Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (15-2 Overall, 4-1 OAC) at Heidelberg (5-7 Overall, 2-3 OAC)
Saturday, April 23, 2016, 1 pm, Heidelberg University Tennis Courts, Tiffin, Ohio
Saturday's Match: Ohio Northern enters today's contest riding a 6-match win streak ... The Polar Bears defeated Baldwin Wallace 6-3 Saturday afternoon ... In doubles play the Polar Bears jumped out to a 3-0 lead as senior Meghan Letizia and junior Brittany Toney won at No. 1 singles 8-3 ... The team of senior Taryn Stromback and sophomore Kirsten Adamson won at No. 2 singles 8-6, while sophomore Morgan McGlothlin and senior Elise Smith won at No. 3 singles 8-4 ... Stromback also won at No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-2, while Letizia won the tiebreaker set at No. 2 singles 10-2 ... Adamson completed the victory for Northern at No. 6 singles as she won 6-3, 6-3 ... In doubles play, Stromback, Letizia and Toney each have a team-high 15 victories ... Letitizia leads Northern in singles play with a 14-3 record ... Letizia currently is tied for first place all-time at Ohio Northern with 80 singles victories, tying former Polar Bear Ashley Jones for first place ... The senior owns the all-time record for overall wins with 165 victories and in doubles wins with 85 victories ... Stromback is currently tied for fifth all-time at Ohio Northern with 139 overall wins ... Heidelberg enters Saturday's match after dropping a 9-0 decision at John Carroll ... Junior Markilynn Hogle leads the team with an 8-4 record in singles play ... In doubles play senior Sofey Hugate and sophomore Nicole Millar are tied for first place with seven victories each.
Statistical Leaders
| Singles Wins |
Doubles Wins |
Overall Wins |
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| 1. | Letizia | 14 | 1. | Letizia | 15 | 1. | Letizia | 29 | ||||
| 2. | Stromback | 13 | Toney | 15 |
2. |
Stromback | 28 | |||||
| 3. |
Toney |
11 | Stromback | 15 |
3. | Tony | 26 | |||||
| Smith |
11 | 4. | Kelly | 13 |
4. | Kelly | 24 | |||||
| Kelly | 11 |
Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series 40-3, including a 9-0 victory over the Student Princes in 2015 ... The Polar Bears have won the last 24 meetings between the schools dating back to 1993.
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 303-78 (.795) record ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.