Women's Tennis: Capital (8-6 Overall, 3-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (12-4 Overall, 3-1 OAC)
Saturday, Apr. 15, 1 pm - West Campus Courts, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Match: Ohio Northern will continue the OAC portion of its schedule on Saturday against Capital at the West Campus Courts ... ONU saw its 9-match winning streak come to an end with an 8-1 loss to Otterbein last Tuesday in a battle of league unbeatens ... Freshman Jenna Bell won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 singles to pick up Ohio Northern's point ... Sophomore Katie O'Connell won her first set 6-2 at No. 5 singles before falling 6-0 in the second set and 10-6 in the third set tiebreaker ... ONU is led thus far this season by Bell and freshman Jamie Hurst with 22 overall wins each .... Freshman Abby Cruser is third with 17 overall wins ... Bell and senior Regan Landis each have a team-best 13 singles wins, followed by O'Connell with a 12-5 singles mark ... Sophomore Julianne Sheldon and Hurst have 12 doubles wins each with senior Flo Sanchez third with a 10-7 doubles mark … Landis has a 92-32 career record and is just 8 victories away from joining ONU's 100-Win Club ... ONU will wrap up its regular season next week with a home match against Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday and a road match at Mount Union on Saturday ... The 6-team OAC Tournament starts Tuesday, April 25 ... Capital is riding a modest 2-match winning streak with 9-0 victories over Mount Union and Muskingum since April 7 ... Junior Amy Wright-Lovell is 8-4 and sophomore Nicole Flock is 8-5 in singles play to lead the Comets ... Flock and sophomore Anna Fletcher are a team-best 9-4 in doubles play in the No. 1 slot ... Flock is a team-best 17-9 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Bell | 13-4 | 1. | Sheldon | 12-5 | 1. | Hurst | 22-11 | ||
Landis | 13-5 | Hurst | 12-6 | 2. | Bell | 22-13 | ||||
3. | O'Connell | 12-5 | 3. | Sanchez | 10-7 | 3. | Cruser | 17-18 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 32-11 margin ... ONU has won the last 23 meetings, including an 8-1 victory at Capital last year.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 12-4 record, a winning percentage of .750.