Men's Tennis opens 2022-11 season with 5-2 loss at NCAA Division II Cedarville

By Tim Glon

CEDARVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened its 2020-21 season with a 5-2 loss at NCAA Division II Cedarville Saturday afternoon at the Johnson-Murdoch Tennis Complex.

The Polar Bears (0-1 overall) got singles victories from freshman Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and Sam Sran (PB, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) at Nos. 4 and 6 singles, respectively.

The NCAA Division II Yellow Jackets improve to 3-0.

The teams played the NCAA Division II rules, which feature 6-game doubles matches, no-let serving and a 7-point scoring system in which the team that wins two of the three doubles matches will score the single doubles point.

CU swept the doubles matches to win the doubles point, then took four of the six singles matches to stay undefeated on the year.

The Polar Bears will continue their three-match road trip on Sunday with matches at Hanover (Ind.) and at Franklin (Ind.)

Cedarville 5, Ohio Northern 2

Singles

1. Cole Moss (CU) def. Vinh Thai, 7-5, 6-2
2. Toshi Watanbe (CU) def. Andrew Cochran, 6-1, 6-1
3. Timmy O'Brien (CU) def. Zach Beaschler, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
4. Peyton Specht (ONU) def. Nathan Brumbaugh, 6-2, 7-6
5. Dawson Poling (CU) def. Drew Swisher, 7-6, 7-5
6. Sam Sran (ONU) def. Philip Brumbaugh, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

1. Toshi Watanabe/Timmy O'Brien (CU) def. Vinh Thai/Matt Garcia, 6-4
2. Cole Moss/Philip Brumbaugh (CU) def. Zach Beaschler/Andrew Cochran , 7-6
3. Nathan Brumbaugh/Dawson Poling (CU) def. Sam Sran/Isaac Spar, 6-4