Men's Tennis: Otterbein (0-1 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (2-0 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 3;30 pm - West Campus Courts, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will play the third match of its its abbreviated 6-match 2021 season on Wednesday with a 3:30 pm contest against Otterbein at the new West Campus Courts facility ... It will be the first-ever match at the new facility ... 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 ... Ohio Northern continued its 2021 season with an 8-1 victory over Capital indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima on Senior Day ... The Polar Bears honored their two seniors Joji Imatomi and Vinh Thai prior to the match ... Juniors Andrew Cochran and Zach Beaschler led ONU by accounting for three victories each ... Cochran won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, Beaschler won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and the duo combined to win 8-0 at No. 2 doubles ... Cochran was named the OAC Player of the Week for the second consecutive week ... Freshman Kavya Desai and sophomore Maxim Smith also won three times between them ... Desai won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles, Smith won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5 singles and they combined to win 8-3 at No. 3 doubles ... Imatomi won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles and Thai and sophomore Matt Garcia won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles ... The Cardinals opened their abbreviated 2021 season on March 27 with an 8-1 home loss to John Carroll ... Senior All-Conference honoree Brandon Wall won at No. 1 singles 6-3, 6-1 ... OU welcomes back nearly its entire lineup from the 2020 squad that went 8-3 before being shut down, with the addition of some talented newcomers, in 2021 ... Senior All-OAC award winner Connor Radune also returns.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Cochran | 2-0 | 1. | Cochran | 2-0 | 1. | Cochran | 4-0 | ||
| Beaschler | 2-0 | Beaschler | 2-0 | Beaschler | 4-0 | |||||
| Desai | 2-0 | Desai | 2-0 | Desai | 4-0 | |||||
| Spar | 2-0 | Spar | 2-0 | Spar | 4-0 | |||||
| Imatomi | 2-0 | Garcia | 2-0 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 38-10 margin ... Ohio Northern is 17-4 at home and has won 2 of the past 3 matches in the series, the latest being a 5-0 win in the 2019 OAC Tournament.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 48-33 record, a winning percentage of .593 ... He is 234-124 in 18 seasons overall for a .654 winning percentage.
