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Pennington, Horstman lead men's basketball past Penn State-Beaver 78-60 for W&J Classic title

Sophomore Lucas Pennington scored 21 points and junior Jared Horstman added 15 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 78-60 victory over Penn State-Beaver in the championship game of the Washington & Jefferson Classic on Sunday at the Henry Memorial Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 2-0, while the Nittany Lions fall to 1-1.

Pennington was named the Tournament MVP and Horstman was named to the All-Tournament Team for their efforts.

Sophomore Isaiah Roux added 14 points for Ohio Northern.

Penn State-Beaver was led by Nick Miller with 14 points, Robert Agurs with 13 points and Lamont Wright with 10 points.

No. 5 men's soccer advances to NCAA III tournament quarterfinals

Senior Nate Bascom became Ohio Northern's all-time single season assist leader as the No. 5 Ohio Northern men's soccer team topped No. 10 Susquehanna by a 4-1 score Saturday evening in the NCAA III Tournament Third Round.

The Polar Bears improve to 23-2 on the season, while the Crusaders finish their season at 18-3-1.

Northern advances to the NCAA III Tournament Quarterfinals for the second time in school history and will face either No. 4 Trinity (Tx.) or No. 6 Montcliar State (N.J.) at 5 pm CST on Sunday.

No. 10 wrestling opens season with 3-1 record at Olivet (Mich.) duals

The No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team opened its 2012-13 season with a 3-1 record at the Olivet Duals on Saturday at the Cutler Events Center.

The Polar Bears defeated No. 12-ranked Olivet (Mich.) 26-15, Alma (Mich.) 20-15 and Trine (Ind.) 25-12 after opening the day with a 39-3 loss to No. 5 Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Senior three-time All-American, defending NCAA Champion and No. 1-ranked Kyle Kwiat led ONU with a perfect 4-0 record, going 2-0 at 184 pounds and 2-0 at 174 pounds.

Junior Michael Pawlitz posted a 3-0 record at 197 pounds, sophomore Cody Lovejoy went 2-0 at heavyweight and freshman Max Brooke went 2-0 at 157 pounds for ONU.

Women's basketball falls to No. 9 Washington University (Mo.) in finals of McWilliams Classic

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team dropped a tough contest to No. 9 Washington University (Mo.) by a 63-60 score on Saturday night in the McWilliams Classic final.

Northern now stands at 1-1 on the season, while the Bears move to 2-0.

Junior Cenzie Yoder paced ONU with 18 points and seven rebounds. Freshman Brooke Espenschied scored 15 points off the bench and senior Joanna Snyder finished with 12.

Espenschied and Snyder were also named to the All-Tournament team.

Melissa Gilkey and Jordan Rettig led the way for Wash U., each scoring 13 points apiece.

Late basket by Brandon Rushton leads men's basketball past Hood (Md.) in overtime in season opener

Junior Branden Rushton scored with two seconds left in overtime to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 76-74 victory over Hood (Md.) in the 2012-13 season opener Saturday evening.

The Polar Bears (1-0 overall) advance to the finals of the Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) Classic on Sunday at 3 pm and will play either Washington & Jefferson or Penn State-Beaver.

Rushton led four ONU players in double figures in scoring with 21 points.

Junior Dominique Royal scored 16 points, junior Jared Horstman added 13 points and sophomore Lucan Pennington chipped in 10 points.

The victory was the first for ONU's first-year head coach Kevin Byrne.

Steinbrunner finishes national runner-up, Weaver places 85th of 277 at 2012 NCAA III women's cross country championships

Senior Alison Steinbrunner finished as national runner-up and senior Lydia Weaver posted a top-100 finish for Ohio Northern at the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon at the LaVerne Gibson Cross Country Course.

Steinbrunner's second place finish in 21:09 is the highest finish ever by an Ohio Athletic Conference runner and makes her a three-time All-American.

Weaver finished 95th out of 277 runners in 22:44.

"Both ladies ran great," ONU head coach Jason Maus said. " Alison was strong throughout the race and did a nice job of staying with the lead group. Lydia got out to a terrific start and had a solid race."

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