WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Ohio Northern wrestling team picked up another dual meet victory Tuesday evening in the Rike Center, defeating host Otterein 30-9.
This victory improves the Polar Bears to 10-2 overall and 3-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. This keeps the team tied at the top of the OAC along with #9 Baldwin Wallace and Heidelberg.
Ohio Northern also clinches its third consecutive winning season and its 10th straight non-losing campaign.
Otterbein falls to 12-5, 1-3.
Ohio Northern was led by freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area), who picked up a fall at heavyweight for Ohio Northern.
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team has moved up two spots to No. 6 in the ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.
Northern stayed perfect on the season after an overtime victory at Wilmington and a defeating Capital at the ONU Sports Center last week.
Northern (19-0) 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.
The undefeated ONU women's basketball team has a major contest on Wednesday evening that may go a long way in determining the conference championship and the team's national ranking.
Tip off time is 7:30 p.m. In the ONU Sports Center for the ONU-Baldwin Wallace game. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors.
BW is 16-3 overall and in second place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 9-3 record.
ONU is tops in the conference and continues to climb in the Division III polls nationally, now ranking 6.
In their first contest this season, ONU bested BW 60-55 in Berea.
ADA — Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) has been named the Women's Indoor Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-28.
The junior led the Polar Bears (16-6 overall) at Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
Richards broke a school record for the second consecutive week as she broke her own school record in the 800-meter run and won the race in 2:09.46.
Her time in the event currently ranks first nationally and was the 10th fastest time in Division III history in the event.
ADA — Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) garnered his first Men's Indoor Ohio Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week honor of the season for the week of Jan. 23-28.
Shumate led the men's track & field team Saturday afternoon as they competed at the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Invitational.
The senior broke his own previous school record from 2015 in the weight throw with a toss of 59' 5.00".
His throw currently ranks fourth best in the nation.
The Polar Bears return to the track Saturday, as they host the annual Joe Banks Invitational with field events set to begin at 11 am.
