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- 11/06/2009
Liz SchnellleBy Tim Glon
| Box Score | OAC Tournament Site |
TIFFIN -- No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern defeated Mount Union 25-27, 25-18, 25-20 in the semifinals of the 2009 Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament Friday night at Heidelberg's Sieberling Gymnasium.
The third-seeded Polar Bears improve to 27-3, while the second-seeded Purple Raiders fall to 22-6.
- 11/05/2009
Liz SchnelleBy Steven Wright
ADA — Senior All-American Liz Schnelle (New Bremen) has been selected CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine First Team Academic All-District IV.
As a junior last season, Schnelle earned Second Team Academic All-District honors.
She has also been named First Team Academic All-OAC for the past two seasons.
Schnelle has had a remarkable career at Ohio Northern, ranking in Ohio Northern's all-time top 10 in kills, attacks, attack percentage, solo blocks and total blocks.
- 11/03/2009
Abby SchallerBy Steven Wright
| Box Score | OAC Tournament Site |
ADA - The No. 6 Ohio Northern volleyball team defeated John Carroll in a three-set sweep Tuesday evening at the ONU Sports Center to earn a berth into the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals.
The Polar Bears (26-3) are the No. 3 seed in the tournament, while the Blue Streaks (12-17) were the No. 6 seed.
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(27-3 Overall, 7-2 OAC)
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Volleyball Highlights
• NCAA all-divisions record 32 consecutive winning seasons
• 25 NCAA Tournament Appearances in 28 years of the tournament, posting a 33-25 record
• 1 NCAA Finals appearance, 2 NCAA Semifinal appearances and 5 NCAA Quarterfinal appearances
• 21 OAC Regular Season Championships and 17 OAC Tournament Championships since the OAC began sponsoring volleyball in 1984.
• 22 All-Americans
• 5 Academic All-Americans
• 8 OAC Players of the Year
• OAC Coach of the Year nine times
• 52 First Team All-OAC honorees
• 36 First Team Academic All-OAC honorees
• Head coach Kate Witte has won 488 matches at ONU while compiling 15 OAC Regular Season Titles and 12 OAC Tournament Titles in her 18 years at the helm.
• ONU has won nine consecutive OAC Regular Season Championships