ADA - The Ada volleyball team swept visiting local arch-rival Upper Scioto Valley Tuesday night in a non-league match.
The victory improved the Lady Bulldog record to 3-1, while USV fell to 0-3.
The Lady Rams were scrappy and threatened in the final two sets but Ada overcame USV 25-7, 25-23, 25-20.
"We served hard and with good placement," said Ada head coach Melissa Gossard. "We came out on fire in the first set."
Junior Melina Woods led Ada with a dozen kills, 16 digs and added two aces. Classmate Maddie Gossard passed out 15 assists, served five aces and hit four kills.
By Cort Reynolds - Ada High School sports round up
Girls' tennis team whitewashes Lima Senior
LIMA - Visiting Ada whitewashed Lima Senior 5-0 in girls tennis action Monday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 2-1 as they recorded their second straight road win. Ada won all five matches in straight sets.
Meredith Marshall improved to 4-2 at singles with a near double bagel win. Shelby Higgins also dropped just one game to win at third singles. Libbie Milks lost just two games in her convincing victory at second singles.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team was picked to finish first in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 2016 in the OAC preseason coaches poll.
Northern finished 12-7-2 overall and 7-2-0 a year ago under 13th-year head coach Mark Batman.
The Polar Bears finished with 51 points and six first place votes, while Capital finished second with 46 points and three first place votes, and Otterbein finished third with 42 points.
Only the top six vote-getters were mentioned in the poll.
Northern will open its 2016 campaign Sept. 1 at 5pm as it travels to Kenyon, before returning home Sept. 3 for a three-game home stint at Kerscher Stadium.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team has been selected to win the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title in the 2016 OAC coaches poll.
The Polar Bears finished the 2015 season 17-5-1 overall and 8-1-0 in the OAC under 19th-year head coach Brent Ridenour.
ONU won the OAC regular season title and defeated John Carroll in double overtime of the OAC Tournament championship game to claim the OAC Tournament championship in 2015.
Northern topped the poll with 51 points and six first place votes, while John Carroll finished second with 47 points and four first place votes, and Capital rounded out the top three with 40 points.
WAYNESFIELD - The Ada volleyball team tipped off its 2016 campaign with a
convincing sweep of non-league local rivals Waynesfield-Goshen and
Cory-Rawson in a tri-match Saturday.
The matches were originally scheduled to be played at Ada, but had to be
moved to W-G since re-surfacing of the Bulldog varsity gym floor is still
being completed.
The Lady Bulldogs (2-0) stomped the host Tigers first 25-6, 25-16. Junior
hitter Melina Woods collected six kills, eight digs and served three aces.
