DELPHOS - The red-hot Ada volleyball team won convincingly again in three games at Delphos Jefferson in Northwest Conference play Thursday evening.
It was the fifth consecutive straight-set triumph for the Lady Bulldogs.
The 25-12, 25-14, 25-15 victory upped the Ada record to 8-5 overall and 4-0 in the NWC. DJ fell to 2-10 and 0-4 with the loss.
Junior Melina Woods led Ada with 25 kills, six assists, five digs, seven blocks and one ace. Senior Haley Wyss knocked down 11 kills and served three aces.
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team swept visiting league foe Spencerville in a Northwest Conference bout Tuesday night.
With their fourth consecutive straight-sets victory, the Lady Bulldogs improved to 7-5 and 3-0 in NWC play. Meanwhile, the Bearcats fell to 2-9 and 0-3 in league play.
The Lady Bulldogs cruised to a 25-9, 25-13, 25-14 victory as junior Melina Woods hammered 16 kills and served four aces.
"Melina had a good all-around match," said Ada head coach Melissa Gossard.
Mike Bonnell has been named the head men's tennis coach at Ohio Northern University. He will also serve as the facilities director for the athletics department and is the first full-time men's tennis coach in ONU history. Bonnell is an alumnus of Ohio Northern and played for the Polar Bears from 1990-1992.
"I want to thank ONU Athletic Director Tom Simmons, and the entire search committee, for trusting me with this responsibility," Bonnell said. "Opportunities to coach at one's alma mater don't come along every day. I'm excited to be back in the state of Ohio, coaching at the school that has meant so much to me."
CONVOY - The visiting Ada volleyball team swept Crestview Thursday night in a Northwest Conference contest.
The Lady Bulldogs beat Crestview 25-18, 25-17, 25-8 to complete a 3-0 week that saw them lift their overall record to 6-5 and 2-0 in league play. The Knights fell to 3-4 and 0-2 in the NWC with the defeat.
Junior Melina Woods led the victors with 23 kills, 19 digs, two aces and five blocks. Classmate Maddie Gossard dished up 23 assists, made one kill and seven digs while serving six aces.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to No. 7 in the third weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (7-0-1 overall) received 699 points in the poll, 61 more points that last week when they were ranked No. 9.
ONU was No. 16 in the first weekly poll.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Rowan (N.J.) took over the top spot in the rankings with 966 points and nine first place votes, Kenyon is second with 960 points and nine first place votes and Amherst (Mass.) in third with 883 points and the remaining three first place votes.
