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The Ohio Northern women's basketball team rose two spots in both the D3hoops.com poll and the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.

The Polar Bear are ranked No. 15 in the D3hoops.com poll and No. 19 in the USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.

In the D3hoops.com poll, ONU received 217 points.

DePauw (Ind.) remained in the top sport with 623 points, fellow OAC foe Mount Union is second with 583 points and Calvin (Mich.) remains No. 3 with 523 points.

The Polar Bears were ranked No. 24 in the first weekly poll, No. 20 in the second poll and No. 17 in the third poll.

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Five Ohio Northern men's soccer players were named All-Ohio and four were named Academic All-Ohio in voting done by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association.

Seniors Nate Bascom, Mac Church,Cameron Johnson and Austin Windsorwere all named First Team All-Ohio.

In addition, senior Chris Matejka and freshman Keegan Ross were both named Second Team All-Ohio and head coach Brent Ridenour was named Coach of the Year.

Bascom, Church, Johnson and Windsor were also named First Team Academic All-Ohio, while junior Matt Fleming was named Second Team Academic All-Ohio.

Bascom earns his second straight First Team All-Ohio First Team Academic All-Ohio selection.

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Senior Taylor Kuhlman has been named OAC Men's Basketball Player of the week for the week of December 17.

On Saturday, Kuhlman scored a career high 27 points in the Polar Bears 93-78 victory at Muskingum.

He was 8-of-11 from the field and a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw stripe.

Kuhlman also pulled down eight rebounds.

He ranks fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 8.5 ppg and is second in rebounding, grabbing 5.0 rpg.

Ohio Northern will be in action again on Wednesday when they host Otterbein at 7:30 pm at the ONU Sports Center.

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Junior Jerry Pasquale has been named OAC Wrestler of the Week.

Pasquale posted a 4-2 record which was good for a fourth place finish in the 125 pound weight class at the tough Midwest Classic.

The No. 17 Polar Bears finished seventh out of 26 teams with 72.5 points, and were the highest finishing Division III team at the tournament.

Pasquale ranks fourth on the team with 10 victories on the season.

Ohio Northern will be in action again on January 5 when they travel to face off against Washington & Lee (Va.) at 1 pm.

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Senior Tara Tokar was named to the 2012 NSCAA Women's Scholar All-American team.

This is the second consecutive that Tokat has been named Scholar All-America.

To be named Scholar All-America, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.30 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

On the year, Tokar scored two goals and registered three assists.

Ohio Northern finished the season with a 13-5-5 record and won the program's OAC Tournament Championship.

The Polar Bears also advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA III Tournament for the second consecutive season.

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Senior Morgan Dumbaugh has been named OAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week.

On Saturday, Dumbaugh scored 17 points in the Polar Bears 79-54 win over Muskingum.

She sunk a free throw with 5:47 left in the game for her 1,000th career point.

She is the 10th member of the exclusive club.

On Sunday, Dumbaugh scored nine points, including two free throws to put the game away with seven seconds left, in Northern's 66-62 win at Denison.

She is averaging 11.3 ppg on the season, which is third on the team.

Ohio Northern, ranked No. 17 in the latest D3hoops.com poll, will take the court again on Wednesday at Otterbein. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30.

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