Men's Tennis: John Carroll (8-7 Overall, 5-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (19-4 Overall, 5-0 OAC)
Friday, April 29, 2022, 3:30 p.m. - West Campus Courts, Ada, Ohio
Friday's Match: The Polar Bears will play their final home match of the season when they host John Carroll on Friday at the West Campus Courts ... Friday's match will be for the OAC Tournament title with the winner clinching the No. 1 seed in next week's OAC Tournament ... The Polar Bears have clinched a first-round bye in the OAC Tournament and have advanced to the semifinals on May 6 at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason ... ONU will honor its three seniors, Zach Beaschler, Andrew Cochran and Vinh Thai, on Saturday ... Beaschler is 37-19 in singles, 45-17 in doubles and 82-36 overall in four years as a Polar Bear ... In his four seasons of play, Cochran is 41-24 in singles, 40-20 in doubles and 81-24 overall … In five seasons at ONU, senior Vinh Thai is 53-29 in singles, 52-35 in doubles and 105-64 overall ... Beaschler leads the Polar Bears in wins this season with 31 … Thai is second with 30 wins and freshman Drew Swisher is third with 29 wins … Freshman Sam Sran is a team-best 20-5 in singles play ... John Carroll is coming off Thursday's 9-0 win at Baldwin Wallace to extend its OAC regular-season win streak to 61 matches ... The Blue Streaks are the defending OAC Tournament champions and have defeated every conference opponent by a 9-0 score this season except Otterbein, which was a 6-3 victory.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Sran | 20-5 | 1. | Swisher | 18-4 | 1. | Beaschler | 31-5 | ||
2. | Specht | 16-4 | 2. | Beaschler | 17-3 | 2. | Thai | 30-13 | ||
Thai | 16-5 | 3. | Cochran | 17-6 | 3. | Swisher | 29-8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 25-14 margin ... JCU has won the last 7 meetings, but ONU is 10-5 overall at home in the series.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 68-40 record, a winning percentage of .630 ... He is 191-98 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .661 winning percentage.