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By Tim Glon
Three Ohio Northern players were named Preseason Division III All-Ohio for 2012 by OhioCollegeFootball.com.
Senior offensive linemen Kyle Smith and Tyler Joseph and senior nose tackle Cody Kelly were all Second Team selections.
Smith is a two-year starter at center and was a Second Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree a year ago. He has started the last 22 games over the past two seasons.
Joseph is a two-year starter at right guard and has earned All-OAC and Academic All-OAC honors. Like Smith, Joseph has also started 22 consecutive games in his career.
By Tim Glon
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 12 in the 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Men's Division III preseason poll in voting conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
The Polar Bears were ranked No. 11 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
ONU has now been nationally ranked in four of the past five seasons.
Ohio Wesleyan is ranked No. 1 after winning the 2011 NCAA III Tournament title, Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.
Northern will open its 2012 campaign at the Penn State-Behrend Tournament against Geneseo State (N.Y.) on Sept. 1 at 2:30 pm.
By Tim Glon ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is ranked No. 12 in the 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA Women's Division III preseason poll in voting conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
The Polar Bears were ranked No. 13 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
Messiah (Pa.) is ranked No. 1 after winning the 2011 NCAA III Tournament crown, William Smith (N.Y.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) was third.
Northern will open its 2012 campaign at home against Grove City (Pa.) on Aug. 31 at 4 pm and will host No. 17-ranked Case Western Reserve on Sept. 2 at 1 pm at the ONU Soccer Field.
Ohio Northern was selected to finish fourth in both the coaches and media polls at the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Media Day Wednesday afternoon at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel.
The Polar Bears received 234 votes from 31 media members in attendance to finish fourth in the media poll and received 54 points in the coaches poll.
Coaches could not vote for their own team in their poll.
Mount Union was voted atop both each poll, receiving 81 points and nine first place votes in the coaches poll and 309 points and 30 first place votes in the media poll.
