Sports

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team received a Silver Award for team ethics and sportsmanship, given by the National Soccer Collegiate Coaches Association.

The Polar Bears were just one of two Division III teams to win a silver award.

To be eligible, a team must receive zero red cards during the season, which includes both the regular and postseason.

A silver award means that ONU received between one and five yellow cards during their matches this year.

Ohio Northern finished the season with a 25-3-0 record and won their second straight OAC Regular Season Championship and third consecutive OAC Tournament Championship.

By Andrew Korba

For the second time this season, junior Michael Pawlitz has been named OAC Wrestler of the Week.

On Saturday, Pawlitz recorded a pin in just 29 seconds as the No. 19 Ohio Northern wrestling team defeated Washington & Lee (Va.) 31-7.

He is 14-3 on the season at 197 pounds and also has a team high eight pins.

In addition, Pawlitz is ranked No. 9 at 197 pounds.

Ohio Northern will return to action on Friday at the Lycoming (Pa.) Duals at 9 am.

Senior Dumbaugh scored a game high 17 points and senior Joanna Snyder added 16 as the No. 12 Ohio Northern women's basketball team defeated No. 13 Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

With the win the Polar Bears improve to 12-1 overall and 6-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 10-3 and 4-2 in the OAC play.

Junior Cenzie Yoder added 11 points for Northern and senior Katie Mengos pulled down a career high 12 rebounds.

Mount Union started things off quickly, building a 12-4 lead within the first five minutes, and pushed their lead to 19-10 with 11:03 left in the first half.

Sophomore Lucas Pennington scored 21 points and junior Dominique Royal added a career high 18 as the Ohio Northern men's basketball team defeated Mount Union by a 69-63 score at the MAAC.

With the win, the Polar Bears move to 7-6 overall and 3-3 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 5-8, 3-3.

Royal was 9-of-15 from the field while Pennington was 6-of-12. Both players also pulled down seven rebounds apiece.

ONU used an early 7-0 run to open up a 14-11 lead with just over 11 minutes left in the first half.

The Polar Bear expanded their lead to 30-23 with 2:43 left on a jumper by Royal.

Senior Michael Pawlitz and sophomore Cody Lovejoy each recorded pins as the No. 19 Ohio Northern wrestling team defeated Washington & Lee (Va.) by a 31 score on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, Northern improves to 6-1 on the season, while the Generals fall to 0-6.

Pawlitz, ranked No. 9 at 197 pounds, recorded his team leading eighth pin on the season in 29 seconds.

Lovejoy notched his pin in 1:01 at 285 pounds.

Senior Jeremy Jones got the Polar Bears on the board first with a 6-0 victory at 133 pounds.

At 141 pounds, junior Cody Harting scored a 7-0 decision over Tyler Kaelin to put ONU up 6-0.

Chad Ehrnsberger has been named the head men's golf coach at Ohio Northern, effective immediately.

Ehrnsberger has served as the interim head coach since September, when he replaced former head coach Chad Bostelman.

A scratch golfer, Ehrnsberger also serves as the assistant baseball coach at ONU.

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