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Five Polar Bears named All-OAC in Baseball

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, May 13, 2013

 

By Andrew Korba

Five Ohio Northern baseball players earned All-OAC honors in voting done by the league's 10 head coaches.

Seniors Cory Martin and Austin Price and sophomore Jack LaMarca all earned Second Team All-OAC accolades, while sophomore Dan Belliveau and freshman Ben Glischinski were named All-OAC Honorable Mention.

These are the first All-OAC accolades for all five players.

Martin led the team with 32 RBI's on the season.

He hit .286 and recorded his 100th career hit on April 14.

Martin concludes his career with 103 hits, which is tied for 49th most in program history.

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Football squad travelling to Dublin, Ireland, for May 15 exhibition game

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Sunday, May 12, 2013

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern football team will travel to Ireland on May 13-21 and will play an exhibition game against a pair of NFL-Ireland club teams.

The Polar Bears will face a combined team made up of club teams from the University College Dublin and the Meath Bulldogs on May 15 in  Dublin, Ireland.

ONU expects the two club teams, that participate in NFL-Ireland league, will alternate and play as units in the game.

Led by ninth-year head coach Dean Paul, the Polar Bears will also travel to Galway and Killarney before returning home on May 21.

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From from ONU on All-Ohio Athletic Conference softball squad

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 6, 2013

Four Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in softball for 2013 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Juniors Colleen Baliga and Christin Miller were First Team All-OAC honorees, freshman Anne Dreher was a Second Team pick and senior Michelle Sweet was named Honorable Mention All-OAC.

Baliga moved to third base in 2013 and had a breakout year, finishing second on the team in batting with a .362 average.

She also had three home runs and 11 RBI while scoring 20 runs while committing only four errors in the field all year.

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Joey Frank becomes all-time overall and doubles wins leader in the OAC tournament quarterfinals

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

By Jeni Kmic

Senior Joey Frank became Ohio Northern's overall and doubles wins leader as the top seeded Ohio Northern men's tennis team defeated No. 8-seed Wilmington by a 5-0 score in the OAC Tournament Quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon at the University Courts.

The Polar Bears are now 16-4 on the season, while the Quakers end their season at 2-12.

Northern will now play either No. 4-seed Mount Union or No. 5-seed John Carroll on Friday afternoon at 1 pm at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, in the OAC Tournament Semifinals.

Frank now has an overall record of 148-58 and has a doubles record of 76-30.

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1978 Ada HS girls bball team; Stretch Roberson inducted into Hardin Sports Hall

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 29, 2013

Ada is well represented in this year's Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame induction. Arden "Stretch" Roberson will be inducted as will the 1978 Ada High School girls' basketball team, winner of a state basketball title.

The third annual Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be Saturday, May 18, at Upper Scioto Valley High School, dinner will served at 6 p.m.

This year's inductees are Thad Gardner, Arden "Stretch" Roberson, Beth Elwood, Tony Osbun, Pete Brunow, and Lea Ann (Mullins) Carroll.

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Men's tennis wins OAC regular season title with 9-0 sweep of Muskingum

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Sunday, April 28, 2013

By Jeni Kmic

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team clinched the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title outright with a 9-0 win against Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at University Courts.

The Polar Bears finish the regular season 15-4 overall and 9-0 in the OAC, while the Muskies fall to 0-11, 0-9.

This is the Polar Bears' third OAC regular season title in last four years and their fifth title in the last seven years.

Ohio Northern dominated Muskingum, winning all nine matches without losing a game.

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