Men’s Tennis: Ohio Northern (11-3 Overall) at Bethel (Ind.) (3-15 Overall) and Rose-Hulman (Ind.) (3-5 Overall)
Friday, March 18, 2022, 7 p.m. - South Bend Racquet Club, South Bend, Ind.
Saturday, March 19, 2022, 4:30 p.m. - Brickway Tennis Club, Terre Haute, Ind.
Weekend Matches: The Polar Bears travel for road matches at NAIA program Bethel (Ind.) on Friday at 7 p.m. and at Division-III Rose-Hulman on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. … ONU is coming off a 5-0 showing during its spring break trip in Hilton Head Island, S.C. … Northern won 5-4 over Southern Virginia, 8-1 over Randolph (Va.), 8-1 over Lake Forest (Ill.), 7-2 over Berry (Ga.) and 7-2 over Wabash (Ind.) before having its final two matches canceled due to rain … Freshman Drew Swisher went 7-0 on the trip, winning once at No. 5 singles and No. 6 singles and five times at No. 3 doubles … Senior Zach Beaschler went 6-0 on the trip, winning twice at No. 6 singles, once at No. 2 doubles and three times at No. 3 doubles … Freshman Sam Sran went 5-0 on the trip, winning once at No. 4 singles and four times at No. 5 singles … Senior Andrew Cochran and freshman Peyton Specht both posted 7-3 marks on the trip … Specht leads the Polar Bears in wins this season with a record of 22-9, going 13-3 in singles play and 9-6 in doubles … Swisher is second with an overall mark of 18-6, while Beaschler is 15-3 and Sran is 15-4 … Sran is a team-best 15-3 in singles play … Swisher is a team-best 11-3 in doubles matches … Bethel (Ind.) is 3-15 on the season and is 1-3 this spring ... The Pilots are led by sophomore Victor Bonsergent, who is 4-0 at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles on the season, and sophomore Lucca Almeida, who has a team-high six wins in doubles play ... Rose-Hulman is playing ONU in the second match of a doubleheader on Saturday after facing Manchester (Ind.) at noon ... The Fightin' Engineers are 3-5 overall and are led by senior Joshua Giambattista, who has a team-best four wins at both singles and doubles play.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Sran | 15-3 | 1. | Swisher | 11-3 | 1. | Specht | 22-9 | ||
| 2. | Specht | 13-3 | 2. | Cochran | 10-3 | 2. | Swisher | 18-6 | ||
| 3. | Thai | 8-4 | 3. | Beaschler | 9-2 | 3. | Beaschler | 15-3 | ||
| Specht | 9-6 | Sran | 15-4 |
Series Record: This marks the first all-time meeting between Ohio Northern and Bethel (Ind.) ... The all-time series between ONU and Rose-Hulman is tied 1-1.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 61-39 record, a winning percentage of .610 ... He is 184-97 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .655 winning percentage.
