Sports

By Levi Klingler

Faced with bad weather and a large point deficit to overcome late in the game, Ada fought a stiff battle against the St. Henry Redskins of the Midwest Athletic Conference, but came up just short of victory with a final score of 40-35 last Friday night at Lima Stadium.

CHECK OUT THE GAME PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Senior Alison Steinbrunner has been named USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year in voting conducted by Division III coaches.

On Saturday, she won the she won the Great Lakes Regional Women's Cross Country Championships in 21:00.

Steinbrunner's time broke her own school record and was 37 seconds faster than any other runner in the field.

The No. 30 Polar Bears finished seventh out of 33 teams with 247 points.
Stenibrunner also won the OAC Championship y 41 seconds and claimed the UW-Oshkosh Brook's Invite title as well.

Last Week at Ohio Northern:

   Football - Lost 13-24 at Otterbein

   Volleyball - NCAA Tournament at Calvin - Lost 0-3 v #2 Wittenberg, 1st Round

   Men's Soccer - NCAA Tournament at Pittsburgh, Pa. - Won 1-0 v Thomas More, 1st Round; Won 3-1 at #6 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 2nd Round

   Women's Soccer - NCAA Tournament at Pittsburgh, Pa. - Tied 1-1 v RIT (N.Y.), 1st Round (advanced 4-2 on PKS); Lost 0-1 at #17 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 2nd Round

   Women's XC - 7th of 33 at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships at Anderson, Ind.

   Men's XC - 7th of 37 at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships at Anderson, Ind.

The No. 5 Ohio Northern men's soccer team will face No. 10 Susquehanna (Pa.) on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.

The time will be announced later.

This is the second straight season that the Polar Bears are in the Third Round and third time in school history.

On Friday, ONU got a goal from juniorJeremy Barnes to top Thomas More (Ky.) by a 1-0 margin in the First Round.

On Saturday, freshman Keegan Ross, senior Chris Matejka and junior Stephen Perkins all scored as Northern knocked off No. 6 Carnegie Mellon by a 3-1 score to advance.

The Polar Bears stand at 22-2 on the season and have won a school record 15 matches in a row.

The Ohio Northern Women's Swimming & Diving team split a tri-meet Friday night, defeating Olivet (Mich.) 147-84 and falling to NCAA Division II Hillsdale (Mich.) 141.5-90.5, in Hillsdale's McAvoy Natatorium. The Polar Bears move to 2-2 on the season.

Ohio Northern senior Amy Elmer took first place in the 1 meter diving contest, posting a score of 221.20 points.

Junior Jennifer Hartsel earned first place in the 100 yard breaststroke with a final time of 1:14.10.

The team of junior Rachel Aufdenkampe, freshman Abigail Barlage, senior Sarah Fiffick, and sophomore Ashley Zoeller finished in first place in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:45.82.

Junior Jordan Breitigam and freshman Jacob Croasdale each won twice to lead the Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team to a 164-72 victory over Olivet (Mich.) Friday night at Hillsdale's McAvoy Natatorium.

The Polar Bears improve to 3-0, while the Comets fall to 0-3. ONU won 10 of the 13 events to remain undefeated on the season.

Breitigam won the 200 I.M. in 2:01.70 and won the 100 fly in :52.37. Croasdale swept the distance free events, winning the 500 free in 5:04.30 and the 1,000 free in 10:17.32.
Junior Christian Garlock won the 50 free in :22.38 and junior John Beaschler won the 100 free in :48.91 as the Polar Bears swept with free sprints.

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