Men's Tennis: Mount Union (1-1 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (3-2 Overall, 3-2 OAC)
Saturday, April 24, 2021, 1 pm - West Campus Courts, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will wrap up its abbreviated 2020-21 regular season on Saturday with a 1 pm match with Mount Union at the new West Campus Courts facility ... In case of inclement weather, the match will be moved indoors to the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima ... The Polar Bears will clinch a spot in the 4-team OAC Tournament May 7-8 with a victory over MtU ... 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 9-0 victory at Baldwin Wallace on April 14 ... Freshman Kavya Desai posted shutouts at No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles to lead Ohio Northern ... Desai won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles and joined with sophomore Maxim Smith to win 8-0 at No. 3 doubles ... In five matches this season, freshman Isaac Spar and junior Zach Beaschler lead the Polar Bears in singles play with 4-0 and 4-1 records, respectively ... Senior Joji Imatomi (3-0), senior Vinh Thai (3-1), junior Andrew Cochran (3-2) and Desai (3-2) all have three singles wins ... Sophomore Matt Garcia has a team-best 4-1 doubles record ... Spar (7-1) and Beaschler (7-3) lead the team with seven wins each overall ... The Purple Raiders are coming off an 8-1 loss to John Carroll in their home opener last Sunday ... MtU opened its season with a 9-0 win at Marietta last Saturday ... Freshman Colton Mace leads the team with a 2-0 record at No. 4 singles ... He is 3-1 overall, going 1-1 at No. 2 doubles with freshman Avery Clouse ... The Purple Raiders are 7-5 in singles play and 3-3 in doubles action this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Spar | 4-0 | 1. | Garcia | 4-1 | 1. | Spar | 7-1 | ||
| Beaschler | 4-1 | 2. | Desai | 3-0 | Beaschler | 7-3 | ||||
| 3. | Imatomi | 3-0 | Thai | 3-1 | 3. | Desai | 6-2 | |||
| Cochran | 3-2 | Spar | 3-1 | Cochran | 6-4 | |||||
| Desai | 3-2 | Beaschler | 3-2 | |||||||
| Cochran | 3-2 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 26-10 margin ... Ohio Northern is 13-4 at home ... Ohio Northern snapped a 5-match losing streak in the series with a 5-4 victory at Alliance in 2019.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 49-35 record, a winning percentage of .583 ... He is 235-126 in 18 seasons overall for a .651 winning percentage.