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ONU Women's Soccer hits the road to start 2008 season
Liz Cain
May 6, 2008

By Gary Petit

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team will play the first six games of the 2008 season away from home, starting at the Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) Classic on August 30-31.

The Polar Bears, who return nine starters and 19 letterwinners from its 2007 OAC Regular Season title team, will take on host RIT in the opening game of the tournament on Aug. 30 and will face Allegheny (Pa.) on Aug. 31.

Northern will then make trips to Anderson (Ind.) and Ohio Wesleyan before embarking on a weekend trip to play MIAA-powers Hope (Mich.) and Calvin (Mich.) in back-to-back days. Calvin, the 2007 MIAA Champions, finished the season ranked No. 19 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

ONU will return home for its home opener against the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference Champion Wittenberg on Sept. 17. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 last season and finished with a No. 15 ranking.

One more non-conference road trip to Denison on Sept. 24 paves the way for Northern's final two non-conference showdowns. The Lady Polar Bears will host Case Western Reserve on Sept. 27 and Defiance on Oct. 1.

Northern will then start its 2007 OAC Regular Season Title defense on Oct. 3 when it travels to Muskingum to open conference-play.

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Five Softball players named to NFCA All-Central Region squad

Decima, Fought, Mangola named to 1st Team

Liz Decima

Mandi Fought

Tina Mangola
May 10, 2007

By Tim Glon

ADA — Five Ohio Northern players were named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III All-Central Region team in softball for 2008 in voting conducted by the National Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association.

Sophomores Liz Decima (Freedom, Pa./Ambridge), Mandi Fought (Toledo/Whitmer) and Tina Mangola (Cranberry Township, Pa.) were all First Team honorees, while junior Danielle Goubeaux (Coldwater) and sophomore Cortney Cash (Chicago Heights, Ill/Marian Catholic) were named to the Second Team.

Decima, Fought and Mangola will all now be on the All-America ballot.

Decima led the Polar Bears in batting with a .455 average and 60 hits while starting all 41 games at shortstop.

Fought, a two-year starter in center field, was also named Third Team All-Region as a freshman in 2007.

Mangola is a repeat First Team All-Region selection and is ONU’s all-time career home run record leader with 20 as a two-year starter in right field.

Goubeaux is making her first appearance on the All-Region team and finished third on the squad with a .442 batting average while starting 40 games in left field.

Cash is making her first appearance on the All-Region team and hit .305 with a home run, 32 RBI, 11 doubles and 26 runs scored this spring.

| Complete Story |
• Brennan receives bid to WGolf NCAA Championships (5/5)
• Five named 1st Team All-Conference in Softball (5/5)
• Katana goes 6-for-7 as Baseball splits DH at Marietta (5/4)
• Softball finishes third at OAC Tournament (5/3)
• No. 9 Kenyon tops Men's Tennis in second round of NCAAs (5/3)
• Jansen sets two career-marks at Joe Banks Invitational (5/3)

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Polar Bear Calendar
(18-22 Overall, 9-9 OAC)
5/4 at Marietta (DH), L 3-6 / W 12-7
Season Complete
(28-13 Overall, 14-4 OAC)
5/2-3 OAC Tournament at Muskingum
5/2 v #20 Mt Union, L 1-5
5/3 v John Carroll, W 8-0
5/3 v #11 Muskingum, L 2-4
Season Complete
(18-5 Overall, 9-0 OAC)
OAC Regular Season Champions
4/23-26 OAC Tournament
5/2-4 NCAA III Regionals at Kenyon
5/2 v Transylvania (Ky.), W 5-1
5/3 at #11 Kenyon, L 0-5
Season Complete
(105-19 Overall)
No. 14 Ranked
4/26-27 H w/OAC Championships, 2nd of 9
5/13-16 NCAAs at Waverly, Ia.
(53-10 Overall)
No. 19 ranked
5/2-3 H w/Joe Banks Inv., 1st of 6
5/8-9 at North Central (Ill.) Inv.
5/15-16 at North Central (Ill.) Inv.
(42-20 Overall)
5/2-3 H w/Joe Banks Inv., 1st of 5
5/8-9 at North Central (Ill.) Inv.
5/15-16 at North Central (Ill.) Inv.
(20-5 Overall, 7-2 OAC)
Season Complete
(53-41-3 Overall)
Season Complete