Men's Tennis: Heidelberg (0-2 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (5-6 Overall, 0-0 OAC)
Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 4 p.m. — University Tennis Courts, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Match Notes: The Ohio Northern men's tennis program will open its 2018-19 Ohio Athletic Conference slate this afternoon against league foe Heidelberg ... Match time is set for 4 p.m. at the University Tennis Courts in Ada ... The Polar Bears enter the contest sporting a 5-6 overall record this season ... ONU is coming off a 5-4 loss to Ohio Wesleyan on March 26 ... Sophomore Hoang Do was a double-winner at No. 4 singles and No. 2 doubles to lead Ohio Northern ... Meanwhile, sophomore Vinh Thai won 7-5, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, and freshman Noah Elliott won 7-5, 7-5 at No. 2 singles ... Thus far this season, Elliott leads the Polar Bears with an 11-5 singles record and a 20-9 overall record ... Thai, junior Connor Christian, and freshman Andrew Cochran are second in singles victories with nine wins each ... Do owns a team-best 10-3 doubles record ... Thai and freshman Zach Beaschler are tied for second in overall wins with 16 victories each ... Heidelberg currently owns an 0-2 overall record and an 0-1 mark in the OAC ... In their last outing, the Student Princes fell 6-3 to Marietta in their conference opener on March 23 ... Ryan Newman and Porus Shroff lead the team with 1-1 records in singles play ... Meanwhile, Newman and Kyle Alexander have the lone doubles victory this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Elliott | 11-5 | 1. | Do | 10-3 | 1. | Elliott | 20-9 | ||
2. | Thai | 9-4 | 2. | Elliott | 9-4 | 2. | Thai | 16-10 | ||
Christian | 9-6 | 3. | Beaschler | 8-5 | Beaschler | 16-13 | ||||
Cochran | 9-7 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern holds a 45-8 all-time series advantage over the Student Princes, including a 19-2 record at home ... ONU has won the last 33 meetings with a 9-0 win posted last season.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his third season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns a 31-26 record, a .544 win percentage. He is 217-117 in 17 seasons overall for a .651 win percentage.