The Ohio Northern volleyball team will look to defend it Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season and Tournament titles in 2017 under the guidance of 27th-year head coach Kate Witte.
The Polar Bears finished the 2016 season 27-4 overall, including a perfect 9-0 record in conference play.
Witte and her staff welcome back 11 letterwinners in 2017 and six newcomers.
ADA - The Ada volleyball team lost in three straight close sets to visiting power St. Henry Monday evening in a non-league bout between regional powers.
The Bulldogs (2-1) fell to the hard-hitting Redskins 25-13, 25-20, 25-21. SH improved to 3-1 with the victory.
Ada led 10-6 in set two and by 16-14 in the third game before losing both contests to late Redskin closing runs of 11-4 and 11-5, respectively.
Senior Melina Woods led Ada with 16 kills and 17 digs, but SH had too many weapons for the Bulldogs to contend with.
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The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will open the fall portion of its 2017-18 schedule under 17th-year head coach Scott Wills on Sept. 6 with a tri-match at Defiance with Concordia (Mich.)
Northern will also compete at the Kenyon Invitational and the ITA Regional Championships at Oberlin.
The Kenyon Invitational will include one of the strongest fields in the country for Fall competition.
ONU will hit the courts against nationally-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), Kenyon, Case Western Reserve, Denison and Oberlin in addition to host of regionally ranked foes.
The Polar Bears finished the 2016-17 season 22-5 overall and 7-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
