Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (13-7 Overall) at Adrian (Mich.) (8-9 Overall)
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 4 pm - Craft Tennis Complex, Adrian, Mich.
Wednesday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will play its penultimate regular season match of the 2017-18 season on Wednesday with a 4 pm match at Adrian (Mich.) ... The match was scheduled for March 21 but was postponed due to poor weather ... ONU has clinched the No. 3 seed in next weekend's OAC Tournament and will host the No. 6 seed in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday at University Courts at 3:30 pm ... The Polar Bears are riding a 4-match win streak and have clinched their first winning season since 2014 ... ONU is coming off a 6-3 victory at Otterbein on Monday in its OAC finale ... Junior Jake Abbott, sophomore Connor Christian and freshman Hoang Do each won twice to lead the Polar Bears ... Thus far this season, freshman Hoang Do and freshman Vinh Thai lead the Polar Bears with 13-7 and 11-8 singles records, respectively ... In doubles play, sophomore Connor Christian is 15-7 and Do and Thai are each 14-9 ... Overall, Do is 27-16 and Thai is 25-17 on the season ... Adrian enters today's match off a 7-2 loss at Calvin (Mich.) on Friday ... AC will be the No. 4 seed in next week's MIAA Tournament ... Nathan Waterbury and Jon Rhind lead the Bulldogs with 9 and 8 singles wins, respectively ... AC is 37-41 in singles and is 13-26 in doubles play as a squad this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Do | 13-7 | 1. | Christian | 15-7 | 1. | Do | 27-16 | ||
2. | Thai | 11-8 | 2. | Do | 14-9 | 2. | Thai | 25-17 | ||
3. | Abbott | 10-7 | Thai | 14-9 | 3. | Abbott | 23-12 | |||
Karll | 10-10 | Christian | 23-21 |
Series: ONU leads the series by a 20-4 margin ... Adrian has won the last 2 meetings, including an 8-1 victory in 2017 ... ONU preceded AC's two wins with a 15-match win streak from 1991-2005.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has a 24-18 record, a winning percentage of .571.