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Ohio Northern senior Blaine Ricketts(Belle Center/Ben Logan) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golfer of the Week.

Ricketts finished second out of 73 golfers with a 5-over par 145 to lead the Polar Bears to a come from behind victory at the 11-team Defiance Spring Invitational last weekend.

The 2016-17 Ohio Northern women's basketball team etched its name into the record books. After a remarkable 30-1 season, it will be remembered as the greatest team in Ohio Northern women's basketball history.

Under 16-year head coach Michele Durand, the Polar Bears completed a perfect 25-0 regular season for the first time in school history.

They won the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Title for the third consecutive year, finishing with a record of 18-0.

Otterbein beats ONU in men's lacrosse

WESTERVILLE -- Sophomore Anthony Pavone picked up his sixth career hat trick to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team in a 13-7 loss at Otterbein on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears (9-6 overall, 4-3 Ohio Athletic Conference) also got goals from sophomores Peter Hardt (Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge), Connor Preston (Carmel, Ind.) and Max Weese (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) and freshman Cameron Marous(Brecksville).

The Cardinals (8-8, 5-2) got four goals from Connor Dziewit.

Otterbein wins women's lacrosse 13-3

Men track and field move up in ranking

The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team climbed five spots to No. 29 in the fourth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings.

The Polar Bears (57-15 overall) are coming off of a second place finish at the Polar Bear Invitational.

Rowan (N.J.) took the top spot, while Wis-LaCrosse came in second with 139.33 points and Wis.-Whitewater rounded out the top-3.

Women track and field now 14th

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team battled back from an early deficit on Tuesday afternoon, but was unable to clinch the victory and fell 5-4 to Concordia (Mich.).

The Polar Bears are now 11-9 overall.

The Ohio Northern baseball team swept Kalamazoo (Mich.) 3-1, 4-3 at home on Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference twinbill.

The Polar Bears improve to 18-17 overall, while the Hornets fall to 22-10.

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