Men's Tennis: Baldwin Wallace (9-3 Overall, 0-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-6 Overall, 2-1 OAC)
Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 3:30 pm - University Courts, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will host Baldwin Wallace in a key OAC battle on Wednesday in Ada ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 8-1 victory at Capital on Monday ... ONU swept the three doubles matches and won five of the six singles courts ... Sophomore Connor Christian and junior Jake Abbott won 8-3 at No. 3 doubles and junior Tim Kargl and sophomore Andrew Garcia quickly followed with an 8-3 win at No. 2 to make it 2-0 ... At No. 1 doubles, freshman Vinh Thai teamed up with fellow freshman Hoang Do to post a 9-8(4) victory to complete the sweep ... Thus far this season, Thai (9-5) and Do (9-6) lead the Polar Bears with nine singles wins each ... Christian is 10-6 in doubles and Do and Thai are each 10-7 in doubles play ... Overall, Thai (19-12) and Do (19-13) lead the Polar Bears with 19 wins each ... The Yellow Jackets are 0-2 since returning from their Spring Break trip, falling to Mt Union 5-4 and John Carroll 7-2 ... Dominic Polifrone leads BW with a 14-4 singles mark, while Jake Eblin and Matt Harris have 11 singles wins each ... Polifrone and Harris are 13-5 in doubles play and Polifrone is a team-best 27-9 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Thai | 9-5 | 1. | Christian | 10-6 | 1. | Thai | 19-12 | ||
2. | Do | 9-6 | Do | 10-7 | 2. | Do | 19-13 | |||
3. | Abbott | 7-5 | Thai | 10-7 | 3. | Abbott | 15-9 | |||
Frantz | 7-7 | Kargl | 15-16 | |||||||
Christian | 15-17 |
Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 30-12 margin ... BW has won 4 straight, including 8-1 and 5-0 decisions last season.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has an 19-17 record, a winning percentage of .528.