Men's Tennis: Penn State-Behrend (2-3 Overall) at Ohio Northern (3-1 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, 2 pm - Westwood Tennis Center, Lima, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will open the home portion of its schedule on Saturday indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima against Penn State-Behrend ... The Polar Bears are coming off a split last Saturday, winning at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 6-3 and falling at Franciscan 5-4 ... Thus far this season, junior Jake Abbott and freshmen Huang Do and Vinh Thai lead the Polar Bears with 5-2 singles marks ... Abbott and sophomore Connor Christian are both 5-2 in doubles play and Abbott is a team-best 10-4 overall ... The Lions are coming off a 9-0 victory over Waynesburg last Saturday ... Michael Funera leads PSUB with a 3-1 singles record ... Brenden Dollard and Scott Russell are each 2-1 in doubles play.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Abbott | 5-2 | 1. | Abbott | 5-2 | 1. | Abbott | 10-4 | ||
| Do | 5-2 | Christian | 5-2 | 2. | Thai | 9-7 | ||||
| Thai | 5-2 | 3. | Hurley | 4-3 | Do | 9-7 | ||||
| Do | 4-5 | |||||||||
| Thai | 4-5 |
All-Time Series: ONU leads the series between the two schools by a 1-0 margin ... Northern won 6-3 last season at PSUB.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has a 14-12 record, a winning percentage of .538.