The Ohio Northern University Women's Soccer team has started off the new season with high expectations on the field; but the team is also hoping to have an impact off the field.
The team has joined forces with Friends of Jaclyn; a foundation whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children battling pediatric brain tumors and other child hood cancers to raise awareness through their Adopt-A-Child, Safe on the Sidelines and Guardian Angel Programs.
Four coaches and an athletic trainer from the Krakow Football Kings club team in Krakow, Poland, are visiting Ohio Northern for a two-week stay where they are embedded with the ONU football team during training camp.
Head coach Dawid Ostrega, assistant coaches Lukasz Niedzielski, Zygmunt Lodzinski and Piotr Jarocki and athletic trainer Anna Kostera are staying on the ONU campus and are participating in team meetings, strategy sessions and are attanding all practices dueing their stay.
Ada HS sophomore, Melina Woods, recently participated in the USA Volleyball High Performance National Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa.
Woods played for Girls’ National Select Team OVR (Ohio Valley Region consisting of Ohio, West Virginia, and part of Pennsylvania), which placed sixth of 24 teams.
Out of approximately 300 individuals trying out, Woods was one of 10 chosen.
During the tournament, Team OVR defeated teams from Iowa, New York, Texas/New Mexico, and California.
Woods is the daughter of Dexter and Melanie Woods.
