Here is a report of Ohio Northern University fall sport events since Saturday.
Men's soccer
Junior Zach Yoder (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) scored in the 71st minute to lead the Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory at NAIA foe Huntington (Ind.) on Monday afternoon at King Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-2-1 with their third consecutive win.
The Foresters, who received votes in the latest NAIA poll, fall to 5-2-1 after seeing their 4-match win streak snapped.
Yoder scored his sixth career goal and his first of the season with 19:52 left in the match to snap a scoreless tie.
Sophomore John Lombardo (Solon) picked up his fourth shutout of the season and the eighth of his career and has run his scoreless streak to 270:13 over the past four matches.
Lombardo was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts on a pair of ONU victories against No. 7-Ohio Wesleyan (1-0) and Oberlin (4-0) last week.
He had eight saves in the two wins.
It is the second time in his career that Lombardo has won the award, gaining the honor as a freshman on Oct. 1, 2018.
This season, Lombardo has 27 saves and a 1.29 goals against average.
Ohio Northern out-shot Huntington 12-6.
The Polar Bears will return home on Wednesday night for a 7 pm match against Hanover (Ind.) at Kerscher Stadium.
Men's golf
The Ohio Northern men's golf team finished up play at the Columbus Cup Match Play tournament Sunday at Royal American Links. The Polar Bears toppled Marietta 6.5-1.5 to place third as a team.
Freshman Alex Cabungcal (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) won his second match in as many days. Freshman Andrew Lyon (Ottawa Hills), sophomore Sam Straker (Zanesville), sophomore Nolan Kimberly (Zanesville), sophomore Jared Hernandez (Van Wert), sophomore Austin White (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township) and junior Ethan Smith (Chillicothe/Southeastern) all claimed wins Sunday, while freshman Josh Steyer (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) halved his match.
Northern will travel to Tiffin Oct. 7 and 8 for the Findlay Classic before wrapping up the fall schedule at the Lourdes Fall Invitational.
