Ohio Northern rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge area-rival Bluffton 6-5 in a non-conference baseball game Monday afternoon at Wander Field.
The Polar Bears improve to 11-12 overall, while the Beavers fall to 13-12.
Senior Cory Martin drilled a 2-out, 2-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to score senior Kevin Obarski and freshman Jack LaMarca with the tying and go-ahead runs.
Northern trailed 5-3 entering the frame and senior Dan Belliveau started a 2-out rally with a single through the right side of the infield.
Junior Evan McKee has been named Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Runner of the Week.
At the Marv Frye Invitational on Saturday, McKee won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.39 to lead Ohio Northern men's outdoor track & field team to a ninth place finish.
McKee is the second Polar Bear to receive the award during the outdoor season. Junior Mark Berton received the award in the week ending March 25.
Ohio Northern will return to action on Saturday when it heads back to Ohio Wesleyan for the All-Ohio Championships.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team topped Albion (Mich.) 8-1 and regionally ranked Hope (Mich.) 6-3 at the Michigan-Ohio Challenge Saturday morning at the DeWitt Tennis Center at Hope College.
The Ohio-Michigan Tennis Challenge pits three Michigan teams (Albion, Hope, and Kalamazoo) against three Ohio teams (Kenyon, Oberlin, and Ohio Northern).
The Ohio teams finished 7-0 in the challenge.
The Polar Bears improve to 15-4 overall, while the Britons fall to 5-6.
Against Albion, freshman Rachael Miller teamed with junior Michelle Tuma to win 8-3 in a proset at No. 1 doubles.
Junior Evan McKee won the 800-meter run to lead the Ohio Northern men's outdoor track & field team at the Marv Frye Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday.
The Polar Bears finished with 42 points, which tied them for ninth place with Denison.
Ohio Wesleyan won the meet with 116 points, Case Western Reserve was second with 73 points and Baldwin Wallace was third with 68.
McKee finished in 1:57.39, which was just .40 second faster than the second place finisher.
Junior Francisque Pierre-Jerome finished the 100-meter dash in 10.90 seconds, which placed him second.
Freshman Brandon Lambert won Medalist honors with an even-par 72 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a 300-325 victory at Ohio State-Lima at Hawthorne Hills Golf Course Friday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 41-14-1 on the season.
Juniors Colin Burns and Ryan Wirtz and freshman Rick Deichert all carded 76s for ONU on the 6,710-yard course.
Trevor Crites led the Barons with a 75.
The Polar Bears will return to action next Wednesday at the Trine (Ind.) Spring Classic.
