NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The Ohio Northern softball team scored four times in the third inning and went on to defeat No. 19-ranked Saint Mary's (Ind.) 5-0 in Game 3 of the NCAA III Softball Notre Dame, Indiana Regional Tournament on a wet Saturday morning at the Purcell Athletic Fields.
The Polar Bears (32-9 overall) advance to the finals and will play for the Regional title on Sunday at Noon. Northern will face the winner of Saturday afternoon's loser's bracket game needing just one more victory to win the double-elimination tournament.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Ohio Northern women's track and field team excelled as it competed in the annual Dr. Keeler Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) College in Naperville this weekend.
No teams score were kept in the meet.
On day one of the meet, junior Kristina Myers (Orient/Central Crossing) ran a season-best time of 19:10.50 in the 5,000-meter run, while junior Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) finished the race in 18:07.46 and freshman Megan Wright(Eaton/Twin Valley South) finished in 19:17.28.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The Ohio Northern men's track and field team posted a strong showing as it competed at the Dr. Keeler Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.) College on Thursday and Friday.
No team scores were kept in the meet.
Junior Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) led the way for Northern on day one, smashing his season-best time in the 5,000-meter run and finishing eighth in the race in 14:36.85.
Senior Alex Sibila (Zionsville, Ind.) finished third in the high jump, tying his career-high mark with a leap of 6' 7".
By Monty Siekerman
It was a hip hoppin’, jive jumpin’ time at the Railroad Park Friday evening when ONU instrumentalists played an informal concert for all of those who gathered or were drawn in by the music.
Members of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi, the honorary band fraternity and sorority, traditionally gather in the park to entertain Adaites the Friday before commencement.
The lively music always begins with the ONU Fight Song. And, it’s a time for longtime Band Director Charles Bates to hand off the baton to students to lead the 30-piece band that evening.
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Senior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) threw a 6-hit shutout to lead the Ohio Northern softball team to a 1-0 victory over Case Western Reserve in the first game of the NCAA III Softball Notre Dame, Indiana Regional Tournament on a chilly Friday afternoon at the Purcell Athletic Fields.
The Polar Bears (31-9 overall) advance in the winner's bracket on Saturday at 11 am and will face No. 19-ranked Saint Mary's (Ind.), who defeated Mount Aloysius (Pa.) 6-1 in Friday's second game.
WESTERVILLE -- The Ohio Northern baseball team dropped a hard-fought 2-0 decision to No. 25-ranked Marietta and bowed out of the 2018 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday afternoon at Fishbaugh Field.
The Polar Bears fall to 27-15 overall, while the Pioneers improve to 27-15.
