Women's Tennis: Mount Union (0-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall)
Sunday, April 11, 2021, 1 pm - West Campus Courts, Ada, Ohio
Sunday's Match: The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will continue its abbreviated 2021 season on Sunday with a 1 pm non-conference contest against Mount Union ... Today's match will not count toward the OAC standings as the April 24 match at Mount Union is slated as the OAC contest ... The match is scheduled to be played at the West Campus Courts in Ada ... If there is inclement weather, the match will be moved to the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... ONU improved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the OAC with a 5-4 win at Otterbein on Wednesday ... Senior Jordan Dodson won 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 at No. 6 singles to break a 4-4 tie ... ONU overcame deficits of 3-1 and 4-3 to earn the victory and stay on top of the OAC regular season standings ... Senior Katie Curry posted a pair of victories, winning 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and 8-5 with sophomore Regan Landis at No. 3 doubles ... Freshman Olivia Kesner won 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 singles and senior Mackenzie Wills won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 singles for ONU. ... Wills is ONU's all-time career singles wins leader with 86 ... She is also second all-time at ONU with a career record of 168-49 and is third all-time with an 83-31 mark in doubles matches ... Curry ranks seventh all-time in ONU history with a 139-53 career record ... She also ranks fourth all-time in ONU history with a singles mark of 77-20 ... The Purple Raiders are off to an 0-2 start under first-year head coach Keith Kohmann after falling to Capital 6-3 and Baldwin Wallace 9-0 ... Junior MacKenzie Cavalier leads Mount Union with a 2-2 record, going 1-1 at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles ... Freshman Emma Thornton is also 1-1 at No. 3 singles for MtU.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Kesner | 4-0 | 1. | Landis | 4-0 | 1. | Curry | 8-0 | ||
| Wills | 4-0 | Curry | 4-0 | 2. | Wills | 7-1 | ||||
| Curry | 4-0 | 3. | Templin | 3-0 | Kesner | 7-1 | ||||
| Wills | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Latala | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Kesner | 3-1 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 32-7 margin ... Ohio Northern is 14-3 at home and has won 12 consecutive matches in the series, including a 6-3 decision in Ada in 2019.
Head Coach Scott Wills: Wills is in his 20th season at the helm of the ONU women's tennis program … 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 385-102 (.791) record, including a 144-15 (.906) mark in regular season conference competition … He has also coached the program to eight regular season conference crowns and six OAC Tournament titles ... He was recently recognized by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as one of the top 10 all-time winning women's tennis coaches in the nation.