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Ouch! Women's soccer team lose in double-overtime

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, September 13, 2014

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern women's soccer team dropped an exciting, 1-0 double overtime decision at Transylvania (Ky.) at Pat Deacon Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears fall to 3-2-0 on the year while the Pioneers improve their record to 3-3-0 on the season.

In the 102nd minute, Transylvania forward Alyssa Kruse scored the only goal of the game.

Northern out shot the Pioneers 12-7 but couldn't manage to capitalize on their opportunities.

Junior Emily Brodict (3-2) made three saves on the day for ONU.

Morgan Potts (2-3) made six saves at goalkeeper for Transylvania.

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ONU women 10th at 24-team cross country meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, September 13, 2014

By Tim Glon

Senior Samantha Hoffman led the Ohio Northern women's cross country team to a 10th place finish at the 24-team Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (22-13 overall) finished with 281 points.

No. 7-ranked Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 27 points, No. 9 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.), No. 22 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 124 points, No. 34 Case Western Reserve was fourth with 135 points and No. 11 (NAIA) Cornerstone (Ind.) was fifth with 170 points.

Hoffman finished 23rd out of 292 runners in 19:11 over the 5,000-meter course.

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ONU men's cross county posts impressive 4th place finish

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, September 13, 2014

The Ohio Northern men's cross country team posted an impressive fourth place finish at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (26-3 overall) were fourth out of 20 teams with 118 points.

No. 23 Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 55 points. No. 5 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.) was second with 80 points and No. 4 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 110 points.

Northern defeated No. 22 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, who finished sixth with 224 points.

Senior Nathan Rosenbaum finished ninth out of 291 runners in 25:51 over the 8,000-meter course.

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ONU introduces ‘Brother 2 Brother’ initiative

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 12, 2014

Ohio Northern University will introduce the “Brother 2 Brother” initiative to the campus with a kickoff event in the Dicke Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m.

Part of the national Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) program, the Ohio Northern University’s Brother 2 Brother initiative seeks to assist young men, especially young men of color, with retention and graduation within educational environments.

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New face in town

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 12, 2014

Ada's newest face in town is the First United Methodist Church steeple. Here's a view framed through the trees from the public library.

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Liberty Township experienced 4.59 inches of rain in August.

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Friday, September 12, 2014

Extension Rainfall Report for August 2014
By Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension Educator

During the month of August, Extension volunteer rainfall reporters received an average of 3.73 inches of rain.  The most rain for this month, 5.59 inches, fell in McDonald Township, as measured by Jerry Stout.  The least rain reported during the month, 2.10 inches, was reported in Goshen Township by Brien Bros. Farm.  During the same month last year, an average of 1.94 inches of rain fell. The rainfall recorded in August over the past ten years averaged 4.16 inches. 

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