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Volleyball ends regular season with 3-0 sweep of Muskingum

By: Andrew Korba

ADA--The Ohio Northern volleyball team ended its regular season with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-11) sweep of Muskingum Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

With the win, the Polar Bears conclude the regular season with a 23-5 record, while the Muskies finish at 15-16, 3-6.

Ohio Northern will be the No. 3 seed in the OAC Tournament which kicks off next week.

The Polar Bears honored their two seniors as well, as the macth was Senior Day.

Senior Ellen Grenert paced ONU with 11 kills, while senior Kelsie Zumberger has 31 assists.

Junior Kristen Davidson had nine kills for Northern and hit a match high .474.

Four earn All-Conference honors as Ohio Northern finishes second at 2012 OAC Men's Cross Country Championships

By Tim Glon

Juniors Mark Berton and Evan McKee each earned First Team All-Conference honors with top-9 finishes to lead  Ohio Northern to a second place finish at the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon at the Wilmington Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (80-24 overall) finished second of 10 teams with 76 points. Mount Union won the team title with 45 points, John Carroll was third with 94 points and WIlmington was fourth with 125 points.

Berton finished seventh in 26:03 and McKee was ninth in 26:08.

Four Polar Bear runners earned All-OAC honors by finishing in the top 18.

Hartsel sweeps breaststroke events to lead Women's Swimming & Diving in 2012-13 opening meet at John Carroll

By Tim Glon

Junior Jennifer Hartsel swept the breaststroke events to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team in a season-opening 141-139 loss at John Carroll Saturday afternoon at the Don Shula Sports Center.

The Polar Bears fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conferencem while the Blue Streaks improve to 1-0, 1-0.

Ohio Northern won nine of the 16 events, but John Carroll used its advantage in depth to post the victory as ONU was swimming without six of its regulars, who missed the meet for various reasons.

Men's Swimming & Diving opens 2012-13 campaign with 204-75 victory at John Carroll

By Tim Glon

Seniors Drew Keriazes, junior Jordan Breitigam and sophomore Brian Heilbronner each won three events to lead the Ohio Northern men's swimming & diving team to a 204-75 victory at John Carroll in the 2012-13 opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at the Don Shula Sports Center.

The Polar Bears won 12 of the 16 events to improve to 1-0 overall and are 1-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks fall to 0-1, 0-1.

The victory extends Ohio Northern's streak of consecutive OAC regular season dual meet wins to 26.

Keriazes won the 100 breast in 1:00.31 and won the 200 breast in 2:15.38.

Steinbrunner, Weaver lead Women's Cross Country to school record third consecutive OAC Championships title

 

By Tim Glon

 Seniors All-American Alison Steinbrunner and Lydia Weaver finished 1-2 to lead No. 34-ranked Ohio Northern to the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Championships title Saturday afternoon at the Wilmington Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (80-22 overall) won the team title with 52 points, edging Mount Union (62 points) and John Carroll (72 points) for the crown.

Steinbrunner had a record-setting afternoon as well, winning her OAC-record fourth consecutive individual title.

She won the event by a full 42 seconds in 22:12 for the 6,000-meter course.

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