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By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men's golf team rallied with a solid second round to finish tied for fourth out of eight teams at the Taylor (Ind.) Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Egypt Valley Country Club.

The Polar Bears (23-17-1 overall), responded with a 14-over par 302 on Tuesday after posting a 33-over par 321 in Monday's opening round of the 36-hole tournament.

Sophomore Brandon Lambert  led Ohio Northern with a 4-over par 76-72—148 on the par-72, 7111-yard course.

Junior Andrew Quintrell  and freshman Blaine Ricketts  tied with 157s and sophomore Rick Deichert  finished with a 161.

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Story and photos by Donald Traxler

Heath Jackson, Ada High School graduate and BGSU red-shirt junior wide receiver, scored his first ever touchdown reception for the Falcons in their 28-7 homecoming win over the University of Massachusetts Minutemen at Doyt L. Perry Stadium. 

The Falcons are now 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in the Mid American Conference, East Division.  The homecoming crowd of 13,799 witnessed a stingy BG defense with the Minutemen scoring their only touchdown late in the fourth quarter against the second string defense.

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By Andrew Korba

The No. 11 Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a 2-0 contest to Capital on Wednesday afternoon at the ONU Soccer Field.

The Polar Bears fall to 9-3-0 on the season and 1-1-0 in OAC play, while the Crusaders improve to 4-4-3, 1-1-0.

ONU had a chance to strike early in the 12th minute.

Senior Jeremy Barnes  dribbled into the box and rocketed a shot that hit the crossbar.

Freshman Matt Kinkopf  was able to get the rebound and fire a shot, but his attempt was saved by Capital goalie Bob Weisgarber.

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By Tim Glon

Ten different players registered kills as the Ohio Northern volleyball team swept Wooster 25-9, 25-15, 26-24 Wednesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 12-7 overall, while the Scots fall to 5-16.

The match was the final non-conference contest of the regular season for ONU.

Sophomore Ellie Gillespie  and Anna Ricker  and freshman Kelli Weininger  each had six kills to lead a balanced ONU offensive attack.

In all, 14 different Polar Bears saw action and 10 had kills and seven had four kills or more.

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By Andrew Korba

Freshman Matt Kinkopf  scored twice to lead the No. 14 Ohio Northern men's soccer to team to a 3-0 win over Mount Union in its OAC opener on Saturday afternoon at Mount Union Stadium.

The Polar Bears are now 9-2-0 and 1-0-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 5-6-0, 0-1-0.

Kinkopf now has a team best seven goals on the season.

Senior Stephen Perkins  got ONU on the board just 11 minutes in, when he headed in a cross from sophomore Chase Mueller .

At the 19:22 mark, Kinkopf made it 2-0 in favor of the Polar Bears when scored off of a pass from sophomore Shintaroh Itoh .

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