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By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern baseball team rallied for a 4-3 victory in the second game of a double header, after dropping Game 1 by a 3-1 score against Capital on Tuesday afternoon at Wander Field.

The Polar Bears are now 8-9 on the season and 1-3 in OAC play, while the Crusaders fall to 11-7, 2-2.

In Game 2, the Polar Bears found themselves trailing 3-0 heading into the ninth inning.

But, ONU rallied for three runs to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

Sophomore Dan Belliveau lead things off with a single to right.

Senior Kevin Obarski then hit into a fielder's choice and Belliveau was forced out at second.

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By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern women's golf team finished fifth out of six teams at the Muskingum Shoot-Out on Thursday at Eaglesticks Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (15-23) shot a 417 at the 18-hole tournament.

Sophomore Megan Conley led ONU and finished tied for 15th out of 35 golfers with a 95 on the par-70, 6,124-yard course.

Freshman Courtney Knippen tied for 19th with a 97, sophomore Allison Fye tied for 24th with a 108 and freshman Kaitlyn Nestel was 30th with a 117.

Otterbein won the team title with a 351, Mount Union was second with a 360 and Malone was third with a 366.

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Hey, Ada Bulldogs sports fans...want to know when and where Ada athletic teams play in April? There an event going on nearly every weekday this month.

For the Bulldog April sports calendar click here.

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By Tim Glon

Ohio Northern's sports teams are in 24th place through the winter sports in the 2012-13 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings.

The Learfield Sports Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 18 sports — nine women's and nine men's.

The Polar Bears are in 24th place out of 446 NCAA Division III schools with 317.50 points.

Northern has scored team points in men's soccer, men's swimming & diving and wrestling, women's soccer, women's basketball and volleyball.

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By Andrew Korba

Junior Mark Berton has been named OAC Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.

At the Washington & Lee (Va.) Carnival on Saturday, Berton won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:23.44, beating the second place runner by .24 seconds.

His steeplechase time is currently the fastest in the country.

Ohio Northern will compete next at OAC Split Meet at Muskingum on Friday.

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By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team picked a nonconference victory over Division II Malone by a 9-0 score on Tuesday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The win improves the Polar Bears record to 6-4 on the season, while the Pioneers fall to 8-9.

ONU started the match by winning all three doubles courts.

The tandem of freshman John Mostowy and junior Josh Saunders posted a dominating 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles.

Sophomore Sam Prewitt and junior Blake Troller picked up an 8-3 victory at No. 3 doubles and senior Joey Frank and junior Do Thai erased a late break to win a thrilling 9-8(5) contest at No. 1 doubles.

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