The No. 15-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team ran its winning streak to nine matches with a 5-1 victory at Heidelberg on Tuesday afternoon at Hidden Valley Soccer Complex.
The Polar Bears improve to 11-1-1 overall and stay on top of the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 4-0-0 record, while the Student Princes fall to 7-6-1, 1-3-0.
Northern is now 10-0-1 in its last 11 matches.
Senior Abbey Oswald (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford), junior Sarah Puntel (Strongsville) and freshman Sydney Leshnak (Liberty Township/Mount Notre Dame), senior Rose Nienaber(Cincinnati/Oak Hills) and freshman Siena Ward (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor) all scored goals for ONU.
No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern held off a spirited Heidelberg squad 25-19, 25-20, 18-25, 25-21 in an Ohio Athletic Conference volleyball match Tuesday night in Tiffin.
The Polar Bears improve to 18-4 overall and 3-1 in the OAC, while the Student Princes fall to 10-11, 2-2.
Sophomores McKenna Jordan (Toledo/Saint Ursula), Sydney Bapst (Grove City) and Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) senior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) led ONU with 17, 16, 12 and 11 kills, respectively.
Freshman Katie Wade (Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek) dished out 55 assists and sophomore Kristin Langston (Versailles) had a team-best 23 digs for Ohio Northern.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team jumped two spots to No. 15 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, and moved into the top-25 at No. 19 in the D3Soccer.com poll, both released Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Northern (10-1-1 overall) jumped two spots in the United Soccer Coaches poll after posting a 2-0-0 record last week.
In the D3Soccer.com poll, jumped to No. 19 after receiving votes the last two weeks.
