Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall) at ITA Central Regional tournament
Friday-Monday, September 21-24, 2018 - Kalamazoo, Mich.
This weekend's tournament: Ohio Northern will travel north to Kalamazoo, Mich., for the ITA Central Regional tournament this weekend ... The single-elimination tournament features a 128-women singles field and a 64-team doubles draw ... Those eliminated in the first round will fall back to a consolation tournament, guaranteeing every player at least two matches ... ONU is coming off a 9-0 win over Thiel (Pa.) 9-0 and a 7-2 win over Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 7-2 in a tri-match on Saturday afternoon at W&J ... Freshman Olivia Schrager and junior Katie Curry combined for a 2-0 record in doubles and each went 2-0 in singles to lead the Polar Bears (4-0) ... Junior Mackenzie Wills also posted a 4-0 mark on the day, going 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles ... Thus far this season, four different players have 6-1 singles records to lead ONU ... Wills and senior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) are each 7-2 in doubles play and Wills is a team-best 13-3 overall.
Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Wills | 6-1 | 1. | Ochsenhirt | 7-2 | 1. | Wills | 13-3 | ||
Curry | 6-1 | Wills | 7-2 | 2. | Schrager | 12-4 | ||||
Schrager | 6-1 | 3. | Schrager | 6-3 | 3. | Dodson | 10-2 | |||
Staskiewicz | 6-1 | Curry | 10-6 |
Head Coach Scott Wills: Wills begins his 18th season at the helm of the ONU women's tennis program on Wednesday … He currently stands first in coaching victories among all active Ohio college tennis coaches (NCAA DI, DII, DIII, and NAIA) and is the winningest coach in school history with a 352-92 (.793) record, including a 134-14 (.905) mark against conference competition … He has also coached the program to eight regular season conference crowns and six OAC Tournament titles.