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Here’s the ONU sports round up

Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Here’s the ONU sports round up from the weekend. 

Men’s soccer
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team put on an offensive clinic Saturday night at Kerscher Stadium to extend its win streak to 10 games. The Polar Bears defeated Muskingum 8-0 to improve to 11-2-1 overall and 3-0-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. 

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Ada CC leaders at NWC: Ferguson, Wells, Swaney

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 14, 2019

By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada boys cross country team finished seventh in the seven-team Northwest Conference championship meet at the Van Wert Reservoir Saturday morning.

Columbus Grove repeated as boys team champion with just 23 points. Lincolnview was second (45), followed by Crestview (86), Bluffton (105), Allen East (133), Paulding (143) and Ada (211).

Bulldog sophomore Riley Ferguson came in 67th in the field of 95 runners to register the top Ada showing. He covered the 3.1-mile course in a time of 22:13.8.

Senior teammate Hunter Wells ended up right behind him at 68th in 22:14.3.

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Grove wins battle of Bulldogs

"We were dealing with a lot of guys banged up (coming in), and then we got more guys injured," said head coach Shawn Christopher. "I was proud of the young guys who came in and played well, and hard."
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 14, 2019

By Cort Reynolds - photos by Sue Mattson
ADA - The host Ada football team lost decisively to Columbus Grove 65-14 in a wet Northwest Conference contest last Friday night to spoil an intermittently rainy Homecoming.

The purple and gold fell to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in NWC play with the defeat. Surging Grove improved to 4-3 and 3-1 in league action with their third straight win.

"We were dealing with a lot of guys banged up (coming in), and then we got more guys injured," said Ada second-year head coach Shawn Christopher. "I was proud of the young guys who came in and played well, and hard.

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Neumann's grandfather gifted her a set of plastic golf clubs on the day she was born

Meet Annika Neumann, ONU student athlete with golf on her mind
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 13, 2019

By Bud Denega
Annika Neumann was, quite literally, born into the game of golf. Instead of a bouquet of congratulatory flowers or a smiling stuffed animal, Neumann's grandfather gifted her a set of plastic golf clubs on the day she was born. 

"Golf is kind of like a family thing," Neumann said. "… I don't know what my life be like without golf."

So it's not a stretch to say golf has been there every step of the way for Neumann, a junior golfer for Ohio Northern University. 

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Fuller OAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week

Posted by Icon K on Saturday, October 12, 2019

Ohio Northern junior Jenna Fuller (Countryside, Ill./Lyons Township)has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6.

Fuller had a hat trick to lead the Polar Bears in a 5-0 victory over Marietta on Saturday.

She leads the squad and is second in the OAC with 10 goals and 22 points.

This marks the third time in her career that Fuller has won this award.

She currently ranks eighth all-time in ONU history with 38 career goals and 92 points.

The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday night with a 7 pm match at Baldwin Wallace.

 

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Williams and Fleser OAC football players of the week

Posted by Icon K on Saturday, October 12, 2019

Ohio Northern junior All-American running back Christiaan Williams (Sidney/Anna and senior kicker Tom Fleser (Sunbury/Big Walnut) have been named Ohio Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week for their efforts in Ohio Northern's 31-23 victory over Marietta on Saturday.

Williams was named the Offensive Player of the Week and Fleser was named the Special Teams Player of the Week.

Williams ran for a season-high 183 yards and a touchdown He carried the ball 30 times as ONU finished the day with 235 yards rushing and 429 yards of total offense.

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