The Ohio Northern women's soccer team has been picked to finish first in the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season standings, voted on by the leagues 10 coaches.
Only the top six vote-getters were mentioned in the poll.
Northern finished first in the poll with 54 points and nine first place votes, while Capital finished second in the poll with 37 points and Otterbein rounded out the top-3 with 33 points.
Northern claimed the OAC Regular Season title in 2016 before falling in the OAC Tournament Championship game.
The Polar Bears finished 15-4-0 overall in 2016 and 8-1-0 in the OAC standings.
KENTON - The Ada boys golf team defeated county foe Ridgemont at the Kenton Golf Course Wednesday to earn their first victory of the young season.
The Bulldogs beat the Gophers 247-259 in a tight dual match.
"It's very nice to get a win early in the season," said Ada head coach Jason Campbell. "It will help make practice better and more fun; you have to enjoy the wins when you get them."
Ada was led by junior Jake Colwell, who shot a career-best 57 over nine holes to take third individually in the dual match.
The Ohio Northern University women's golf team will open its 2017 fall schedule by hosting the ONU Classic Sept. 2-3 at Colonial Golfers Club under fifth-year head coach Chad Bucci.
The Polar Bears will also play in tournaments at Ohio Wesleyan, Heidelberg and Wittenberg in the fall season for a total of eight rounds of competition.
The spring schedule is expected to be released in February. Check back to ONUSports.com for more details as they become available.
COLUMBUS GROVE - Crestview won a three-team golf match of Northwest Conference foes to tee off the 2017 season Monday.
The Knights finished first wth 188 strokes, followed by Columbus Grove (206) and Ada (262).
Ada was led by freshman Brevin Sizemore, who shot a nine-hole score of 62. Juniors Austin Amburgey and Rob Allison each carded a total of 66. Junior Jake Colwell contributed a score of 68.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program recently returned from a preseason trip to Europe in preparation for the upcoming 2017 season.
The 11-day trip featured sightseeing in four different countries, providing both an educational and competitive experience for the team.
After arriving in Europe on the second day of the trip, Northern visited Mozart's birthplace before touring Saltzburg, Austria and competing in its first contest of the trip.
ONU would wrap up the day with a contest against FC Bergheim, a top-division Austrian Club Team, where the Polar Bears dropped a hard-fought decision 2-0.
Lynn Kelly (Mason) has been named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete for the 2016-17 season.
Kelly, a nursing major, earned the honor for the second team in her career.
The junior is a 2-time Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree as well as a 2-time All-OAC honoree, earning both accolades most recently during the 2016-17 season.
Kelly posted a 5-2 record in singles play and was 8-3 for Northern in doubles play, playing primarily at No. 1 singles and doubles.
Northern posted seventh consecutive winning season as it went 22-5 in 2016-17 under 16th-year head coach Scott Wills.
