By Monty Siekerman
They come from the Finger Lakes of New York, a shipbuilding center in Virginia, and a town in Michigan known for a tulip festival, all headed to Ada, a quaint village known for its university and home of Wilson-made NFL footballs.
So, who are the teams playing in women's basketball here this weekend?
ONU is the highest ranked and has the best season record (in fact, it couldn't be better).
Two of the four schools are public and have a considerably higher enrollment than does ONU.
Two are from the Midwest, and two from the East.
One school is older than ONU (but just by 5 years).
ADA — Senior Kelsey Commager (Maumee) and sophomore Maddy Reed(Lucasville/Piketon) led the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team Saturday afternoon as they competed in the Polar Bear Last Chance Invitational at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
No team scores were recorded at the meet.
Commager swept the long jump and triple jump, winning the long jump with a leap of 18' 1.50" and winning the triple jump with a leap of 37' 8.75".
Reed won the pole vault with a leap of 12' 6".
The Polar Bears will wrap up the indoor season next weekend as they compete at the NCAA III Indoor National Championships in Naperville, Ill. on Mar. 10-11
ADA — Freshmen Riley Lamison and Jared Butcher both posted first place finishes to lead the Polar Bears as they competed in the Polar Bear Last Chance Invitational held at ONU on Saturday afternoon.
No team scores were recorded at the meet.
Freshman Jared Butcher(Mechanicsburg) took first place in the 400-meter dash in :52.75.
Freshman Riley Lamison (Beaver, Pa./Beaver Area) took first place in the 1-mile run in 4:36.17.
The Polar Bears will wrap up the indoor season next weekend as they compete at the NCAA III Indoor National Championships in Naperville, Ill. on Mar. 10-11.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. — Freshman Patrick Moran (Austin, Tex./Bowie) recorded his first career hat trick to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team in a 13-8 loss at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) on Sunday afternoon at Everett Stadium.
Moran scored the first four goals of his collegiate career to account for half of the goals for the Polar Bears (1-2 overall).
AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- The Ohio Northern baseball team won game one, before being edged in the final inning and falling to Bridgewater (Va.) in game two on Sunday afternoon at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Fla.
The Polar Bears improve to 3-1 overall, while the Eagles move to 5-4 on the year.
The Polar Bears return to action Tuesday as they take on Pitt.-Greensburg at 12 pm at Lake Myrtle Park
