Women's Tennis advances to finals of OAC Tournament with 5-0 semifinal victory over John Carroll

Women's Tennis advances to finals of OAC Tournament with 5-0 semifinal victory over John Carroll
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May 3, 2024

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team advanced to the championship match of the 2024 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament with a 5-0 semifinal victory over John Carroll indoors on Friday.

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The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (17-5 overall), John Carroll (10-9 Overall)
  • Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Fifth-year senior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and junior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 8-4 at No. 3 doubles to give ONU a 1-0 lead.
  • Junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and sophomore Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 8-5 at No. 2 doubles to make it 2-0
  • Sophomores Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-7(2) at No. 1 doubles to complete the sweep and give the Polar Bears a 3-0 lead heading into singles play.
  • Bell then won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and Hurst won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 singles to put the match away.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern is the No. 2 seed and John Carroll is the No. 3 seed
  • Cruser leads the team with a 20-7 singles mark and a 35-19 overall record.
  • Sheldon has a team-best 18-7 doubles record.
  • Landis eighth all-time in ONU history with a 69-21 singles record. She is also 54-16 in doubles and is 123-37 overall.
  • ONU is now 24-23 all-time against John Carroll, including an 8-6 record in the OAC Tournament.
  • Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 33-10 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .767.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears reutrn to action on Saturday for the championship match in the OAC Tournament at West Campus Courts at 10 am.