Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (9-1 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at John Carroll (5-3 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1 pm, Western Reserve Racquet Club, Streetsboro, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Polar Bears will travel to University Heights for their OAC opener against John Carroll ... The match was moved indoors to the Western Reserve Racquet Club in Streetsboro due to inclement weather in the forecast ... The contest is a rematch of last year's OAC Tournament finals, where ONU topped JCU 5-2 ... Ohio Northern is coming off an 8-1 victory at Adrian (Mich.) on Wednesday ... Seniors Taryn Stromback and Meghan Letizia each posted 6-0, 6-0 singles victories to lead ONU ... Thus far this season, the Polar Bears are led in singles play by Letizia and and sophomore Lynn Kelly with 9 wins each ... Letizia and junior Brittany Toney lead ONU with 11 doubles wins ... Letizia has a team-best 20 wins overall, Toney is second with 19 and Kelly is third with 18 ... Letizia ranks t3rd all-time at ONU with 75 career singles wins, is 3rd with 81 doubles wins and is 2nd with 156 overall wins ... She needs 5 singles wins, 3 doubles wins and 3 overall wins to tie the school record in each category ... Senior Taryn Stromback ranks 5th with 73 career doubles wins and is 9th with 126 overall wins ... John Carroll opened their OAC schedule with a 9-0 victory at Muskingum on Tuesday ... Lauren O'Malley leads the Blue Streaks in singles play with a 12-1 record and Katherine Devine is second with a 9-4 mark ... O'Malley and Natalie Bourlas each have 8 doubles wins ... O'Malley leads the team with a 20-7 overall record.
Statistical Leaders
| Singles Wins |
Doubles Wins |
Overall Wins |
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| 1. | Kelly | 9 |
1. | Letizia | 11 | 1. | Letizia | 20 |
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| Letizia | 9 |
Toney | 11 |
2. |
Toney | 19 |
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| 3. |
Toney |
8 |
3. | Stromback | 9 |
3. |
Kelly | 18 |
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| Kelly | 9 |
Series Records: Ohio Northern leads the series between the two schools by an 18-15 margin ... ONU has won the last 8 matches in the series, including a 5-2 win in the OAC Tournament finals and a 6-3 victory in the regular season last year.
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 297-77 (.794) record ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.