Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (2-2 Overall, 2-2 OAC) at Baldwin Wallace (1-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 3:30 pm - Collins Tennis Courts, Berea, Ohio
Wednesday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will play the penultimate match of its its abbreviated 6-match 2021 season on Wednesday with a 3:30 pm contest at Baldwin Wallace at the Pop Collins Tennis Courts ... 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 is coming off a 7-2 loss at league-leading John Carroll on Saturday ... The Polar Bears got a pair of singles wins from senior Vinh Thai and sophomore Matt Garcia ... Thai won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and Garcia won 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 at No. 5 singles ... Freshman Isaac Spar and junior Zach Beaschler lead the Polar Bears singles with three wins each and Garcia leads with three wins in doubles ... Spar and Beaschler have 5 overall wins each ... The Yellow Jackets opened their season with a 7-2 victory over Marietta on Saturday ... Sophomore Trey Kernan won at No.1 singles and joined senior Michael Benotti to win at No. 1 doubles ... Benotti also won at No. 2 singles.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Spar | 3-0 | 1. | Garcia | 3-1 | 1. | Spar | 5-1 | ||
Beaschler | 3-1 | 2. | Desai | 2-0 | Beaschler | 5-3 | ||||
3. | Imatomi | 2-1 | Thai | 2-1 | 3. | Desai | 4-2 | |||
Cochran | 2-1 | Spar | 2-1 | Cochran | 4-3 | |||||
Desai | 2-2 | Beaschler | 2-2 | |||||||
Cochran | 2-2 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 33-12 margin ... ONU is 13-7 at Berea ... Northern has won the last two matchesm including an 8-1 win at Berea in 2019.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 48-35 record, a winning percentage of .578 ... He is 234-126 in 18 seasons overall for a .650 winning percentage.