Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Marietta (0-1 Overall, 0-1 OAC)
Saturday, March 27, 2021, 1 pm - Beren Tennis Center, Marietta, Ohio
| 2021 Ohio Northern Men's Tennis Season Preview |
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will open its abbreviated 2021 season on Saturday with a 1 pm contest at Marietta at the Beren Tennis Center ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... Each of the seven men's tennis OAC schools will play a round-robin schedule to determine the OAC Regular Season champion and the seeding for the 2021 OAC Tournament May 7-8 at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason ... The Polar Bears are led by senior reigning OAC Player of the Year Vinh Thai ... Thai is a two-time First Team All-Conference honoree and was voted the top player in the league in 2019 ... He is 35-22 all-time in singles and 35-25 all-time in doubles while only playing at the No. 1 spots. He is 70-37 in his career ... Senior Joji Imatomi also returns for his fourth season at ONU ... Imatomi is a perfect 15-0 in his career in a reserve role and appears ready to make a push for the starting lineup in 2021 ... Junior Zach Beaschler is back for his third season in the starting lineup after playing Nos. 3 and 4 singles and No. 2 doubles ... He was named Honorable Mention All-OAC as a freshman in 2019 and has a 44-27 career record ... Junior Andrew Cochran is 47-25 in his first two seasons at Ohio Northern and has started primarily at Nos. 4 and 5 singles and No. 3 doubles ... Marietta is coming off a 7-12 overall record and a 2-5 league mark in 2019 ... MC opened its 2021 season with a 9-0 loss to John Carroll last Saturday ... Spencer Thorn is in his first season as head coach at Marietta after taking over on Feb. 20, 2020.
Returning ONU Statistical Leaders (2020 Stats):
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Cochran | 9-3 | 1. | Beaschler | 9-4 | 1. | Cochran | 18-7 | ||
| 2. | Beaschler | 6-5 | Cochran | 9-4 | 2. | Beaschler | 15-9 | |||
| 3. | Thai | 5-8 | Garcia | 9-6 | 3. | Thai | 10-13 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 30-0 margin ... Ohio Northern is 8-0 at Marietta and posted 5-0 and 9-0 victories in 2019.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 46-33 record, a winning percentage of .582 ... He is 232-124 in 18 seasons overall for a .652 winning percentage.