Ottoville’s Preston Mansfield shoots and scores past Mansfield Christian’s Tristan Johnson during Wednesday’s Division III Regional Semi Final at Frost-Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Soccer
Division III Regional
Ottoville 1, Mansfield Christian 0
TIFFIN — Ottoville’s Preston Mansfield scored the lone goal.
The Big Green will play against Ottawa Hills at Frost-Kainow Stadium in Tiffin at 3 p.m. Saturday. Ottawa Hills beat Hanoverton 4-0.
Volleyball
Division IV Regional
New Bremen 3, Jackson Center 0
New Bremen advanced after winning 25-15, 25-20 and 25-13.
COLLEGE
Volleyball
Earlham 3, Bluffton 0
RICHMOND, Ind. – The Bluffton University volleyball team wrapped up their 2022 campaign with a 3-0 loss at Earlham College in round one of the HCAC tournament. The Beavers finished their season with a 16-11 mark overall, while Earlham moves into the HCAC semifinals at Transylvania with a 14-15 record following two wins over the Beavers in the past five days.
Jenna Woods (DeGraff/Riverside) led the Bluffton offense, hammering home five winners. Three Beavers: Kaylie Campbell (Camden/Preble Shawnee), Alysha Like (McComb), and Chloei Barnett (Wapakoneta) were one off her pace with four kills each. Maddie White (Ashland) dished out 14 assists while also knocking three shots to the Quaker floor.
Emma Organ (Lambertville, MI/St. Ursula Academy) powered the Beaver defense with 11 digs. Courtney Weekley (Butler/Clear Fork) added seven pickups to her stat line with Like and Elle Price (Pocono Pines, PA/Findlay (Ohio) chipping in four digs apiece. Like and Paige Massie (Alvada/Arcadia) both stuffed the Quakers twice on Wednesday night.
ONU players honored
ADA — Fifth-year senior Levi King (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) and senior Becky Moss (Lebanon/Mount Notre Dame) have been selected as the Ohio Northern athletic department’s Polar Bear of the Month award winners for October.
King, a midfielder and team captain for the men’s soccer team, recorded six goals and seven assists to lead the Polar Bears to an 8-0-1 record in October. He closed the regular season having recorded at least one point in all nine of the team’s conference games as the Polar Bears clinched the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season championship.
King currently ranks seventh all-time in career goals (39) and sixth all-time in career points (106) and assists (28).
The Polar Bears are ranked No. 11 nationally in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll and enter the postseason riding a seven-game win streak and 15-game unbeaten streak.
Moss, a goalkeeper for the women’s soccer team, has played the entirety of the Polar Bears’ 17 games this season and posted a 7-0-2 record with seven shutouts in October. She closed the regular season with six straight shutouts as the Polar Bears earned a share of the OAC Regular Season title.
The team enters the postseason riding a six-game win streak and 11-game unbeaten streak and sits just outside the top 25 in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
Overall, Moss boasts an OAC-high 12 shutouts on the season to go with 30 saves, a .789 save percentage and 0.47 GAA. She leads the OAC in GAA and ranks third in save percentage.
Moss is currently tied for third all-time at ONU in single-season shutouts and ranks ninth all-time with 12 career shutouts.
