No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern defeated Lakeland (Wis.) 68-36 in the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's basketball Tournament on Friday night at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 28-0, while the Muskies end their season at 20-8.
Ohio Northern will advance to the Second Round on Saturday at 7:30 pm and will face No. 15 Trine (ind.), who edged Illinois Wesleyan 63-56 in the first game of on Friday.
Junior Amy Bullimore (Morrow/Little Miami) led the Polar Bears as she posted a game-high 18 points and pulled down seven rebounds.
The Ohio Northern softball team will look to continue its recent success in 2017 under first-year head coach Jackie Mangola.
The Polar Bears are coming off of their ninth top-3 finish in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings in the last 10 seasons.
Northern posted a 24-19 record a season ago and finished second in the OAC standings with an 11-7 record.
"Our team has a great mix of returners and freshmen," said head coach Jackie Mangola. "The girls have really bought in to what we want to accomplish and I think we have a really good shot at playing at a very high level this season."
This Weekend's Preview: The No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the Polar Bear Last Chance Invitational, hosted by Ohio Northern University ... As the last regular season meet of the indoor season before the NCAA III Indoor Track & Field Championships, athletes will look to qualify for the national meet in Naperville, Ill. ... The Polar Bears are entering the meet after posting a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships last weekend ...
This Weekend's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team will compete in the Polar Bear Last Chance Invitational on Mar. 3-4 ... As the last regular season meet of the indoor season before the NCAA III Indoor Track & Field Championships, athletes will look to qualify for the national meet in Naperville, Ill. ... The Polar Bears are entering the meet after posting a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships last weekend ... Senior Kase Schalois was named the Male Distance Runner of the Year for his efforts at the meet ...
DELPHOS - Ada senior Owen Conley was named second team All-Northwest Conference in boys basketball by the league coaches in voting recently conducted at the annual selection meeting in Delphos.
Conley led the Bulldogs in scoring, rebounds and three-point field goals. The versatile 6-4 Conley topped Ada in scoring in 14 of their 23 games. He also set the Bulldog boys career record for made three-pointers (94).
In conference play, Conley averaged 12.8 points per game. His overall season-high of 31 points came in a 57-51 non-league win over Cory-Rawson.
Friday's Contest: No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern makes its fourth NCAA Div. III Tournament appearance in the last five years on Friday evening as it hosts the first and second rounds of the tournament and takes on Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference champion, Lakeland (Wis.) ...
