No. 17 Ohio Northern clinched at least a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestling title with a 26-12 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Senior Night at the ONU Sports Center on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears improve to 15-2 overall and are 4-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference action, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 4-4, 1-3.
Trailing 12-7, ONU won the final four weight classes to post the victory.
Northern's win, coupled with Mount Union 24-15 victory over Heidelberg on Tuesday, leaves the Polar Bears as the lone unbeaten team in the league.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up to season high ranking's of No. 5 in the tenth weekly D3hoops.com poll and a season best No. 6 in the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches poll.
The Polar Bears received 497 votes in the D3hoops.com poll, which was 22 more than they received in last weeks poll.
DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points and 23 of the 25 first place votes, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 594 points and the two remaining first place votes and Amherst (Mass.) moved to to No. 3 with 569 points.
Senior Kyle Kwiat won at 174 pounds and senior Jeremy Jones finished third at 133 pounds to lead the No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team to an 11th place finish at the 29-team Wheaton (Ill.) Pete Willson Invitational Friday and Saturday.
Jones had an impressive 7-1 record, including a 3-0 record in the wrestlebacks on Saturday, to improve to 21-15 on the season.
He on a tight 2-0 decision over sixth-seeded James Bennett of Wisconsin-LaCrosse in the third place match.
Kwiat, the No. 1-ranked and top-seeded wrestler at 174 pounds, posted a 4-0 record with three tech falls on the weekend.
Junior Dominique Royal scored a career-high 22 points, including five straight in a key stretch in the final minute of play, to lead Ohio Northern past Muskingum 86-79 in an Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball game Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 10-11 overall and are 6-8 in OAC play, while the Muskies fall to 1-20, 0-14.
Clinging to a 78-77 lead, Royal scored on an offensive rebound and was fouled with 51 seconds to play. He missed the free throw, but senior Taylor Kuhlman grabbed the rebound and fed Royal for a layup and another three-point chance with 35 seconds left.
Senior's Alison Steinbrunner and Vicki Moga each posted top five national marks to lead the Ohio Northern women's indoor track & field team at the Joe Banks Invitational on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
ONU won the event with 165 points, while Otterbein was second with 123 points and John Carroll was third with 103.5 points.
Moga posted a second place finish in the high jump, clearing 5-6.00. That leap now ties her for the third highest in the nation.
Steinbrunner broke the ONU school record in the 1 mile run, finishing in 4:58.55, which places her second in the country.
Junior Josh Colbert and sophomore Ryan Brancheau each won two events to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track & field team to a first place finish at the Joe Banks Invitational at the ONU Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears won the event with 148.5 points, followed by John Carroll with 107.5 and Rose Hulman (Ind.) with 101.5.
Colbert was victorious in the long jump, posting a leap of 22-7.75.
In the 60 meter dash, Colbert posted a time of 7.06 seconds, barely beating junior Francisque Pierre-Jerome who came in second in 7.07 seconds.
Brancheau won the high jump with a leap that covered 6-4.00.
