Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (13-3 Overall) at #14 Denison (8-1 Overall)
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 5 p.m. - Mitchell Fieldhouse, Granville, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Polar Bears will take to the road to face No. 14-ranked Denison indoors on Saturday at the Mitchell Fieldhouse ... ONU was slated to face Marietta on Saturday as well, but that match was postponed as no indoor space is available as DU is facing No. 13 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) at 1 pm ... ONU is coming off a pair of road wins last week, topping Bethel (Ind.) 5-2 and Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 7-2 …Senior Vinh Thai went 4-0 on the week, going 2-0 at No. 2 singles and 2-0 at No. 1 doubles ... Thai was named the OAC Player of the Week for his efforts ... Freshman Peyton 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 … Freshman Drew Swisher is second with an overall mark of 21-6, while senior Zach Beaschler is 19-3 … Freshman Sam Sran is a team-best 16-4 in singles play … Swisher is a team-best 13-3 in doubles matches … In five seasons at ONU, Thai is 48-28 in singles and is 47-34 in doubles ... His overall record of 95-62 leaves him just five victories away from becoming the 23rd member of ONU's 100-Win Club ... DU is riding a 6-match winning streak, which includes victories over #22 Sewanee (Tenn.), #20 Kalamazoo (Mich.), #9 Brandeis (Mass.) and #13 Wesleyan (Conn.) ... Marc-Lennart Harms leads the Big Red with a 12-4 singles record ... Tim Clanciola is second with a 10-3 singles mark ... DU is 78-42 in singles and 42-21 in doubles this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Sran | 16-4 | 1. | Swisher | 13-3 | 1. | Specht | 22-9 | ||
| 2. | Specht | 13-3 | 2. | Cochran | 11-4 | 2. | Swisher | 21-6 | ||
| 3. | Thai | 10-4 | Beaschler | 11-2 | 3. | Beaschler | 19-3 |
Series Record: Denison leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 7-0 margin ... The teams have only met once since 1992, with the Big Red winning 7-2 in 2011.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 63-39 record, a winning percentage of .618 ... He is 186-97 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .657 winning percentage.