The nationally ranked #5 Ohio Northern women's basketball team claimed the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament with a 70-55 victory over Wilmington on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears will await the NCAA Selection Show to find out there fate in the NCAA III Tournament.
The Polar Bears remain perfect on the season and improve to 27-0 with the victory.
With the victory, the 2016-17 Polar Bears now own the longest winning streak in school history at 27 games.
Four Ohio Northern wrestlers are still alive after the first day of the two-day NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Wrestling Championships on Friday afternoon at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
Junior Dylan Dolph (Canton/South), sophomore Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and freshmen Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) and Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) are all in the consolation quarterfinals.
Each man will need three victories without a loss on Saturday to finish third and receive a bid to the NCAA III Championships March 10-11 at LaCrosse, Wis
CANTON - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama finished 17th out of 24 swimmers in the 100 freestyle preliminary heats at the Div. II state meet held Friday evening in the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
Katayama finished the 100 free in 53.63 to post the 17th-best time in the three preliminary heats. Her 50-yard splits were 25.39 and 28.24.
She just missed making it to the B Finals 100 freestyle race Friday. Only the top 16 finishers by time in an event make it to the finals.
The top eight advance to the A Finals, while nine through 16 compete in the B Finals.
ONU will play for the OAC crown against No. 3-seeded Wilmington at home in Ada at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA III tourney.
The No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team used a defensive effort to defeat Marietta 61-60 in Thursday evening's Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal round to advance to the OAC Tournament championship on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears move to 26-0 overall with the victory.
With Northern up by one point and Marietta in possession of the final shot, junior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) recorded back-to-back blocks to seal the Polar Bear victory.
The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the OAC championships at Baldwin Wallace University on Friday and Saturday. The meet will feature all 10 teams in the conference.
The Polar Bears have finished in the top-3 at the championships for the last three seasons.
Northern is coming off of a strong weekend as it competed at both the Ohio State Buckeye Tune Up and the Mount Union Tune Up
