Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (8-1 Overall) at Adrian (Mich.) (4-4 Overall)
Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 4 pm, Craft Tennis Complex, Adrian, Mich.
Wednesday's Match: The Polar Bears will travel to Adrian, Mich., for a non-conference battle with the Bluudogs on Wednesday afternoon ... The match was originally scheduled to be a tri-match with Manchester (Ind.) on Thursday, but was moved due to a rainy forecast ... The ONU-MU match is expected to be rescheduled at a later date ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 8-1 victory at Trine (Ind.) on March 17 ... Sophomore Lynn Kelly and junior Brittany Toney won 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 1 and 5 singles to lead ONU ... Thus far this season, the Polar Bears are led in singles play by senior Meghan Letizia and Kelly with 8 wins each ... Letizia and junior Brittany Toney lead ONU with 10 doubles wins ... Letizia has a team-best 18 wins overall, Toney is second with 17 and kelly is third with 16 ... Letizia ranks 4th all-time at ONU with 74 career singles wins, is 3rd with 80 doubles wins and is 2nd with 154 overall wins ... She needs 6 singles wins, 4 doubles wins and 4 overall wins to tie the school record in each category ... Senior Taryn Stromback ranks 5th with 72 career doubles wins and is 9th with 124 overall wins ... The Bulldogs have not played since posting a 7-2 win over Eastern (Pa.) and a 6-3 win over St. Vincent (Pa.) on Feb. 29 in Orlando, Fla. ... Amber Laginess leads AC with a 7-1 singles mark, a 5-3 doubles record and a 12-4 overall record.
Statistical Leaders
Singles Wins |
Doubles Wins |
Overall Wins |
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1. | Kelly | 8 |
1. | Letizia | 10 | 1. | Letizia | 18 |
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Letizia | 8 |
Toney | 10 |
2. |
Toney | 17 |
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3. |
Toney |
7 |
3. | Stromback | 8 |
3. |
Kelly | 16 |
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Kelly | 8 |
Series Records: Ohio Northern leads the series between the two schools by a 3-0 margin ... ONU has not lost a court in the three previous meetings, winning 9-0, 9-0 and 8-0 in 2012, 2011 and 2004, respectively.
Head Coach Scott Wills: Wills is in his 15th season as head coach of the Polar Bears ... He is the winningest coach in ONU women's tennis history with a 296-77 (.794) record ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.