Men's Tennis sweeps St. Francis (Ind.) 9-0

Men's Tennis sweeps St. Francis (Ind.) 9-0
March 13, 2024

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team swept NAIA foe St. Francis (Ind.) 9-0 on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (9-5 overall), St. Francis (4-13 overall)
  • Venue: Sanlando Courts 20-25 - Altamonte Springs, Fla.

The Match

  • Northern swept the three doubles courts and all six singles courts.
  • Junior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and freshman Tyler Wood (Toldeo/St. John's Jesuit) won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Junior Drew Swisher (Findlay) and freshman Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 8-1 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Senior Iasaac Spar (Ada) and junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Junior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) won 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 at No. 1 singles.
  • Specht won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 and Wood won 6-4, 7-6 at No. 3.
  • Senior Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich) won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.
  • Swisher won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles
  • Sophomore Nico Rogel (Alicante, Spain/Hoosac) won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6.

Notables

  • The match was the third of Northern's five-match spring break trip this week.
  • Specht, Swisher, Wood and Hackenberger all went 2-0 on the day.
  • Wood leads the team with a 13-5 singles record.
  • Specht has a team-best 15-4 doubles mark and Hackenberger is a team-best 25-5 overall.
  • ONU is now 3-0 all-time against the Cougars.
  • Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 20-13 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .606.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up its spring break trip on Thursday against Wisconsin-La Crosse at 3:30 pm and against Anderson (Ind.) at 6:30 pm at the Sandlando Courts in Alatamonte Springs, Fla.