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#3 women's basketball advances to OAC tournament finals with 62-39 victory over Wilmington

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Friday, February 22, 2013

By Tim Glon

No. 3-ranked Ohio Northern advanced into the finals of the 2013 Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament with a 60-37 victory over Wilmington in the Third Round on Thursday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The top-seeded Polar Bears advance to the finals with a 25-1 record, while the fourth-seeded Quakers end their season with a 15-12 record.

ONU runs its school record winning streak to 24 games and has now won 16 consecutive games by 10 points or more.

Northern will host second-seeded Otterbein in the finals on Saturday night at 7:30 pm at the ONU Sports Center.

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It was an Ada Senior Bowl - here's some photos

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 21, 2013

If you missed watching Ada's Zac Dysert in the Senior Bowl earlier this year in Mobile, Alabama, don't worry. Don Traxler was there with his camera. He shared a series of action photos with The Ada Icon.

Left to right, following the game are,  Brooke (Dysert) Carter, Carla Dysert, Zac Dysert, Heather Dysert.

You'll find the photos below, including a touchdown pass that Dysert tossed.

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Juniors Rushton, Royal, Horstman named All-OAC in men's basketball for 2012-13

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, February 21, 2013

By Tim Glon

Three Ohio Northern juniors, Branden Rushton, Dominique Royal and Jared Horstman, were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men's basketball for 2012-13 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Rushton was named to the Second Team, while Royal and Horstman were Honorable Mention All-OAC honorees.

Rushton is making his third consecutive appearance on the All-OAC squad after earning Honorable Mention All-OAC kudos in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.

The 6-2 guard led the team in scoring for the second consecutive season in 2012-13, averaging 15.1 ppg.

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Women's indoor track & field ranked No. 21 in USTFCCCA computer rankings

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's indoor track & field team fell to No. 21 in the fifth weekly USTFCCCA computer rankings.

ONU was ranked No. 18 in last week's poll.

The Polar Bears received 39.45 points in this weeks rankings.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh remained atop the rankings with 162.12 points, Wartburg (Iowa) is second with 149.97 points and Illinois College is  third with 79.12 points.

Northern has a record of 36-7 on the season and finished 1st of 15 teams at the Capital Classic on Saturday.

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Men's basketball bows out of OAC Tournament with second round loss at Wilmington

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

By Tim Glon

Ohio Northern saw its season come to an end in the Second Round of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament with a 92-61 loss at Wilmington Tuesday night at Raizk Arena.

The Polar Bears end their season with a 13-14 record, while the Quakers advance to the Third Round with a 14-12 record.

WC will now travel to second-seeded Marietta for a Third Round contest Thursday night at 7:30 pm at Ban Johnson Fieldhouse.

Junior Jared Horstman scored 15 points, junior Branden Ruston added 13 points and senior Taylor Kuhlman scored 1-0 points in his final collegiate game to lead Ohio Northern.

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Women's basketball moves up to No. 3 in USA Today coaches poll

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

By Andrew Korba       

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up to a season high ranking of No. 3 in the USA Today Sports Dvision III Top 25 Coaches Poll and remained No. 4 in the D3hoops.com poll.

In the USA Today Sports poll, Northern received 177 points, which was 14 more than last week.

DePauw (Ind.) remained No. 1 with 200 points, followed by Hope (Mich.) with 192 points and ONU with 177 points.

The Polar Bears received 537 points in the D3hoops.com poll, which was 15 more than they received in last weeks poll.

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