The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team wrapped up its regular season with a tri-meet at Case Western Reserve with Hillsdale (Mich.) on Saturday afternoon at Veale Natatorium. The Polar Bears (4-6 overall) fell to Case 243-54 and were topped by Division II Hillsdale 201-83.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team has moved up three spots to No. 8 in the eighth D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.
The Polar Bears continued their winning ways last week with victories over Heidelberg and Mount Union to remain unbeaten.
Northern (17-0) is one of eight unbeaten teams in the poll.
Tufts (Mass.) held on to the No. 1 spot with 613 points and 15 first place votes, while Amherst (Mass.) remained at No. 2 with 601 points and six first place votes and St. Thomas (Minn.) moved into third place with 565 points and one first place vote.
Northern also moved up two spots in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll to No.7.
ADA — Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) shattered the 1,000-meter run record by seven seconds as she led the Ohio Northern women's track & field team to a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference North Split Meet at the ONU Sports Center.
Richards won the event in 2:52.42, which broke the previous ONU school record and ONU Sports Center facility record.
Senior Allie Gast (Grandville, Mich.) was victorious in the 60-meter hurdles, winning in :9.26 seconds.
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's track and field team opened the 2017 indoor season with a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference North Split Meet Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
Sophomore Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) posted two first place finishes and led the Polar Bears as he finished first in the 1-mile run in 4:23.34 and took first place in the 1,000-meter run in 2:36.67.
Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) posted a first place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 55' 9.25".
In the 500-meter run, junior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) took first place in 1:06.34.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team ran its winning streak to five games and stayed in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with an 86-75 victory over Mount Union at the ONU Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (10-7, 8-2) had five players score in double figures, led by senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) with a game-high 23 points.
Junior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) scored 14 points, sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds and senior Konnor Baker (Ada) and junior Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson) chipped in 11 points each for ONU.
