Women's Tennis wraps up spring break trip with 7-0 sweep of Washington College (Md.)

Women's Tennis wraps up spring break trip with 7-0 sweep of Washington College (Md.)
March 13, 2025

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team wrapped up its spring break trip with a 7-0 victory over Washington College (Md.) on Thursday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (8-2 Overall), Washington College (2-2 Overall).
  • Venue: Lee Avenue Tennis Center - Melbourne, Fla.

Individual Highlights

  • Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three courts, then won all six singles courts to improve to 3-1 on the spring break trip.
  • Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) and junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 7-6(3), 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
  • Juniors Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.
  • Cruser won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.
  • Hurst won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-7(2), 7-5, 10-3 at No. 5 singles.
  • Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

  • ONU leads the series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 16-3 singles record, with Hurst second at 14-4.
  • Robinson has a team-best 11-7 record in doubles play.
  • Cruser leads the team with an 24-12 overall record, with Bell right behind at 23-13.
  • O'Connell has a career record of 88-32 and needs just 12 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Bell is 88-48 in her career and needs just 12 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Cruser has a career record of 82-65 and needs just 18 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Hurst is 78-43 in her career and needs just 22 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 42-13 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .764.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on March 22 when they host Huntington (Ind.) in a 4 pm match.