The Ohio Northern wrestling team is ranked No. 19 in the fifth weekly Brute-National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III poll for the 2012-13 season.
The Polar Bears (6-1 overall), under 25th-year head coach Ron Beaschler, one of only two Ohio Athletic Conference teams in the poll, which ranks the top 30 teams in the country.
Northern was ranked No. 19 in the fourth poll, was No. 17 in the third poll, was No. 13 in the second poll and was No. 10 in the first poll.
Individually, two ONU wrestlers are ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up three more spots to a season-high ranking of No. 9 in the sixth weekly D3hoops.com poll.
The Polar Bears received 412 votes in the poll, 76 more than the 336 they received in last week's poll.
DePauw (Ind.) stayed at the top of the poll with 623 points and 24 of the 25 first place votes, Calvin (Mich) is ranked second with 574 points and the remaining first place vote and Washington (Mo.) is third with 567 points.
ONU was ranked No. 12 in last week's poll, was No. 15 in the fourth poll, was No. 17 in the third poll, was No. 20 in the second poll and was No. 24 in the first poll.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team received a Silver Award for team ethics and sportsmanship, given by the National Soccer Collegiate Coaches Association.
The Polar Bears were just one of two Division III teams to win a silver award.
To be eligible, a team must receive zero red cards during the season, which includes both the regular and postseason.
A silver award means that ONU received between one and five yellow cards during their matches this year.
Ohio Northern finished the season with a 25-3-0 record and won their second straight OAC Regular Season Championship and third consecutive OAC Tournament Championship.
Senior Dumbaugh scored a game high 17 points and senior Joanna Snyder added 16 as the No. 12 Ohio Northern women's basketball team defeated No. 13 Mount Union on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
With the win the Polar Bears improve to 12-1 overall and 6-0 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 10-3 and 4-2 in the OAC play.
Junior Cenzie Yoder added 11 points for Northern and senior Katie Mengos pulled down a career high 12 rebounds.
Mount Union started things off quickly, building a 12-4 lead within the first five minutes, and pushed their lead to 19-10 with 11:03 left in the first half.
Sophomore Lucas Pennington scored 21 points and junior Dominique Royal added a career high 18 as the Ohio Northern men's basketball team defeated Mount Union by a 69-63 score at the MAAC.
With the win, the Polar Bears move to 7-6 overall and 3-3 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 5-8, 3-3.
Royal was 9-of-15 from the field while Pennington was 6-of-12. Both players also pulled down seven rebounds apiece.
ONU used an early 7-0 run to open up a 14-11 lead with just over 11 minutes left in the first half.
The Polar Bear expanded their lead to 30-23 with 2:43 left on a jumper by Royal.
