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Sophomore Lucas Pennington scored 21 points and junior Dominique Royal added a career high 18 as the Ohio Northern men's basketball team defeated Mount Union by a 69-63 score at the MAAC.

With the win, the Polar Bears move to 7-6 overall and 3-3 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 5-8, 3-3.

Royal was 9-of-15 from the field while Pennington was 6-of-12. Both players also pulled down seven rebounds apiece.

ONU used an early 7-0 run to open up a 14-11 lead with just over 11 minutes left in the first half.

The Polar Bear expanded their lead to 30-23 with 2:43 left on a jumper by Royal.

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Senior Michael Pawlitz and sophomore Cody Lovejoy each recorded pins as the No. 19 Ohio Northern wrestling team defeated Washington & Lee (Va.) by a 31 score on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, Northern improves to 6-1 on the season, while the Generals fall to 0-6.

Pawlitz, ranked No. 9 at 197 pounds, recorded his team leading eighth pin on the season in 29 seconds.

Lovejoy notched his pin in 1:01 at 285 pounds.

Senior Jeremy Jones got the Polar Bears on the board first with a 6-0 victory at 133 pounds.

At 141 pounds, junior Cody Harting scored a 7-0 decision over Tyler Kaelin to put ONU up 6-0.

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Chad Ehrnsberger has been named the head men's golf coach at Ohio Northern, effective immediately.

Ehrnsberger has served as the interim head coach since September, when he replaced former head coach Chad Bostelman.

A scratch golfer, Ehrnsberger also serves as the assistant baseball coach at ONU.

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The Ohio Northern men's basketball team dropped a tough road contest in overtime to Marietta by a 67-61 score on Thursday night at Bay Johnson Arena.

The Polar Bears fall to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in the OAC, while the Pioneers improve to 9-3 overall and remain perfect in conference with a 5-0 mark.

Junior Dominique Royal led Northern with 16 points.

Junior Branden Rushton scored 11 points for ONU and junior Jared Horstman added 10.

The Polar Bears held a 59-54 lead on two Rushton free throws with 1:31 to go.

The Pioneers would score the final five points of the second half, including a game tying three pointer from Jacob Owens with 26 seconds left.

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The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up three spots to a season high ranking of No. 12 in the latest D3hoops.com poll.

The Polar Bears received 336 votes in the poll.

DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 569 points and Washington University (Mo.) is third with 543 points.

ONU was ranked No. 24 in the first weekly poll, No. 20 in the second poll, No. 17 in the third poll and No. 15 in the fourth rankings.

Ohio Northern has won 10 games in a row and has an overall record of 11-1.

Northern is also a perfect 5-0 in OAC play and sits in first place.

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The No. 15 Ohio Northern women's basketball team extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 83-50 victory at Adrian (Mich.), Saturday afternoon at Merillat Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears are now 11-1 on the season, while the Bulldogs fall to 3-8.

Junior Cenzie Yoder led the way for ONU with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting. She also grabbed seven rebounds.

All 14 players who appeared in the game for Northern scored at least two points.

ONU used a 19-0 run to open up a 30-11 lead with 7:15 left in the first half.

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