ADA - The Ada volleyball team defeated visiting Perry in three straight sets Monday evening.
The 25-10, 25-13, 25-22 win ended a four-match losing skid and upped the Ada record to 4-5.
Junior Melina Woods led Ada with 17 kills, three digs, three blocks and two aces. Senior Haley Wyss contributed seven kills and five aces with three digs.
"Melina did a great job," said Ada head coach Melissa Gossard. "Our serving was really good."
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up seven spots to No. 9 nationally in the second weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (6-0-0 overall) received 638 points in the poll, 204 more points that last week, when they were ranked No. 16.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Amherst remained in the top spot in the rankings with 987 points and 14 first place votes, followed by Kenyon in second with 937 points and one first place vote and Rowan (N.J.) in third with 918 points and the remaining four first place votes.
Senior Ashley Borchers had a double-double with 10 kills and 30 assists and hit .444 to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team to a 30-28, 25-14, 25-17 victory over Denison on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 7-1 on the season, while the Big Red falls to 2-7.
Northern started the match slowly and trailed 28-27 in Set 1 before scoring the final three points to win the opener 30-28.
In the second set, Northern used an early 5-0 run to take a commanding 13-6 lead.
ONU went to the bench in the third set and scored four straight points to go up 19-13.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 9-0 victory over Defiance and an 8-1 win over Concordia (Mich.) on Tuesday afternoon at Dix Tennis Courts in Defiance.
Against, Defiance, freshman Mackenzie Wills led the way for ONU as she posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles and teamed up with senior Brittany Toney to win 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Freshmen Katherine Curry, Kaleigh Cummins, Jordan Dodson, and Jacey Higbie also posted 6-0, 6-0 shutout victories at Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 sigles, respectively.
By Dusty Donley
The high-octane Ada offense returned to form last Saturday afternoon as the Bulldogs traveled to Lima Stadium and pummeled former league rival LCC, 35-13.
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Bulldog receiver Chase Sumner had a career day, snagging 14 receptions for 174 yards and 2 scores, helping to keep the Thunderbirds winless for the year. The Bulldog victory moves them to 2-1 on the season, ranking sixth in the division 7, region 28 computer polls.
SPENCERVILLE - Rain and lightning interrupted the Ada cross country team at the Spencerville Invitational Saturday morning.
The boys race, started in pouring rain, was cancelled about a third of the way into the 3.1-mile run by lightning. The boys had to sprint back to the finish line because lightning caused an early end to the race.
"They had fun running in the torrential rain; it made for an interesting meet," said first-year head coach Josh Klein.
