Lacrosse
Senior Cameron Marous (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team in a 10-7 Ohio Athletic Conference loss to Baldwin Wallace on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears fall to 3-2 overall and are 2-1 in OAC action, while the Yellow Jackets improve to 5-0, 3-0.
Northern scored four consecutive goals to grab a 4-2 lead with 13:07 left in the first half.
By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
An eye opening statistic was recently reported by Harvard Health.
They reported that the number of deaths associated with COVID-19 in the United States has surpassed the deaths from World War I, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War combined.
This pandemic has had a tragic impact on illness, deaths and economies around the world. Many of the long-term consequences of COVID-19 may be felt for years to come.
FROM ONU PHARMACY FACEBOOK - Austin Hilverding, a 2018 ONU pharmacy graduate, was recently selected as an expert panelist for a statewide COVID-19 Population Needs Assessment.
The assesment was conducted by The Ohio State University College of Public Health.
During his undergrad years at ONU, Hilverding was coordinator of Ada Friends, a mentoring program involving ONU students.
The needs assessment evaluated barriers that specific vulnerable communities face while preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
The assessment included six populations identified as at-risk for disproportionate burdens of disease and death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Easter Bunny can make a special stop at your house on the night before Easter (Saturday, April 3) thanks to its helpers Maddy Richards and Raina England.
The two Easter Bunny assistants will hide Easter eggs in your yard.
Here’s how it works.
Maddy and Raina will “lay eggs” in your yard between 7 p.m. an midnight on April 3. You may order any number of eggs from 30 to 100. And, if interested, the two will provide an Easter bucket and a letter from the Easter Bunny.
“You place an order that fits what you need and message us with any customizations. It’s that simple,” says Maddy.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada varsity baseball team is rebuilding after covid cancelled a promising 2020 campaign for those senior-dominated Bulldogs.
Six prior lettermen and 11 players on the varsity last spring return to lead this year's 16-player roster.
Veteran Bulldog head coach Jason Campbell enters his eighth year at the helm of the Bulldog program (37-138 overall, 7-57 NWC) optimistic that this could be one of his better defensive clubs at Ada.
ONU at Muskingum Invitational
ZANESVILLE — Junior Andrew Slusher (Covington) fired a 74 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a third place finish at the Muskingum Invitational on Monday at the Zanesville Country Club.
The Polar Bears (1-7-2 overall) tied for third out of five teams in a tightly contested team battle with 310 strokes.
Here’s an update on Ohio Northern University women’s golf.
Senior Annika Neumann (Valley City/Avon) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golf Player of the Week for the week of March 16-22.
She won Medalist honors with a 78 to lead Ohio Northern to a victory at the Pioneer Classic 2 at River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette.
Neumann began the week with a third place finish with an 81 at the Pioneer Classic in Beverly, helping ONU finish second of four teams.
She averaged 79.5 strokes per round in her two matches last week.
Here’s an update on ONU women’s soccer.
Junior Kristy Catrine (Springboro) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the week of March 16-22.
This marks the second consecutive week that Catrine has received the honor.
Catrine had two one-save shutout in her second and third career starts in goal last week as the Polar Bears (3-0-0 overall, 3-0-0 OAC) won twice on the road, beating Baldwin Wallace 1-0 and Muskingum 6-0.
Catrine has not allowed a goal in her career and has a 273-minute scoreless streak ongoing.
Here’s an update on Ohio Northern University volleyball, playing this spring.
Junior Hannah Irmer (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for the week of March 16-22.
She had 76 digs, six aces and 15 assists in four road matches last week.
Irmer had a career-high 29 digs in a 5-set victory over Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday after posting 14 digs in the opening match that night.
She then had 17 and 16 digs in two losses at No. 25 Muskingum on Friday night.
FROM ONU WEBSITE - Visit Blue Heron Reserve near Vickery, Ohio, along the Sandusky Bay, and you’ll rapidly realize how dependent plants, animals and humans are to this varied but vulnerable habitat.
On a warm spring day, you may be lucky enough to see an endangered Kirtland warbler, with its striking chartreuse belly, enjoying a stopover on its way from the Bahamas to central Michigan.
If wild lupine emerge, you could encounter another endangered species: the Karner blue butterfly, which, as a caterpillar, only feasts on the leaves of this beautiful plant.
