Ada junior wrestler Chase Sumner had to win his way through four matches Saturday, and did so to clinch a return ticket to the state meet with a third-place finish in the 138 lb. bracket at the Div. III district event this weekend in Troy.
Sumner, now 38-3 this season after going 5-1 at districts, won his first round match at Hobart Arena Friday. But he lost in the quarterfinals of the double-elimination event later that day to make his road to Columbus more difficult.
APSophomore Maddie Storr (Clarence, N.Y.) recorded her sixth consecutive hat trick, but the Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team dropped a 15-5 decision to Wooster on a chilly Friday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 1-1, while the Scots improve to 2-0.
Storr had three goals and added an assist for a team-high four points
No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern will host the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament Sectionals this weekend.
The NCAA intitally announced Geneseo State as the tournament host on Sunday, but made a correction 45 minutes later with Ohio Northern as the host.
The Polar Bears will host No. 20-ranked Geneseo State on Friday, March 10, in a Sectional Semifinal game as part of a double header at the ONU Sports Center.
No. 18 Hope (Mich.) and No. 10 Christopher Newport (Va.) will also play on Friday night in Geneseo.
No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern defeated Lakeland (Wis.) 68-36 in the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's basketball Tournament on Friday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 28-0, while the Muskies end their season at 20-8.
Ohio Northern will advance to the Second Round on Saturday at 7:30 pm and will face No. 15 Trine (ind.), who edged Illinois Wesleyan 63-56 in the first game of on Friday.
Junior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) led the Polar Bears as she posted a game-high 18 points and pulled down seven rebounds.
The Ohio Northern softball team will look to continue its recent success in 2017 under first-year head coach Jackie Mangola.
The Polar Bears are coming off of their ninth top-3 finish in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings in the last 10 seasons.
Northern posted a 24-19 record a season ago and finished second in the OAC standings with an 11-7 record.
"Our team has a great mix of returners and freshmen," said head coach Jackie Mangola. "The girls have really bought in to what we want to accomplish and I think we have a really good shot at playing at a very high level this season."
This Weekend's Preview: The No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the Polar Bear Last Chance Invitational, hosted by Ohio Northern University ... As the last regular season meet of the indoor season before the NCAA III Indoor Track & Field Championships, athletes will look to qualify for the national meet in Naperville, Ill. ... The Polar Bears are entering the meet after posting a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships last weekend ...
