Seven Ohio Northern student/athletes were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in football for 2012 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Seniors Tyler Joseph, Cody Kelly, Carter Paul and Justin Wilson and sophomore Steven Kenny were named Second Team All-OAC, while senior Kyle Smith and junior Sean Denson were named Honorable Mention All-Conference.
Joseph is now a two-time All-Conference honoree at right guard, earning Second Team honors in each of the past two seasons. He has started the last 32 games in the past three years and is also an Academic All-OAC honoree.
Senior Cameron Johnson scored in the 82nd minute to give the No. 5 Ohio Northern men's soccer team a 2-1 victory over No. 6 Montclair State (N.J.), Sunday evening in the NCAA III Tournament Quarterfinals.
The Polar Bears are now 24-2-0 on the season, while the Redhawks conclude their season at 19-3-1.
This will be the first trip in school history to the Final Four for the Polar Bears.
Northern will now face Williams (Mass.) at 1:30 pm CST in the NCAA III Tournament Semifinals at Blossom Soccer Stadium in San Antonio, Texas on November 30.
Sophomore Lucas Pennington scored 21 points and junior Jared Horstman added 15 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 78-60 victory over Penn State-Beaver in the championship game of the Washington & Jefferson Classic on Sunday at the Henry Memorial Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 2-0, while the Nittany Lions fall to 1-1.
Pennington was named the Tournament MVP and Horstman was named to the All-Tournament Team for their efforts.
Sophomore Isaiah Roux added 14 points for Ohio Northern.
Penn State-Beaver was led by Nick Miller with 14 points, Robert Agurs with 13 points and Lamont Wright with 10 points.
Senior Nate Bascom became Ohio Northern's all-time single season assist leader as the No. 5 Ohio Northern men's soccer team topped No. 10 Susquehanna by a 4-1 score Saturday evening in the NCAA III Tournament Third Round.
The Polar Bears improve to 23-2 on the season, while the Crusaders finish their season at 18-3-1.
Northern advances to the NCAA III Tournament Quarterfinals for the second time in school history and will face either No. 4 Trinity (Tx.) or No. 6 Montcliar State (N.J.) at 5 pm CST on Sunday.
The No. 10-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team opened its 2012-13 season with a 3-1 record at the Olivet Duals on Saturday at the Cutler Events Center.
The Polar Bears defeated No. 12-ranked Olivet (Mich.) 26-15, Alma (Mich.) 20-15 and Trine (Ind.) 25-12 after opening the day with a 39-3 loss to No. 5 Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Senior three-time All-American, defending NCAA Champion and No. 1-ranked Kyle Kwiat led ONU with a perfect 4-0 record, going 2-0 at 184 pounds and 2-0 at 174 pounds.
Junior Michael Pawlitz posted a 3-0 record at 197 pounds, sophomore Cody Lovejoy went 2-0 at heavyweight and freshman Max Brooke went 2-0 at 157 pounds for ONU.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team dropped a tough contest to No. 9 Washington University (Mo.) by a 63-60 score on Saturday night in the McWilliams Classic final.
Northern now stands at 1-1 on the season, while the Bears move to 2-0.
Junior Cenzie Yoder paced ONU with 18 points and seven rebounds. Freshman Brooke Espenschied scored 15 points off the bench and senior Joanna Snyder finished with 12.
Espenschied and Snyder were also named to the All-Tournament team.
Melissa Gilkey and Jordan Rettig led the way for Wash U., each scoring 13 points apiece.
