Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 27, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Playing their fourth home match in seven days, the Ada volleyball team lost a three-set battle to visiting Ben Logan Monday night.
The 25-18, 25-9, 27-25 loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-3, while BL improved to 2-1 with the win.
"We wasted too much time getting going," said Bulldog second-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "We had a slow start, but finally found our momentum in the last set."
The teams fought evenly to an 18-18 tie in set one before BL rattled off the final seven points to pull out the win, 25-18.
"We just could not get a sideout when we needed it at the end," Tabor explained.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 27, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Junior Jacob Poling scored three goals to lead the Ada boys soccer team to a 7-2 win over visiting Paulding in a Northwest Conference match Monday evening.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-2-1 overall and 2-0 in the NWC with their second straight win. Paulding fell to 1-1 and 0-1 with the loss.
Senior Skylar Williams scored two goals, while seniors Nick Kamatali and Kyler Stoll each netted a goal. Poling, junior Ian Dellifield and senior Wyatt Rettig all passed out one assist as well.
Freshman Grant Preston made seven saves in goal for Ada.
The Bulldogs host Old Fort Thursday, August 29 at 5 p.m.
Men’s team
The tradition has been built and the standard set for what it's expected out of Ohio Northern's men's cross-country team. Three Ohio Athletic Conference titles in the last four years and two straight NCAA Championship appearances have made the Polar Bears an exemplary program in not only the conference but regionally and nationally, as well.
Women’s team
The Ohio Northern women's soccer team is the preseason favorite to win the 2019 Ohio Athletic Conference title according to the OAC Coaches Preseason Poll in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Northern received 77 points and five first place votes to edge Otterbein, who received 76 points and the remaining five first place votes.
Capital was picked third with 66 points and Mount Union was picked fourth with 54 points.
Aubrey Madison contributed seven digs, three assists and two kills
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, August 23, 2019
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada volleyball team played well and very hard, but lost in straight sets to visiting power Coldwater Thursday night.
The hard-fought 25-10, 26-24, 25-15 loss dropped the Lady Bulldog record to 2-2. Coldwater improved to 2-0 with the win.
"We played our best match this season," said Bulldog second-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor. "Our hustle and defense was great. Our top seven showed a lot of heart."
The atmosphere was energized by a large and loud Ada student throng, which inspired the Lady Bulldogs to hustle all over the court from the very start of play.
Ohio Northern men's cross country team has been picked to finish third in the Ohio Athletic Conference in a poll conducted by the league's 10 coaches.
The Polar Bears received 64 points in the poll, trailing only Otterbein (80 points) and John Carroll (71 points).
ONU returns eight lettermen from last year's squad that posted a 97-29 record and finished third at the OAC Championships under 11th-year head coach Jason Maus.
Ohio Northern women's cross country team has been picked to finish fourth in the Ohio Athletic Conference in a poll conducted by the league's 10 coaches.