Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall, 2-1 OAC) at John Carroll (2-0 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 3:45 pm - Mayfield Village Raquet Club, Mayfield Village, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will play the fourth match of its its abbreviated 6-match 2021 season on Saturday with a 3:45 pm contest at John Carroll at the Mayfield Village Raquet Club ... 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 6-3 loss against Otterbein in the debut of the West Campus Courts ... Junior Zach Beaschler won 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles ... Freshman Isaac Spar won 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 10-4 at No. 6 singles ... Senior Vinh Thai and sophomore Matt Garcia won 8-7 (7-1) at No.1 doubles ... Beaschler and Spar lead the Polar Bears singles with three wins each and Garcia leads with three wins in doubles ... The Blue Streaks have started the year on two consecutive wins including an 8-1 win on Saturday, March 27 at Otterbein ... JCU has only lost one set out of 18 to begin the season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Beaschler | 3-0 | 1. | Garcia | 3-0 | 1. | Spar | 5-0 | ||
| Spar | 3-0 | 2. | Thai | 2-0 | Beaschler | 5-1 | ||||
| 3. | Desai | 2-0 | Desai | 2-0 | 3. | Desai | 4-0 | |||
| Imatomi | 2-0 | Spar | 2-0 | Cochran | 4-2 | |||||
| Cochran | 2-1 | Beaschler | 2-1 | |||||||
| Cochran | 2-1 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 25-13 margin ... ONU is 10-6 at University Heights, but JCU has won the last six meetings overall including two 5-4 wins in 2019.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 48-34 record, a winning percentage of .585 ... He is 234-125 in 18 seasons overall for a .651 winning percentage.