Men's Tennis finishes 3-0 weekend with 5-2 victory at Transylvania (Ky.)

Men's Tennis finishes 3-0 weekend with 5-2 victory at Transylvania (Ky.)
February 9, 2025

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team capped off a 3-0 weekend with a 5-2 victory over the host school on the final day the Transylvania (Ky.) Winter Classic on Sunday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall); Transylvania (2-2 Overall).
  • Venue: Top Seed Tennis Club - Nicholasville, Ky.

Individual Highlights

  • Sophomore Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) and freshman Noah Boyce (Oakwood) each went 2-0 on the day.
  • Hackenberger won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and combined with freshman Jakub Wierzba (Bloomingdale, Ill/Lake Park) to win 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Boyce won 6-1, 3-6, 10-2 at No. 4 singles and combined with junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) to win 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Sophomore Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.
  • Sophomore Kosuke Asada (Findlay) won 6-0, 3-6, 12-10 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

  • This is the first two of three matches ONU is scheduled to compete in over the weekend.
  • Northern won the doubles point by taking two of the three doubles matches, then won four of the six singles courts to record the victory.
  • The NCAA had adopted a 7-point team scoring system for Division III, where the three doubles contests only count for one team point as is used in NCAA Divisions I and II.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 35-14 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .714.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Friday at home against Kalamazoo (Mich.) at the Westwood Tennis and Racquet Center in Lima.

Ohio Northern 5, Transylvania (Ky.) 2

Doubles

  1. Jackson Fisher/Chris Kaufman (TU) def. Peyton Specht/Tyler Wood, 6-2
  2. T.J. Schultz/Noah Boyce (ONU) def. Alejandro Perez/Chase Moreman, 6-2
  3. Jakub Wierzba/Kessler Hackenberger (ONU) def. Jacob Jiranek/Tobias Mandeville, 6-4

Singles

  1. Chris Kaufman (TU) def. Peyton Specht (ONU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-10
  2. Jackson Fisher (TU) def. T.J. Schultz (ONU), 6-4, 6-3
  3. Tyler Wood (ONU) def. Alejandro Perez (TU), 6-3, 6-3
  4. Noah Boyce (ONU) def. Jacob Jiranek (TU), 6-1, 3-6, 10-2
  5. Kessler Hackenberger (ONU) def. Chase Moreman (TU), 6-3, 6-1
  6. Kosuke Asada (ONU) def. Tobias Mandeville, 6-0, 3-6, 12-10