KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Senior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) led a solid performance by the Ohio Northern women's tennis team at the ITA Central Regional tournament Friday-Sunday.
Ochsenhirt went 2-1 in singles and was 3-3 overall to lead the Polar Bears at the non-scoring event.
Freshman Olivia Schrager (Dayton/Miami Valley) went 2-2 in singles, junior Mackenzie Wills (Ada) was 1-1 in singles and junior Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) was 1-2 in singles play.
All four women posted 1-2 doubles records with Ochsenhirt and Wills combining on one team and Schrager and Curry on another doubles tandem.
The Ohio Northern men's golf team finished sixth of nine teams at the Bluffton Fall Classic Saturday at Bluffton Golf Club and Sunday at Hidden Creek Golf Club.
The Polar Bears (7-15) finished with a 314-300—614 for the 36 holes, and were just 11 strokes off the lead.
Senior Joshua Turich (Centerville) led ONU with a 5-over par 76-73-149 to finish seventh of 52 golfers.
Sophomore Lydia Cranmer fired a final round career-low 74 to win Medalist honors and lead the Ohio Northern women's golf team to victory at the 8-team Bluffton Fall Classic Saturday and Sunday.
The Polar Bears (19-1 overall) finished with a 345-342—687 to edge Franklin (Ind.) by three strokes.
Ada defenders Ethan Hall (55), Ty Miller (47) and Phillip Coulson (10)
smother a Spencerville ballcarrier in the Bulldog loss to the Bearcats
last Friday.
ADA - Injury-plagued Ada visits surging Columbus Grove for a week six battle Friday in just their second road game of the season.
Grove has won three straight after starting the season with consecutive losses to a pair of 5-0 teams, Pandora-Gilboa and Leipsic. They have outscored their opposition 109-43 during their win streak.
CG (3-2, 2-0 NWC) took advantage of Knight miscues to upset state-ranked Crestview 33-20 on the road in week five. They are one of only two remaining unbeatens in league play, as Grove sits atop the NWC along with Spencerville at 2-0.
The summer of '18 will be remembered as a perfect one for gardens in Ada. Here's proof. Check out these impressive impatiens greeting visitors to the ONU admissions office. (Monty Siekerman photo)
