Men's Tennis: OAC Tournament Quarterfinals - Ohio Northern (11-10 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace (16-3 Overall)
Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 4 pm - Pop Collins Tennis Courts, Berea, Lima, Ohio
Tuesday's Match: The Polar Bears will be the No. 6 seed in this week's OAC Tournament and will travel to No. 3-seeded Baldwin Wallace in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday ... ONU is coming off a 6-3 loss to Capital in the regular season finale on Sunday indoors at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center in Lima ... Senior Dan Warren, freshman Tyler Frantz and sophomore David Hayman led Ohio Northern with singles victories at Nos. 6, 5 and 3, respectively ... Hayman extended his singles winning streak to nine matches with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 3 ... Thus far this season, Hayman leads the team with a 17-6 singles, a 12-8 doubles record and a 29-14 overall mark ... Frantz and sophomore Jake Abbott are tied for second with 12 singles wins ... Sophomore Tim Kargl and freshman Andrew Garcia also have a team-best 12 doubles wins ... Abbott is second on the squad with 22 overall wins and Frantz is third with 21 wins ... Baldwin Wallace saw its 7-match win streak snapped with a 9-0 loss to OAC Regular Season champion John Carroll on Sunday ... Jake Liebler leads the team with an 18-3 singles record, an 18-4 doubles mark and a 36-7 overall record ... Matt Harris is second with a 17-3 singles mark and a 34-10 overall record ... Nathan Katz is also 18-4 in doubles play and is 33-13 overall ... ... The semifinals and finals of the OAC Tournament are Friday and Saturday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
Statistical Leaders (2016-17 Stats):
Singles Wins |
Doubles Wins |
Overall Wins |
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1. | Hayman | 17-6 | 1. | Hayman | 12-8 | 1. | Hayman | 29-14 | ||
2. |
Frantz | 12-8 |
Kargl | 12-11 | 2. |
Abbott | 22-20 | |||
Abbott | 12-9 |
Garcia | 12-11 | 3. |
Frantz | 21-19 |
Series Records: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 30-11 margin ... BW has won the last three meetings, including an 8-1 victory in Berea earlier this year ... ONU leads BW 6-2 in matches played in the OAC Tournament.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his first season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has an 11-10 record, a winning percentage of .524 ... In 10 seasons overall, Bonnell has a 134-69 record as a men's head coach at ONU, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Dominican, a winning percentage of .660 ... Including his five seasons as the head women's coach at ODU, Bonnell is 197-102 in his career.