Women's Tennis tops Seton Hill, drops tight match to Connecticut College on second day of spring break trip

Women's Tennis tops Seton Hill, drops tight match to Connecticut College on second day of spring break trip
March 11, 2025

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team continued its spring break trip with a 6-1 victory over Seton Hill (Pa.) and a tight 4-3 loss to Connecticut College on Tuesday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (6-2 Overall), Seton Hill (1-4 Overall), Connecticut College (1-4 Overall)
  • Venue: Sanlando Courts - Altamonte Springs, Fla.; USTA National Tennis Center - Orlando, Fla.

Match 1 - ONU 6, SHU 1

  • Northern won the doubles point by taking courts 2 and 3, then won five of the six singles courts to improve to 2-0 on the spring break trip.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) and Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Freshmen Julianne Hindman (Avon) and Taylor Allen (Zionsville, Ind.) won 7-5 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles.
  • Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
  • Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
  • Senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.
  • Sophomore Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
  • The Griffins' lone victory came at No. 4 singles.

Match 2 - ONU 3, CC 4

  • The Camels won the doubles point by taking courts 1 and 2, then won three of the six singles courts.
  • Okrainec and senior Miranda Wills (Ada) won at No. 3 doubles 6-2.
  • Hurst won 6-4, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.
  • Cruser followed with a 0-6, 7-5, 10-7 win at No. 3 singles to tie the match at 2-2.
  • Bell won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 singles and the match was tied at 3-all.
  • CC then won the deciding match 7-5, 6-4 at No. 1 singles to grab the match 4-3.

Notables

  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 14-3 singles record, with Hurst second at 12-4.
  • Wills and Robinson each have a team-best nine wins in doubles play.
  • Cruser leads the team with an 20-12 overall record, with Bell right behind at 19-13.
  • O'Connell leads the team with a career record of 86-32 and needs just 14 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Bell is 84-48 in her career.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 39-13 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .750.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on their annual spring break trip on Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm at Roger Williams (R.I.)