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MARIETTA — The Ohio Northern baseball team wrapped up its 2017 season with close 2-1 and 4-2 losses at Marietta on Saturday afternoon at Don Schaly Stadium.

The Polar Bears end their campaign 21-19 overall and 7-11 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers improve to 21-15, 14-4.

Northern has now posted four consecutive winning seasons.

MASON — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team fell to John Carroll 5-1 in the finals of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

The second-seeded Polar Bears end their season with a 22-5 record.

The top-seeded Blue Streaks (16-9) earn the league's automatic bid into the NCAA III Tournament/end their season at 115-10.

ONU junior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) and sophomore Hailee Loughman(Brookville) have been named All-Ohio Athletic Conference for the 2017 softball season.

Lightel earns her third All-OAC accolade in as many years, and has been named First Team All-OAC for the second time in her career.

The junior led the OAC in three major pitching categories as she posted a 1.01 ERA, 14 victories in the pitchers circle and led the conference with 128 K's.

Lightel is Northern's all-time career strikeout leader, career ERA leader and ranks second all-time at ONU with 46 career victories as a pitcher.

Blame it on the weather

Due to the weather, the 2017 Ada High School track and field invitational has been cancelled, according to AHS athletic director, Ken Johims.

This would have been the 56th annual invitational. It was set for Saturday.

Sophomores Luke Klinehoffer (Zanesville/John Glenn) and Austin Frey (Peoria, Az./Sunrise Mountain) led the Ohio Northern baseball team to its fourth consecutive winning season with a 15-3 victory over Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday evening at the OSU Lima Baseball Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 21-17 overall, while the Bishops fall to 14-23.

The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team is ranked the highest it has ever been ranked in the fifth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings, released Tuesday, May 2.

The Polar Bears (78-4 overall) received 82.57 points in the rankings and are ranked No. 8 in the rankings.

Washington (Mo.) held the top spot with 204.74 points, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) came in second with 124.57 points and Williams (Mass.) rounded out the top-3 with 118.44 points.

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