The Ohio Northern women's tennis team topped Albion (Mich.) 8-1 and regionally ranked Hope (Mich.) 6-3 at the Michigan-Ohio Challenge Saturday morning at the DeWitt Tennis Center at Hope College.
The Ohio-Michigan Tennis Challenge pits three Michigan teams (Albion, Hope, and Kalamazoo) against three Ohio teams (Kenyon, Oberlin, and Ohio Northern).
The Ohio teams finished 7-0 in the challenge.
The Polar Bears improve to 15-4 overall, while the Britons fall to 5-6.
Against Albion, freshman Rachael Miller teamed with junior Michelle Tuma to win 8-3 in a proset at No. 1 doubles.
Junior Evan McKee won the 800-meter run to lead the Ohio Northern men's outdoor track & field team at the Marv Frye Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday.
The Polar Bears finished with 42 points, which tied them for ninth place with Denison.
Ohio Wesleyan won the meet with 116 points, Case Western Reserve was second with 73 points and Baldwin Wallace was third with 68.
McKee finished in 1:57.39, which was just .40 second faster than the second place finisher.
Junior Francisque Pierre-Jerome finished the 100-meter dash in 10.90 seconds, which placed him second.
Freshman Brandon Lambert won Medalist honors with an even-par 72 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a 300-325 victory at Ohio State-Lima at Hawthorne Hills Golf Course Friday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 41-14-1 on the season.
Juniors Colin Burns and Ryan Wirtz and freshman Rick Deichert all carded 76s for ONU on the 6,710-yard course.
Trevor Crites led the Barons with a 75.
The Polar Bears will return to action next Wednesday at the Trine (Ind.) Spring Classic.
The Ohio Northern men's tennis team won its sixth straight match by a 7-2 score over nonconference foe Wooster on Thursday afternoon at the University Courts.
The Polar Bears are now 8-4 on the season, while the Fighting Scots fall to 5-10.
In doubles action, the tandem of senior Joey Frank and junior Do Thai dominated for an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles.
Freshman John Mostowy and junior Josh Saunders followed with a 8-3 win at the No. 2 doubles position.
Sophomore Sam Prewitt and junior Blake Troller finished off the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles.
Freshman Meghan Letizia won two matches to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team to a 6-3 victory in a key early season OAC match over Otterbein on Thursday afternoon at the Richard A. Sanders Tennis Center.
The win moves the Polar Bears to 14-4 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in the OAC. The Cardinals fall to 9-4, 1-1.
Letizia teamed with junior Carly Olmstead to post a 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles.
She also scored a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles for Northern.
The doubles tandem of freshman Rachael Miller and junior Michelle Tuma won 8-5 at No. 1 doubles.
