| NSCAA College Team Ethics and Sportmanship Awards |
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team has been named a bronze recipient of the college team ethics and sportsmanship award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
The award recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season.
To qualify as a bronze recipient, a team must accumulate no more than 10 cards throughout the season.
Senior Branden Rushton scored a career-high 31 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 86-82 victory at Chapman (Calif.) Tuesday afternoon at the Hutton Sports Center.
The Polar Bears win their fourth straight game and improve to 6-4 on the season, while the Panthers fall to 8-4.
Northern finished its Los Angeles-area road trip with a 2-0 record, as ONU topped Caltech 102-69 on Sunday.
Rushton was 12-of-18 from the floor, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, and shattered his previous career-high of 24 by seven points.
Sophomore Carly Thomas made the game tying and go-ahead free throw with 3.6 seconds left, to give the Ohio Northern women's basketball team a 68-67 victory over No. 8 Wisconsin-Whitewater on Monday afternoon at the D3hoops.com Classic at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Polar Bears improve to 9-2 on the season, while the Warhawks fall to 8-3.
Junior Jordan Kimes finished with a game-high 20 points and seven rebounds.
Thomas added 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting and also pulled down a career-high six rebounds.
Ohio Northern senior Mike King had a pair of tackles to help Team Stars & Stripes defeat Mexico 29-7 in the 2013 Tazon de Estrellas Saturday afternoon at Estadio Tecnological on the campus ot Tec de Monterrey.
"This was a wonderful week," King said. "Just a terrific experience. Some of the ONU players that had been in this game before told me that it would be worth it and they were right. I will remember this week for the rest of my life.
Senior Branden Rushton scored a game-high 20 points and freshman Alex Radkiewicz added a career-high 12 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 82-57 win over Muskingum on Saturday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears are now 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in OAC play, while the Fighting Muskies fall to 3-3, 0-3.
The scored was knotted at 35-35 at halftime, but ONU outscored Muskingum 47-22 in the second half.
Rushton finished 9-of-14 from the field, while Radkiewicz was a perfect 6-of-6 in shooting and also pulled down a career best seven rebounds.
To get to the Motor City Bowl, BGSU needed to pass a major hurdle - stop the number 14 team in the nation - Northern Illinois. The Falcons did so, and here's some photo highlights of the game played last week.
Donald Traxler took the photos and will follow the Falcons to Detroit.
