No. 16 Women's Basketball to play at No. 2 Transylvania (Ky.) in Sectional Rounds of NCAA III Tournament

By Tim Glon

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ADA — The No. 16-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team will travel south for the NCAA Tournament Sectionals this weekend.

Northern (25-4 overall) will play at No. 2-ranked Transylvania (Ky.) (29-0) in the Third Round on Friday at approximately 7 p.m. EST.

No. 14 Trine (Ind.) (23-6) will play No. 6 New York U. (24-2) in the first game of the day at 4:30 pm EST.

The Sectional Finals are slated for Saturday at 6:30 pm EST.

The Polar Bears advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 54-43 victory over No. 25 Berea (Ky.) in the First Round and a 71-60 win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the Second Round Friday and Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears are making their 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.

Ohio Northern earned the Ohio Athletic Conference's automatic bid by winning the OAC Tournament title with a 60-45 victory over Marietta on Feb. 25.

The Polar Bears also won the OAC Regular Season title with a 15-3 record and were the No. 1-ranked team in Region 7.

ONU has now won five OAC Tournament titles and eight OAC Regular Season crowns.

Check back to ONUSports.com for further details as they become available.