Men's Tennis improves to 2-0 in OAC play with 8-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace
April 10, 2024
LIMA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team improved to 2-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference action with an 8-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace indoors on Wednesday afternoon.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (13-5 overall, 2-0 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (11-4 Overall, 0-1 OAC)
- Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.
Match Highlights
- The Polar Bears swept the six singles courts after winning two of the three doubles courts.
- Junior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and freshman Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- Junior Drew Swisher (Findlay) and freshman Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.
- Junior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Giian Jyoti Global) won a thrilling match at No. 1 singles 7-6(4), 3-6, 15-13.
- Specht won 7-6(4), 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
- Junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
- Wood won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles and Hackenberger won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
- Senior Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
Notables
- The match was moved indoors due to rains that moved into the area.
- ONU is now 38-12 all-time against Baldwin Wallace, including a 17-4 margin at home.
- Specht, Wood and Hackenberger all went 2-0 on the day.
- Freshman Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) leads the team with a 15-5 singles record.
- Hackenberger and junior Peyton Specht each have a team-best 18 doubles wins and Hackenberger is a team-best 31-6 overall.
- Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 24-13 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .649.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday with a road contest at John Carroll at 5 pm.