ONU Senior Logan Pfeifer(Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) earned All-Conference honors in the 50 free to lead the Ohio Northern men on the first day of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
Pfeifer was second in the event in :21.08.
The top three finishers in each individual event and the top two relay teams earn All-Conference honors.
The Polar Bears are gunning for their 13th consecutive OAC Championships crown under 13th-year head coach Peggy Ewald and are in second place out of seven teams through five of the 20 events.
The Ohio Northern men's swimming & diving team will be gunning for its 13th consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Championships title Thursday-Saturday at the University of Akron's natatorium
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The Polar Bears, under the guidance of 13th-year head coach Peggy Ewald, have won the last 12 OAC Championships crowns.
Last year's squad won the title by an 186-point margin, defeating second place Mount Union 843-657.
The 2016-17 squad finished third in the OAC regular season standings with a 2-2 record, but were not at full strength in either of the dual meet losses.
The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team has been selected to finish sixth in the Ohio Athletic Conference Preseason Poll, voted on by the conference's nine coaches.
Northern will open its season at Dial-Roberson Stadium as it plays host to Franciscan on Feb. 25 at 2 pm under second-year head coach Beth Hemminger.
No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern survived a late rally from Otterbein to remain undefeated on the season with a 61-59 women's basketball victory on Wednesday night at the Rike Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 24-0 overall and are 17-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Cardinals fall to 10-14, 6-11.
Northern took a 59-51 lead with 2:10 to play in the game after a basket by junior Courtney Cramer (Arcadia).
But the Cardinals would score the game's next six points to pull within 59-57 with 27 second to go.
Senior Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee) made one of two free throws with 12 seconds left to put ONU up 60-57.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team celebrated Senior Night with a 98-55 victory over Otterbein on Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 16-8 overall and are 14-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals fall to 7-17, 3-14.
Northern's win sets up a battle for the OAC Regular Season title on Saturday when the Polar Bears will travel to league-leading and No. 9-ranked Marietta.
Senior Aron Thress (Lancaster/Amanda Clearcreek) had a game-high 22 points, senior Konnor Baker (Ada) scored 20 points.
Ohio Northern celebrated its four seniors in a pregame ceremony and got off to a sluggish start in the game.
