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By Andrew Korba

Senior Lauren Rife became the 10th player in Ohio Northern women's tennis history to win 100 matches, as the Ohio Northern women's tennis team clinched the OAC regular season title outright with a 9-0 win over Muskingum on Saturday afternoon at the University Courts.

The Polar Bears are now 23-4 on the season and 9-0 in OAC play. The Muskies fall to 1-8, 1-8.

This is the third straight OAC regular season title for ONU.

Northern will also be the top seed in the OAC Tournament and host Muskingum on Wednesday at 3:30 pm.

Rife teamed with freshman Christina Corbean to win 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.

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The guessing...and the waiting is over. Ada's Zac Dysert is a Denver Bronco.

The Denver Broncos closed out their 2013 NFL Draft by selecting Ada native and Miami University quarterback Zac Dysert in the seventh round.

Dysert was one of the players that came to Dove Valley for a pre-draft visit, Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway acknowledged earlier this week.

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's tennis clinched clinched a share of the OAC regular season championship with a 9-0 victory at Capital on Tuesday afternoon at the Capital Tennis Courts.

The Polar Bears are now 22-4 on the season and 8-0 in OAC play, while the Crusaders fall to 7-10, 4-4.

Northern can clinch its third consecutive OAC regular season title and the top seed in the OAC tournament outright, with a win over Muskingum on Saturday at the University Courts at 1 pm.

The Polar Bears have all ready clinched a home match in the OAC tournament quarterfinals that will be played Wednesday, May 1, at 3:30 pm.

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The first-ever Ohio Northern University women's soccer spring alumni game and Team Brady benefit was a success.

The women's soccer alumni turned out in fantastic form with classes from 1996 to the most recent 2012 alums represented. The game itself also ended up being a fun and competitive event. A special thanks goes out to everyone that came out to support Team Brady and and the women's soccer efforts.

By Don Traxler
Bowling Green State University Junior Wide Receiver Heath Jackson is still recovering from last fall's knee surgery and did not participate in spring practice and the cold Friday night spring game recently at Doyt L. Perry Stadium. 

He expects to be ready to go full-steam-ahead in fall camp. With him is the Orange Team Honorary Coach BGSU Provost Rodney Rogers. Dr. Rogers, a Kenton High School and Ohio Northern University graduate and then ONU Business College faculty member and Ada resident, coached the Orange team to a 34-7 victory. 

By Zaji Lieberman

Sophomore Gabrielle Metzner has been named OAC women's runner of the week.

At the Kenyon Invitational on Saturday, Metzner notched two top-three finishes to lead the Polar Bears to a fifth place finish.

Metzner finished second in the 200-meter dash, posting a time off 27.90 seconds.

She also notched a third place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.63 seconds.

Ohio Northern will return to action on Friday and Saturday, when it competes at the OAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Mount Union.

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