Men's Tennis: Heidelberg (0-10 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-4 Overall, 0-0 OAC)
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 2:45 pm - Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center, Lima, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will open the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule on Saturday indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima with an men's/women's doubleheader with Heidelberg ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 6-3 loss to Trine (Ind.) last Sunday in Lima ... Junior Tim Kargl won 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 at No. 4 singles, freshman Vinh Thai won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and freshman Hoang Do rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 10-1 victory at No. 2 singles. ... Thus far this season, Do leads the Polar Bears with a 9-3 singles mark and Thai is second with an 8-3 record ... Kargl and sophomore Connor Christian are both 7-5 in doubles play ... Do is a team-best 16-9 overall ... The Student Princes enters Saturday's match still looking for their first victory of the season ... HU is coming off a 9-0 loss to Wittenberg last Sunday.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Do | 9-3 | 1. | Kargl | 7-5 | 1. | Do | 16-9 | ||
| 2. | Thai | 8-3 | Christian | 7-5 | 2. | Thai | 15-9 | |||
| 3. | Hurley | 5-1 | Thai | 7-6 | 3. | Kargl | 11-12 | |||
| Abbott | 5-3 | Do | 7-6 | |||||||
| Frantz | 5-7 |
Series: ONU leads the series between the two schools by a 44-8 margin ... ONU has won 32 consecutive matches since 1984 in the series, including a 7-2 win last season in Tiffin.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has a 17-15 record, a winning percentage of .531.