WESTERVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision on Tuesday evening against Ohio Athletic Conference-foe Otterbein at Clements Field.
The Polar Bears fall to 8-3-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the OAC, while the Cardinals improve to 8-2-0, 2-0-0.
Offensively, junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) recorded seven shots to lead the way.
Junior goalkeeper Kyle Dunnavant (Mount Vernon) led the way defensively, posting six saves.
Otterbein was able to take a 1-0 lead in the first half as they capitalized in the 24th minute.
The Cardinals would add to their lead in the 61st minute to seal the 2-0 victory.
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team jumped two spots to No. 17 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, and received votes in the D3Soccer.com poll, both released on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Northern (8-1-1 overall) jumped two spots in the United Soccer Coaches poll after posting a 2-1 victory over Mount Union last week.
The University of Chicago took the top spot, while Washington (Mo.) ranked second and the College of New Jersey rounded out the top-3.
In the D3Soccer.com poll, ONU received votes for the second consecutive week.
ADA - The Ada girls soccer team rallied to defeat visiting Lincolnview 4-3 in a Northwest Conference match Monday evening.
The first Bulldog home victory of 2017 improved their record to 3-9 overall, and evened their NWC mark at 2-2. The Lancers fell to 1-11 and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat.
Ada trailed 3-1 but scored two goals late in the first half to tie it. The Bulldogs then tallied the go-ahead score with 10 minutes left and held on to snap a four-match losing skid.
HARROD - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept a surprisingly one-sided makeup match at backyard rival Allen East in Northwest Conference play Monday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 25-20, 25-10, 25-14 to improve to 11-7 overall and stay atop the NWC at 5-0. AE fell to 9-2 and 4-2 in the NWC with the loss.
The Lady Bulldogs have now won 13 consecutive league matches.
Ada senior Melina Woods knocked down 22 kills, made five digs and added four blocks to pace the victors.
ADA — Ohio Northern junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1.
The junior earned the honor for the second time this season.
McVey posted a historic effort for the men's cross country team at the All-Ohio Championships last weekend.
For the first time in school history, Northern saw a men's cross country runner take the individual title at the All-Ohio Championships as McVey won the race in a season-low 25:14.
McVey led Northern to a first place finish as a team at the championships.
