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ONU volleyball team hangs tough with number 1 ranked Calvin

The Ohio Northern volleyball team played well in a tight 26-24, 25-23, 25-16 loss to No. 1-ranked Calvin (Mich.) on day two of the Wittenberg Classic Saturday afternoon at the HPER Center.

The Polar Bears fall to 7-4 and are 0-2 in the tournament, while the Knights improve to 10-2 overall and are 1-2 in the tournament.

Freshman Hannah Davis led Ohio Northern with 10 kills on just 23 attempts and a .304 hitting percentage.

Junior Ellie Gillespie had eight kills and a team-high 18 digs, junior Kaitlann Hogrefe had seven kills and sophomore Ashley Borchers dished out 32 assists for ONU.

Calvin was led by Maggie Kamp with 17 kills and Emily Crowe with 11 kills.

Ouch! Women's soccer team lose in double-overtime

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern women's soccer team dropped an exciting, 1-0 double overtime decision at Transylvania (Ky.) at Pat Deacon Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears fall to 3-2-0 on the year while the Pioneers improve their record to 3-3-0 on the season.

In the 102nd minute, Transylvania forward Alyssa Kruse scored the only goal of the game.

Northern out shot the Pioneers 12-7 but couldn't manage to capitalize on their opportunities.

Junior Emily Brodict (3-2) made three saves on the day for ONU.

Morgan Potts (2-3) made six saves at goalkeeper for Transylvania.

ONU women 10th at 24-team cross country meet

By Tim Glon

Senior Samantha Hoffman led the Ohio Northern women's cross country team to a 10th place finish at the 24-team Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (22-13 overall) finished with 281 points.

No. 7-ranked Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 27 points, No. 9 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.), No. 22 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 124 points, No. 34 Case Western Reserve was fourth with 135 points and No. 11 (NAIA) Cornerstone (Ind.) was fifth with 170 points.

Hoffman finished 23rd out of 292 runners in 19:11 over the 5,000-meter course.

ONU men's cross county posts impressive 4th place finish

The Ohio Northern men's cross country team posted an impressive fourth place finish at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (26-3 overall) were fourth out of 20 teams with 118 points.

No. 23 Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 55 points. No. 5 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.) was second with 80 points and No. 4 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 110 points.

Northern defeated No. 22 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, who finished sixth with 224 points.

Senior Nathan Rosenbaum finished ninth out of 291 runners in 25:51 over the 8,000-meter course.

Here's how the Polar Bears did last week; and who they play this week

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   Football - Won 31-24 at Washington (Mo.).
   Volleyball - at Illinois Wesleyan Classic; Lost 1-3 v #21 Coe (Iowa); Lost 1-3 at Illinois Wesleyan; Won 3-0 v Benedictine (Ill.); Won 3-0 v Blackburn (Ill.)
   #14 Men's Soccer - at Berrg (Ga.) Invitational, Sat.-Sun.; Lost 0-3 v #24 Emory (Ga.); Won 5-0 at Berry (Ga.)
   Women's Soccer - Lost 1-2 at Xavier
   Men's Cross Country - 1st of 7 at Taylor (Ind.) Invitational
   Women's Cross Country - 4th of 9 at Taylor (Ind.) Invitational
   Men's Golf - 6th of 6 at Tiffin Invitational
   Women's Golf - 9th of 16 at Denison Invitational

Football: Bearcats blank Bulldogs in NWC contest

By Dusty Donley

A dominating 29 second half points on a weather delayed Saturday night sealed the victory for Spencerville, as the Bearcats defeated the visiting Ada Bulldogs 42-0.

The loss drops the defending NWC champion Bulldogs to 0-1 in the conference and 1-1 overall.
    
Lightning postponed the game just after halftime on Friday night with Spencerville leading the Bulldogs 13-0. The game resumed Saturday at 6 p.m. and the Bearcats continued their offensive onslaught, scoring 14 points in the third and 15 points in the fourth en route to their second shut-out in consecutive weeks.

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