The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team is set to open its 2017 campaign at Kenyon on Feb. 21 under second year head coach Nat St. Laurent.
The men's lacrosse program posted an 8-7 record in its inaugural season in 2016.
After opening the season at Kenyon on Feb. 21, the Polar Bears will open the home portion of the 2017 schedule as they host Calvin (Mich.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium on Feb. 25.
The schedule will also feature non-conference home matchups with Hanover (Ind.) on Mar. 11, and Adrian (Mich.) on Mar. 15.
The Ohio Northern volleyball team split a pair of thrilling 5-set matches on the final day of the Franklin & Marshall Scramble on Saturday.
The Polar Bears (9-3 overall) began the morning with a 16-25, 26-28, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13 loss to No. 14-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) and finished the day in solid fashion with a 25-17, 23-25, 25-13, 23-25, 16-14 win over Stevenson (N.J.)
CMU improves to 10-2 and Stevenson falls to 9-6.
Freshman McKenna Jordan led Ohio Northern with a pair of double-doubles, registering career-highs of 17 kills and 24 digs against CMU and 10 kills and 11 digs against SU.
SPENCERVILLE - The visiting Ada girls soccer squad shut out Spencerville 2-0 Saturday morning in a Northwest Conference contest.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 3-4-1 overall and 2-0 in the NWC with their second straight shutout win.
Ada tallied a goal in each half and out-shot the hosts 16-6 to post the win. Keeper Rielyn Castle made six saves in goal and posted her third shutout of the season.
Makayla Callahan scored a goal and assisted on the other Bulldog score. Kaitlyn Long netted a goal while Latifah Bagais added an assist.
By Dusty Donley
A last second pass into the end zone from Ada quarterback Seth Conley was intercepted, sealing a 22-19 Spencerville victory over the visiting Bulldogs.
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Conley threw for 370 yards in this tightly contested Northwest Conference battle, but a late Bearcat touchdown gave Spencerville a lead they would not relinquish. The loss drops Ada to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the NWC.
Solid defense kept both teams out of the end zone in the first quarter.
Ohio Northern football opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 45-14 loss at Heidelberg on Saturday night at Hornemann Stadium.
The contest was the sixth in the Bendekovic Bowl series and was the first night game in stadium history.
The Polar Bears fall to 0-2 overall and are 0-1 in the OAC, while the Student Princes improve to 1-1, 1-0.
Freshman Christiaan Williams led the Ohio Northern offense with 123 yards rushing, 63 yards receiving and 186 all-purpose yards.
Sophomore Will Freed completed 17-of-37 passes for 170 yards.
