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ONU vball team to face Wittenberg

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

B: Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's volleyball team will return to the NCAA Tournament and face off against defending national champion and No. 3-ranked Wittenberg in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament in Grand Rapids, Mich.

This will be the Polar Bears 28th appereance in the 31-year history of the NCAA III Tournamnent.

Ohio Northern will play the Tigers on Thursday at a time to be determined.

The ONU/Wittenberg winner will face the either No. 4 Hope (Mich.) or No. 12 Otterbein in the second round on Friday.

The Regional finals are slated for Saturday.

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Men’s and Women’s Choruses to perform in Presser Hall Nov. 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

 

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present a concert featuring the ONU Men’s and Women’s Choruses in Presser Hall’s Snyder Recital Hall on Friday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The concert will open with the ONU Women’s Chorus performing selections from Michael Este, Matthew Armstrong, John Floyd Campbell, “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz and others. The ONU Women’s Chorus is under the direction of Marilyn Roth Basinger, newly appointed lecturer in the ONU Department of Music.

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ONU women tabbed to finish second in OAC preseason poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team was chosen to finish second out of 10 teams in the OAC Women's Basketball Preseason poll in voting done by the league's 10 head coaches.

No. 6 and defending OAC champion Mount Union was tabbed to finish first with 79 points and seven first place votes.

ONU was picked to finish second with 73 points and two first place votes, followed by Baldwin Wallace who received 62 points and one first place vote.

Northern finish the 2011-12 campaign with a 21-6 record and 14-4 mark in the OAC.

The Polar Bears also made their first apperance in the OAC Tournament Championship game since 1989.

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Men's Basketball picked to finish seventh in OAC Preseason Poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

By Andrew Korba

-The Ohio Northern men's basketball team was chosen to finish seventh out of 10 teams in the OAC Preseason Men's Basketball Poll in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Capital was tabbed to finish first with 74 points, bringing in six first place votes.

Baldwin Wallace and Marietta each received 67 points, but the Yellow Jackets received three first place votes compared to one for the Pioneers.

The Polar Bears received 35 votes.

ONU welcomes in new head coach Kevin Byrne, who will begin his first season at the helm.

Northern went 14-14 last season and had a 8-10 mark in OAC play.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week features competition, champion ballroom dancing duo

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Ohio Northern University James F. Dicke College of Business Administration Entrepreneur Center is holding a Global Entrepreneurship Week from Nov. 13-16. The week will include pitch competitions for high school and ONU students and a four-day visit from the champion ballroom dancing duo of Tim and Barbara Haller. 

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First 2013 Bulldog card sold - get your's today

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ada Elementary student, Samantha Crawford, recently sold the first 2013 Bulldog card to Dr. Suzanne Darmer, Superintendent of Ada Exempted Village Schools.

Samantha is a member of the 5th grade band and is learning to play the trumpet under the direction of Lori Wilson. The Bulldog card is a popular local discount program, which offers discounts to numerous area restaurants and merchants.

It is a fund-raising effort of the Ada Music Boosters with proceeds used to support excellence in music education for all students of Ada Schools. Cards are being sold by all band and choir students in grades 5-12 or from any member of the Boosters.

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