Men's Tennis: Saint Francis (Ind.) (3-9 Overall) at Ohio Northern (4-5 Overall)
Sunday, March 24, 2019, 1 p.m. — Westwood Tennis Center, Lima, Ohio
Sunday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis program continues its 2019 spring slate today against NAIA foe Saint Francis (Ind.) as part of a men's/women's double header with the Cougars indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center ... The Polar Bears enter the match off a 5-2 loss to Spring Arbor (Mich.) on March 16 at Westwood ... Sophomore Hoang Do and freshman Zach Beaschler won 8-5 at No. 2 doubles ... In singles action, freshman Andrew Cochran picked up the lone victory for the Polar Bears, notching a 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 victory at No. 5 ... Thus far this season, freshman Noah Elliott leads the Polar Bears with a 9-5 singles record ... Junior Connor Christian and Cochran are second with eight wins each ... Elliott is 8-2 and Do is 7-3 in doubles ... Elliott leads the team with an 17-7 overall record ... The NAIA Cougars played the primary portion of their schedule in the fall, going 3-8 overall and finishing 1-6 in the Crossroads Conference ... SFC is 0-1 this spring, falling to Alma (Mich.) on Feb. 24 in its last outing ... SFC has matches at Adrian (Mich.) and Shawnee State left on its schedule in April.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Elliott | 9-5 | 1. | Elliott | 8-2 | 1. | Elliott | 17-7 | ||
| 2. | Christian | 8-5 | 2. | Do | 7-3 | 2. | Christian | 14-9 | ||
| Cochran | 8-6 | 3. | Christian | 6-4 | Do | 14-6 | ||||
| Thai | 6-4 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series by a 1-0 margin ... The Polar Bears won the lone meeting 5-4 in Ada in 2016.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his third season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns a 30-25 record, a winning percentage of .545.
