Coldwater defeated Sherwood Fairview 25-14, 25-15, 25-15 Thursday night to reach the Division III regional finals in girls high school volleyball.
The Cavaliers will play Galion, a 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 winner against Milford Center Fairbanks, in a 2 p.m. Saturday match at Lake High School in Millbury.
Colleges
Women’s soccer
ONU wins shootout
ADA — The Ohio Northern women’s soccer team played to a scoreless draw with Otterbein in Thursday night’s Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal game at Kerscher Stadium, advancing past the Cardinals 4-3 on penalty kicks.
The second-seeded Polar Bears (12-1-5 overall) have advanced to the OAC Tournament championship game for the eighth straight year and will play at top-seeded Capital on Saturday at 1 p.m. as they seek their second consecutive tournament championship.
The third-seeded Cardinals bow out of the tournament with a record of 11-4-4 on the season.
Ohio Northern out-shot Otterbein 17-8 during the 90 minutes of regulation time as neither team was able to find the back of the net.
The Polar Bears continued finding opportunities in the two 10-minute overtime periods, closing those 20 minutes with a 5-0 edge in shots. But the game remained scoreless after 110 minutes of play, meaning it would be decided by penalty kicks.
Senior Becky Moss (Lebanon/Mount Notre Dame) played all 110 of those minutes in goal for ONU, recording two saves as she posted her 13th shutout of the season. But the Polar Bears turned to freshman Whitney Ho (Hilliard/Davidson) in goal for the round of penalty kicks, and she delivered.
Men’s soccer
Wilmington 2,
Ohio Northern 1
ADA — Wilmington scored with 4:26 left in the second overtime period and held on for a victory against No. 11-ranked Ohio Northern in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament on a beautiful Thursday afternoon at Kerscher Stadium.
The top-seeded Polar Bears move to 13-3-3 on the season, while the fourth-seeded Quakers improve to 12-5-3.
ONU’s Bryan Kern scored 5:15 into the match off assists from Levi King and sophomore Ryan Parker.
The Polar Bears will now wait until Monday afternoon to see if they receive a bid to the NCAA III Tournament, which will begin next weekend.
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