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Mike Bonnell named ONU men’s tennis coach

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Mike Bonnell has been named the head men's tennis coach at Ohio Northern University. He will also serve as the facilities director for the athletics department and is the first full-time men's tennis coach in ONU history. Bonnell is an alumnus of Ohio Northern and played for the Polar Bears from 1990-1992. 

"I want to thank ONU Athletic Director Tom Simmons, and the entire search committee, for trusting me with this responsibility," Bonnell said. "Opportunities to coach at one's alma mater don't come along every day. I'm excited to be back in the state of Ohio, coaching at the school that has meant so much to me."

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Bulldog sports update

10 VB kills for Alyssa Vore; Mara Guyton, Jil Wolber, Dani Waugh post PRs in CC
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

By Cort Reynolds

CONVOY - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Crestview Thursday night in a Northwest Conference contest.

The Lady Bulldogs beat Crestview 25-18, 25-17, 25-8 to complete a 3-0 week that saw them lift their overall record to 6-5 and 2-0 in league play. The Knights fell to 3-4 and 0-2 in the NWC with the defeat.

Junior Melina Woods led the victors with 23 kills, 19 digs, two aces and five blocks. Classmate Maddie Gossard dished up 23 assists, made one kill and seven digs while serving six aces.

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ONU men's soccer team now 9th in the nation

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to No. 7 in the third weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears (7-0-1 overall) received 699 points in the poll, 61 more points that last week when they were ranked No. 9.

ONU was No. 16 in the first weekly poll.

Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.

Rowan (N.J.) took over the top spot in the rankings with 966 points and nine first place votes, Kenyon is second with 960 points and nine first place votes and Amherst (Mass.) in third with 883 points and the remaining three first place votes.

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ONU men’s lacrosse team set for February opener

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team is set to open its 2017 campaign at Kenyon on Feb. 21 under second year head coach Nat St. Laurent.

The men's lacrosse program posted an 8-7 record in its inaugural season in 2016.

After opening the season at Kenyon on Feb. 21, the Polar Bears will open the home portion of the 2017 schedule as they host Calvin (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium on Feb. 25.

The schedule will also feature non-conference home matchups with Hanover (Ind.) on Mar. 11, and Adrian (Mich.) on Mar. 15. 

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ONU volleyball team splits pair of 5-set matches

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern volleyball team split a pair of thrilling 5-set matches on the final day of the Franklin & Marshall Scramble on Saturday.

The Polar Bears (9-3 overall) began the morning with a 16-25, 26-28, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13 loss to No. 14-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) and finished the day in solid fashion with a 25-17, 23-25, 25-13, 23-25, 16-14 win over Stevenson (N.J.)

CMU improves to 10-2 and Stevenson falls to 9-6.

Freshman McKenna Jordan led Ohio Northern with a pair of double-doubles, registering career-highs of 17 kills and 24 digs against CMU and 10 kills and 11 digs against SU.

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Men’s soccer: ONU improves to 7-0-1 after Saturday win

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Tuesday, September 20, 2016

By Caleb Scott

Senior Tommy Troy led the No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern men's soccer team as it defeated Case Western Reserve 1-0 Saturday evening at Kerscher Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 7-0-1 overall, while the Spartans fall to 2-2-1.

Junior goalkeeper Dean McNeil earned the victory for Northern and improved to 7-0-1 on the year. 

McNeil posted his 20th career shutout and currently ranks third all-time at Ohio Northern with 20 career shutouts.

Troy scored the lone goal to lead the Polar Bears offensively. 

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