Dan Otanicar

By Tim Glon

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ANDERSON, Ind. -- Dan Otanicar scored a goal and assisted on another in a 39 second span of the second half, leading the Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a season-opening 6-0 victory at Anderson (Ind.) Tuesday afternoon at the AU Soccer Field.

The Polar Bears are now 1-0, while the Ravens fall to 0-3.

Geoff Smith

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team will be welcoming 15 incoming freshmen to join the team for the 2008 season.

Led by 11th-year head coach Brent Ridenour, the Polar Bears will be adding a wide variety of talent that includes five forwards, four midfielders, three defenders and three goalkeepers.

The 2008 team will open the 2008 season at Anderson (Ind.) on Sept. 2 before embarking on a trip to California for a pair of contests.

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team will open the 2008 season at Anderson (Ind.) on Sept. 2 before embarking on a trip to California for a pair of contests.

Northern will take on Redlands (Calif.) on Sept. 6 and California Lutheran on Sept. 7 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Redlands finished the 2007 season ranked No. 8 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The trip will mark the first time the men's program has played a game, or a team, from west of the Mississippi River.