Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (7-5 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Mount Union (9-2 Overall, 3-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 7, 2018, 1 pm - Whitehill Tennis Courts, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will travel to league-leading Mount Union for a 1 pm OAC contest ... The Polar Bears have not played since an 8-1 non-conference loss to Earlham (Ind.) on March 28 ... OThe No. 1 doubles team of freshmen Vinh Thai and Hoang Do posted a solid 8-5 victory to account for Ohio Northern's point in the match. ... Thus far this season, Do leads the Polar Bears with a 9-4 singles mark and Thai is second with an 8-4 mark ... Do and Thai are both 9-6 in doubles play ... Do is a team-best 18-10 overall ... The Purple Raiders enter Saturday's contest riding a 5-match win streak which includes a 9-0 victory over Muskingum on Thursday ... Thus far this season, Mark Beebe, Robert Cross and Antonio Massucci are all 9-2 in singles play ... Cross and Zach Teffner are 9-2 in doubles play and Cross is a team-best 18-4 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Do | 9-4 | 1. | Do | 9-6 | 1. | Do | 17-9 | ||
2. | Thai | 8-4 | Thai | 9-6 | 2. | Thai | 16-9 | |||
3. | Abbott | 6-4 | 3. | Kargl | 8-6 | 3. | Kargl | 13-12 | ||
Frantz | 6-7 | Christian | 8-6 |
Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 25-8 margin ... MtU has won three straight in the series, including an 8-1 decision last season in Ada.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has an 18-16 record, a winning percentage of .529.