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Jon Robey on Olivet Nazarene NAIA national swim championship team

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 7, 2016

Jon Robey, Ada High School grad, is a member of the Olivet Nazarene University men's swim team that won the NAIA national swim meet held this past weekend.

Robey, a sophomore, completed in the 200-yard free relay and the 100-yard fly. The Olivet men's team won the national title for the first time ever. The Olivet women's team was runner-up in the women's division.

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ONU women stop Denison in DIII tourney opener

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, March 5, 2016

No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern rallied for a 62-53 victory over Denison in the First Round of the NCAA III Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday at DeVos Fieldhouse.

The Polar Bears (23-4 overall) advance to the Second Round on Saturday at 7 pm against the winner of Friday night's second contest between host and No. 5-ranked Hope (Mich.) or No. 25-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.).

The Big Red, who were nationally ranked throughout most of the season and received the 26th-most points in the latest D3hoops.com poll, see their season end with a 23-5 record.

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It's win number one for the women's lacrosse program

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 4, 2016

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team posted the program's first-ever victory on Thursday evening with a 6-4 decision at Oglethorpe (Ga.) at Oglethorpe Field.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-1, while the Stormy Petrels fall to 2-5.

Six different players scored for Ohio Northern, who built a 6-2 lead and hung on during an OU rally in the final five minutes.

Sophomore Aliya Hutman-Zahler tied the game at 1-1 with a goal 5:17 into the match and junior Kayla Reuss put ONU up 2-1 with a goal 10:09 into the game.

Freshman Alexandra Miller gave ONU a 3-2 lead at the half with a goal 2:35 prior to intermission.

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Ada Pony League registration underway

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 3, 2016

Ada Pony League registration takes placed twice this week. Pony League is a summer baseball league for 7th and 8th graders.

Registration is:
• Thursday, March 3 - Ada Park, 7-9 p.m.
• Sunday, March 6, Ada Park, 2-4 p.m.

Or persons may mail an application (attachment at the bottom of this story), to
Ada Diamonds Association
PO Box 320 
Ada, OH 45810

Postmark by Friday, March 11.

Adults interested in sponsoring a team, coaching or helping with Pony League may send your interest to [email protected].

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Bluffton HS grad playing on ONU women's lacrosse squad

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 1, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Kylee Barnett stands ready to play lacrosse Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium, but she did not score, nor did any member of either team because the officials did not show up.

The game against Olivet was postponed to another day. This was to be the inaugural game for women's intercollegiate lacrosse at ONU. The next home game is scheduled for 1 p.m., March 6, against Keuka, N.Y.

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ONU women face Denison in first round of DIII action

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 29, 2016

By Tim Glon

No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern will travel to Holland, Mich., and will face No. 23-ranked Denison in the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday.

The Polar Bears (22-4 overall) are making their third NCAA Tournament appearance in the past four seasons and won the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title with a 17-1 record.

The Big Red are 23-4 on the season and won the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title with a 15-1 mark.

Both Ohio Northern and Denison received at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.

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