CEDARVILLE — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team posted a fifth place finish in the Division III race at the All-Ohio Championships on Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.
The Polar Bears improve to 44-10 and were fifth of 17 teams with 178 points.
Junior Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) led Northern across the finish line, finishing eighth of 139 runners 22:58 on the 6,000-meter course.
CEDARVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team had a historic afternoon at the All-Ohio Championships on Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) became the first Ohio Northern runner to win the All-Ohio individual crown, finishing first of 135 NCAA Division III runners in a season-low 25:14.
Northern (46-6 overall) won the 17-team NCAA Division III meet with 56 points. It marked the third time since 2011 that ONU won the team title in the DIII race.
ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team withstood a furious rally, playing a man down the final 7:42, and held on for a 1-0 victory at Mount Union on Saturday night at Mount Union Stadium in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
The Polar Bears (8-2-1 overall, 1-0-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) got the match's only goal when junior Joseph Schulte (Copley) scored from outside the 18-yard box just 9:40 into the contest.
The Purple Raiders (4-5-0, 0-1-0) controlled play for the final 20 minutes, out-shooting ONU 6-0 after Northern led the shots battle 10-7 in the first 70 minutes.
ADA — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team opened Ohio Athletic Conference play with a 3-0 sweep over Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 16-3 overall and 1-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders drop to 16-3, 0-1.
Sophomore Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) led the way offensively for ONU with a game-high 14 kills while sophomore McKenna Jordan (Toledo/St. Ursula) chipped in 11 kills and senior Haley Potters(Wheelersburg/South Webster) added 10 kills.
ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern football team dropped a 43-14 decision at No. 2-ranked Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at Mount Union Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 2-2 overall and are 1-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders improve to 4-0, 3-0.
Trailing 3-0 late in the first quarter, Northern drove deep into Mount Union territory. But an 89-yard pick-6 turned the momentum of the game and gave the hosts a 10-0 lead with 49 seconds left in the first period.
Mount then drove 81 and 69 yards for touchdowns on its next two possessions and took advantage of a fumble deep inside ONU territory to take a 27-0 lead at halftime.
ADA - The Ada girls soccer team lost a 6-1 contest to visiting Coldwater Saturday morning.
Ada fell to 2-9 overall with the non-league defeat.
Alivia Okuly scored the Lady Bulldog goal on an assist from Gizrem Tanriverdi.
Ada senior keeper Anney Archer made a career-best 29 saves in goal. The Cavaliers out-shot the Bulldogs, 35-15.
"We played a lot of defense," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "We had a hard time stopping their speed up front, which they fed constant through balls to."
