Men's Tennis: Capital (6-8 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (13-4 Overall, 0-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 1 a.m. - Westwood Tennis Center, Lima, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Polar Bears are hosting Capital on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the OAC opener indoors at the Westwood Tennis Center in Lima due to expected inclement weather ... The match is part of a men's-women's double header with the Crusaders … Westwood has been the indoor home of the Polar Bears since the spring of 2012 … The Polar Bears are ranked No. 20 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Men's Central Region rankings, marking the first Regional ranking appearance for Northern since the 2014 season ... ONU is coming off a 9-0 loss at No. 14-ranked Denison last Saturday ... 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 21-8, while senior Zach Beaschler is 19-5 … Freshman Sam Sran is a team-best 16-4 in singles play … In five seasons at ONU, senior Vinh Thai is 48-29 in singles and is 47-35 in doubles ... His overall record of 95-64 leaves him just five victories away from becoming the 23rd member of ONU's 100-Win Club ... The Crusaders are coming off a 9-0 loss against John Carroll on Friday ... On Wednesday, Capital topped Mount Union 5-4 ... CU swon one of the doubles courts and took flur of the six singles courts to register the win ... Freshman Leonardo Abreu leads the team with an 11-5 singles record, an 8-7 doubles mark and a 19-12 overall record ... Freshman Spencer Surles is 7-6 in singles, 7-4 in doubles and 14-10 overall.
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: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 37-19 margin ... ONU has won three straight in the series, including an 8-1 home win last year ... ONU is 18-3 at home in the series.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 63-40 record, a winning percentage of .612 ... He is 186-98 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .655 winning percentage.