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Bascom named Academic All-American of the Year; Windsor named to second team

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Senior Nate Bascom became the first player in program history to be named Division III  Academic All-American in men's soccer, in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Bascom also was named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team.

Senior Austin Windsor also earned a Capital One Academic All-America Second Team selection.

Bascom, a biology major, has put together a solid season with 17 goals, a team high 16 assists and 50 points. This is the second time Bascom has been a Captial One Acadmemic All-American honoree.

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Joseph, Kelly, Spelman to represent Ohio Northern, team Stars & Stripes at 2012 Tazon de Estrellas in Guadalajara, Mexico

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Three Ohio Northern seniors will represent their school and Team Stars & Stripes in the fourth annual Tazon deEstrellas all-star football bowl game on Dec. 17 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Offensive guard Tyler Joseph, defensive tackle Cody Kelly and safety Cory Spelman were all selected to play in the game, which pits a team of NCAA Division III All-Stars against a team of Mexican collegiate all-stars.

This year's game will be played at 1 pm EST (Noon CST) at La Fortaleza Azul (The Blue Fortress) in Guadalajara.

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Junior Branden Rushton named OAC men's basketball Player of the Week

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 26, 2012

Ohio Northern junior guard Branden Rushton was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 19-25.

Rushton averaged 21.3 points per game in three games last week.

He scored 24 points in victories over Alma (Mich.) and Finlandia (Mich.) to lead the Polar Bears (4-1 overall) to the Alma Thanksgiving Classic title and scored 15 in a 69-64 loss to Defiance.

Rushton was named to the Alma All-Tournament Team. This season, Rushton leads the team in scoring at 18.4 ppg.

Ohio Northern will return to action Wednesday at 7:30 pm at home against No. 13-ranked Wooster at the ONU Sports Center.

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Katie Mengos leads three Polar Bears in double figures as women's basketball tops St. Mary's (Ind.) 77-62

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 25, 2012

Senior Katie Mengos scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Ohio Northern women's basketball team to a 77-62 victory over Saint Mary's (Ind.) on Sunday in the Saint Marys Thanksgiving Classic.
The Polar Bears improve to 4-1, while the Belles fall to 2-3.

Mengos led all scorers with her 20 points. Junior Cenzie Yoder added 15 points and senior Joanna Snyder chipped in 10 points for ONU.

SMC had four players score in double figures, led by Ariana Paul with 16 points.

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Rushton leads Polar Bears to 84-68 victory over Finlandia (Mich.) at Alma Thanksgiving Classic

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 25, 2012

Junior Branden Rushton scored 24 points for the second consecutive game, leading the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to an 84-68 victory over Finlandia (Mich.) Sunday afternoon on the second day of the Alma Thanksgiving Classic.

The Polar Bears improve to 4-1 on the season and went 2-0 in the tournament, while the Lions fall to 0-6.

Rushton was 9 of 13 from the floor and dished out four assists to go with his 24 points.
Rushton and sophomore Isaiah Roux were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Junior Jared Horstman had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Jordan Martin added 13 points for ONU.

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Five score in double figures as men's basketball tops Alma (Mich.), 99-71

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 25, 2012

Junior Branden Rushton scored a game high 24 points, as the Ohio Nothern men's basketball team had five players score in double figures in a 99-71 victory over Alma (Mich.) Saturday evening at the Alma Thanksgiving Classic.

The Polar Bears improve to 3-1 on the season with the win, while the Scots fall to 0-3.
Sophomores Lucas Pennington and Isaiah Roux each scored 17 points for ONU.

Junior Jared Horstman had 12 points and senior Taylor Kuhlman finished with 11 points.

Northern shot a solid 15-of-24 (62.5 percent) in three pointers on the evening.

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