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Joanna Snyder named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

By Andrew Korba

Senior women's basketball player Joanna Snyder has been named to the Division III Women's Basketball Capital One Academic All-America First Team in voting done by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

This is the first national recognition for Snyder, as she has been named Academic All-Region the past two seasons.

The mathematics and education double major is second on the team in scoring averaging 13.5 ppg and in rebounding at 6.0 rpg.

On February 13, Snyder became the 11th player in school history to score 1,000 career points.

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Horstman's career-high 30 points leads men's basketball past Heidelberg in first round of OAC Tournament

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

By Tim Glon

Junior Jared Horstman scored a career-high 30 points to lead Ohio Northern to a 79-71 victory over Heidelberg in the First Round of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Monday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

The sixth-seeded Polar Bears improve to 13-13 on the season, while the seventh-seeded Student Princes end their season with an 11-15 mark.

Ohio Northern will travel to third-seeded Wilmington for a Second Round contest Tuesday at 8 pm.

Horstman had a dominating night, scoring 30 points, grabbing a team-high eight rebounds and a nabbing a team-best four steals.

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Football to open 2013 slate Sept. 7 against Alfred (N.Y.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern football team will open its 2013 season under ninth-year head coach Dean Paul on Sept. 7 against Alfred (N.Y.) in a 1 pm contest at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Saxons are of the Empire 8 Conference and posted a 6-4 record last season.

The Polar Bears will also play host to defending national champion Mount Union on Oct. 5 at 1:30 p.m.

Homecoming Weekend will feature a home game with Marietta at 1:30 on Oct. 19.

ONU will also host John Carroll at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 and Otterbein at 1 p.m. on Nov. 16.

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No. 4 women's basketball finishes perfect in OAC Regular Season play with 77-42 win over Capital

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, February 18, 2013

By Jared Brown

The No. 4 Ohio Northern women's basketball team celebrated Senior Day with a 77-42 victory over Capital on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears have now won a school record 23 games in a row and stand at 24-1 on the season and 18-0 in the OAC. The Crusaders fall to 14-11, 9-9.

ONU becomes the first team to finish the OAC regular season undefeated since the 1999-00 season.

The 24 victories this season also sets a new school record.

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ONU men win 9th consecutive OAC swim-dive crown

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Saturday, February 16, 2013

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men won their ninth consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships title on Saturday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.

The Polar Bears finished with 985 points and won 14 of the 20 titles in the meet.

ONU set seven OAC records, 10 school records, two NCAA "A" Cuts and eight NCAA "B" Cuts in the three days of the meet.

Mount Union was second with 749 points, John Carroll was third with 468 points, Wilmington was fourth with 409 points, league newcomer Transylvania (Ky.) was fifth with 237 points and Defiance was sixth with 10 points.

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Five score in double figures as men's basketball defeats Wilmington 79-75 on senior night

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, February 14, 2013

By Andrew Korba

Junior Branden Rushton scored 19 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 79-75 victory over Wilmington on Wednesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears now stand at 12-12 on the season and 8-9 in the OAC, while the Quakers fall to 12-11, 9-8.

The win also ensures Northern will  host a home game in the OAC Tournament. ONU can finish as high as the No. 3 seed with a win at Capital on Saturday.

Rushton shot 8-of-12 from the field and also tied his career high with seven rebounds.

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