The Ohio Northern wrestling team is ranked No. 10 in the Brute-National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Preseason poll for the 2012-13 season.
The Polar Bears, under 25th-year head coach Ron Beaschler, are the only Ohio Athletic Conference team in the poll, which ranks the top 30 teams in the country.
Individually, three ONU wrestlers are ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes.
Ohio Northern junior Kevin Weslosky was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week for his effort's in ONU's 20-19 victory over Muskingum on Saturday.
Weslosky averaged 36.0 yards on four punts with a long of 61 yards for ONU (3-5 overall, 3-4 OAC).
This marks the third consecutive week that an Ohio Northern athlete has won OAC Football Player of the Week honors, as senior Tate Humphrey was the Offensive POW on Oct. 22 and freshman Devon Price was the Special Teams POW on Oct. 15.
The Ohio Northern volleyball team has advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament after Baldwin Wallace self reported NCAA violations and withdrew all of its teams from OAC and NCAA postseason competition for the entire academic year on Tuesday.
The No. 3-seeded Polar Bears (24-5 overall) were slated to host the sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the OAC Tournament and will now advance to the semifinals Friday night at a home of the highest seeded quarterfinal winner.
A statement from the Ohio Athletic Conference explains the situation:
With the high school regular football season over, The Icon switches its weekly football contest to 10 college games and five pro games. The first contest will be posted later today.
The weekly contest will always have a noon, Saturday, entry deadline. Viewers may enter as often as they wish, but must enter under someone else's name for the second or third entry.
The entry location is the same as the high school contest - at the bottom of the home page.
Duane Bollenbacher was the overall winner of the 10-week high school contest. The college-pro contest will start with a clean the slate, so the overall winner of this new contest is up in the air.
ADA--The Ohio Northern volleyball team ended its regular season with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-11) sweep of Muskingum Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
With the win, the Polar Bears conclude the regular season with a 23-5 record, while the Muskies finish at 15-16, 3-6.
Ohio Northern will be the No. 3 seed in the OAC Tournament which kicks off next week.
The Polar Bears honored their two seniors as well, as the macth was Senior Day.
Senior Ellen Grenert paced ONU with 11 kills, while senior Kelsie Zumberger has 31 assists.
Junior Kristen Davidson had nine kills for Northern and hit a match high .474.
