Men's Tennis: Capital (0-0 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (1-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Friday, April 2, 2021, 1 pm - Westwood Tennis Center, Lima, Ohio
Friday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will open the home portion of its abbreviated 2021 season on Friday with a 1 pm contest against Capital at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... Ohio Northern opened its 2021 season with a 9-0 sweep at Marietta last Saturday afternoon at the Beran Tennis Center ... Juniors Andrew Cochran and Zach Beaschler led ONU by accounting for three victories ... Cochran won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Beascher won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles and the duo combined to win 8-3 at No. 1 doubles ... Cochran was named the OAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his efforts ... Freshman Kavya Desai won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and joined sophomore Matt Garcia to win 8-1 at No. 2 doubles ... Sophomore Maxim Smith won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles, freshman Isaac Spar won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles and the two men joined forces to win 8-0 at No. 3 doubles ... Senior Joji Imatomi wrapped up the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles ... ONU will return to action on Wednesday at home against Otterbein ... The Crusaders will open their abbreviated 2021 season on Saturday at Ohio Northern ... This will be the first match for CU since May 1, 2018 when the Crusaders fell to ONU 5-3 in the OAC Tournament Quarterfinals ... CU did not field a team in 2019 and did not play a match in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the season prematurely ... Senior Graeme Green was named First Team All-OAC in 2018 after going 10-1 in singles and 7-4 in doubles ... This will be the collegiate debuts for the rest of the CU lineup.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Cochran | 1-0 | 1. | Beaschler | 1-0 | 1. | Cochran | 2-0 | ||
| Beaschler | 1-0 | Cochran | 1-0 | Beaschler | 2-0 | |||||
| Desai | 1-0 | Garcia | 1-0 | Desai | 2-0 | |||||
| Smith | 1-0 | Desai | 1-0 | Smith | 2-0 | |||||
| Spar | 1-0 | Smith | 1-0 | Spar | 2-0 | |||||
| Imatomi | 1-0 | Spar | 1-0 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 36-19 margin ... Ohio Northern is 17-3 at home and has won 2 consecutive matches in the series, the latest being a 5-3 win in the 2018 OAC Tournament.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 47-33 record, a winning percentage of .588 ... He is 233-124 in 18 seasons overall for a .653 winning percentage.