Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (5-5 Overall) at Ohio Wesleyan (12-8 Overall)

March 25, 2019

Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 4:30 p.m. — Gordon Field House, Delaware, Ohio

Tuesday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will have one final tune-up before OAC action gets underway Saturday with a 4:30 pm contest indoors at Ohio Wesleyan on Tuesday ... The Polar Bears got back to .500 on the season with a 9-0 sweep of Saint Francis (Ind.) on Sunday indoors at the Westwood Tennis Center in Lima ... Sophomore Vinh Thai and freshman Noah Elliott won 8-1 at No. 1 doubles and won at Nos. 1 and 2 singles to lead ONU ... Thus far this season, Elliott leads the Polar Bears with a 10-5 singles record, a 9-3 doubles mark and a 19-8 overall record ... Junior Connor Christian and freshman Andrew Cochran are second in singles with 9 wins each ... Sophomore Hoang Do is tied with Elliott in doubles with a 9-3 record ... Christian, Thai and freshman Zach Beaschler are second with 15 overall wins each ... The Bishops are riding a 3-match winning streak, which includes a 7-2 victory over John Carroll on Saturday ... Pako Alevizopoulos leads OWU with a 13-6 singles record, with Jack Hubbard and Felipe Duarte Rico right behind with 12 singles wins each ... Omar Santiagonunez has a team-best 11 doubles wins ... Alevizopoulos is a team-best 23-14 overall.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

	Singles Wins			Doubles Wins			Overall Wins
1.	Elliott	10-5	1.	Elliott	9-3	1.	Elliott	19-8
2.	Christian	9-5		Do	9-3	2.	Christian	15-9
	Cochran	9-6	3.	Beaschler	7-5		Thai	15-9
				Thai	7-5		Beaschler	15-12

All-Time Series: Ohio Wesleyan leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 27-11 margin ... The Polar Bears won 10 straight in the series before the Bishops took a 9-0 decision in 2016.

Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his third season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns a 31-25 record, a winning percentage of .554. He is 217-116 in 17 seasons overall for a winning percentage of .652.