Women's Tennis: OAC Tournament Quarterfinals - Marietta (6-14 Overall) at Ohio Northern (18-3 Overall)

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 4:30 pm - University Courts, Ada, Ohio

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Tuesday's Match: The Polar Bears are the No. 2 seed in this week's OAC Tournament ... Northern has reached the finals of the OAC Tournament in 13 of the 14 seasons of the Tournament's existence, winning the title in 2015, 13, 12, 09, 05 and 02 ... ONU clinched the #2 seed with victories over Otterbein (5-4) and Capital (7-2) last weekend ... Senior Taryn Stromback led the Polar Bears with a 4-0 week, going 1-0 at Nos. 1 and 2 singles and 2-0 at No. 1 doubles ... Sophomore Lynn Kelly was 3-0 and senior Meghan Letizia was 2-0 ...  Against Otterbein, Kelly won her first set 6-2 at No. 1 singles, but fell behind 4-1 in the second set before winning five straight games to win her contest and clinch the match for Northern, giving the hosts a 5-2 lead ... Letizia increased her ONU record-breaking win totals in singles (82) doubles (88) and overall (170) ... Thus far this season, Letizia and Stromback have a team-high 16 singles wins each ... Junior Brittany Toney has a team-best 19 doubles wins and Letizia and Stromback each have a team-high 34 overall wins ... Stromback ranks 9th all-time at ONU with 62 singles wins, is t3rd with 82 doubles wins and is 5th with 144 wins overall ... The semifinals and finals of the OAC Tournament are Friday and Saturday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, O. ... The Pioneers are the No. 7 seed in this week's OAC Tournament ... Carey Becker and Alex Seals won at No. 1 doubles in in MC's regular season match against ONU ... Becker leads MC with a 10-10 singles record at the #1 spot this season ... Seals and Latrice Nelson have 8 singles wins each ... Becker has a team-best 19 wins overall.

Statistical Leaders

Series Records: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 36-1 margin ... Ohio Northern has won 30 straight in the series, including an 8-1 decision on April 16 in Mason..

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 306-79 (.795) record ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.