Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (8-7 Overall, 2-1 OAC) at Capital (7-7 Overall, 1-3 OAC)
Saturday, Apr. 15, 1 pm - Wolfe Park, Columbus, Ohio
Saturday's Match: Ohio Northern will continue the defense of its 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Saturday with a road match at Capital at Wolfe Park ... It is also the second match of a four-match road trip for the Polar Bears ... ONU fell at Otterbein 7-2 on Wednesday and will wrap up its regular season with matches at Baldwin Wallace and Mount Union next week ... At Otterbein, junior Kavya Desai won 6-2, 2-6, 10-7 at No. 4 singles and freshman Nico Rogel won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 singles for Ohio Northern ... Thus far this season, Rogel leads the Polar Bears with 15-5 singles record ... Sophomore Sam Sran is second with a 14-7 mark and junior Drew Swisher is third at 13-7 ... Sophomore Tristan Munteanu has a team-best 13-6 doubles record ... Desai and Sran each have 10 doubles victories ... Rogel (24-8), Munteanu (24-16) and Sran (24-18) all have a team-high 24 overall wins ... Capital is looking to snap a 4-match losing streak and are coming off a 6-3 loss at Mount Union on April 7 ... Thomas Secrist leads the Comets with a 14-6 singles record and has played at five of the six singles marks ... Spencer Suries is 9-9 in doubles play ... Secrist is 8-10 in doubles and is a team-best 22-16 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Rogel | 15-5 | 1. | Munteanu | 13-6 | 1. | Rogel | 24-8 | ||
2. | Sran | 14-7 | 2. | Desai | 10-4 | Munteanu | 24-16 | |||
3. | Swisher | 13-7 | Sran | 10-11 | Sran | 24-18 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 37-19 margin ... ONU is 15-7 in matches at Capital and has won three consecutive matches in the series, including an 8-1 home decision last season.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has an 8-7 record, a winning percentage of .533.