 7-1 in the NWC with the victory.
Abby Gladwell led Grove with 23 points.
Bulldog senior Maddie Gossard topped Ada with nine points while classate Anney Archer added eight. Raina England added six markers.
CG also won a shortened two-quarter JV game, 24-0.
AKRON — Sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) won the 200 I.M. in school-record fashion to lead the Ohio Northern women on the first day of the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
Halle edged John Carroll's Gwyn Ledrick in the 200 I.M. by just .42 of a second, winning in 2:08.26. Her time broke the previous mark of
Senior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) earned All-OAC kudos in the 50 free, finishing third in :23.99.
AKRON — Sophomore Nolan Huey (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge) broke the school and OAC record in the 200 I.M. to lead the Ohio Northern men on the first day of the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
Huey touched in 1:51.10, breaking the OAC and ONU record of 1:51.63, set in 2013 by Jordan Breitigam. His time also surpasses the NCAA "B" Cut of 1:51.98.
Ohio Northern is third in the team standings with 178 points.
