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Ohio Northern junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) had his eighth double-double of the season with game-highs of 29 points and 11 rebounds, but the Ohio Northern men's basketball team fell 84-80 to Heidelberg on Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears (11-5 overall) finish the first half of their double round-robin Ohio Athletic Conference schedule in fourth place with a 6-3 record.

The Student Princes improve to 7-9, 3-6.

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The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will look to continue to be a force in the Ohio Athletic Conference and challenge for an OAC title in 2018 under the guidance of ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.

Northern enters the 2018 campaign ranked No. 22 nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Div. III Preseason Power Rankings.

ONU was named the runner-up at both the indoor and outdoor OAC Championships and will look to continue to challenge for an OAC title.

Maus and his staff welcome back 19 letter winners in 2018.

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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — The Ohio Northern wrestling team posted a solid 26-15 victory at John Carroll on Tuesday evening at the DeCarlo Center.

The Polar Bears (7-9 overall, 1-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) won seven of the 10 weight classes to notch their first OAC victory of the season.

The Blue Streaks fall to 5-5, 0-3.

Freshman Avory Winans (Wooster) got the match started on a good note for Ohio Northern with an 8-4 decision at 125 pounds.

Senior Brad Taton (Mentor/Lake Catholic) made it 6-0 Polar Bears with a 9-3 decision at 133.

ONU junior Ryan Bruns

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Ohio Northern junior center Ryan Bruns (Marion Local) was named the Division III National Player of the Week by the United States Basketball Writers Association on Tuesday.

He was also named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Tuesday.

Bruns had career-highs of 41 points and 17 rebounds in the Polar Bears' 108-87 victory over Muskingum and scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds in a victory at then-No. 25 ranked Baldwin Wallace.

For the week, Bruns averaged 32 points and 11.5 rebounds and added five blocked shots.

He was also named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.

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The Ohio Northern women's basketball team held steady at No. 10 among 435 schools in Division 3.

After falling in their season-opener, the Polar Bears (14-1 overall, 8-0 OAC) have won 14 straight games.

Amherst (Mass.) held the top spot, Wartbug (Iowa), second, and Hope (Mich.) is third.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they travel to Tiffin to take on Heidelberg.

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Ohio Northern senior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week.

The senior led the Polar Bears in an OAC matchup with Mount Union on Sunday afternoon, posting victories in four events to help ONU claim a 160-120 victory on Sunday afternoon.

In a span of about 10 minutes, Veon won the 100 breast in 1:08.63 and the 50 free in :25.66. Later in the meet she won the 100 free in :56.56.

Veon would also help the Polar Bear 200-meter medley relay team capture first place.

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