Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (8-6 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Otterbein (10-4 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Wednesday, Apr. 12, 3:30 pm - Otterbein Tennis Courts, Westerville, Ohio
Wednesday's Match: Ohio Northern will continue the defense of its 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Wednesday with a road match at Otterbein at the Otterbein Tennis Courts ... It is also the beginning of a four-match road trip for the Polar Bears, as they will wrap up their regular season with road matches at Otterbein, Capital, Baldwin Wallace and Mount Union ... Ohio Northern is coming off a 7-2 victory over John Carroll last Thursday in their home finale at the West Campus Courts ... Sophomore Drew Swisher and freshman Nico Rogel were each double winners for ONU ... Thus far this season, Rogel leads the Polar Bears with 15-6 singles record ... Sophomore Sam Sran is second with a 14-6 mark and Swisher is third at 13-6 ... Sophomore Tristan Munteanu has a team-best 13-5 doubles record and is 24-14 overall ... Sran and junior Kavya Desai each have 10 doubles victories ... Rogel (24-7) and Sran (24-16) also have a team-high 24 overall wins ... Otterbein is coming off a 9-0 victory over Marietta on Friday ... Junior Jake McDivitt is 11-2 in singles play, primarily at No. 3, and graduate student Brandon Wall is 10-3 at No. 1 singles to lead the Cardinals ... OU is undefeated at home with a 3-0 record.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Rogel | 15-5 | 1. | Munteanu | 13-5 | 1. | Rogel | 24-7 | ||
2. | Sran | 14-6 | 2. | Desai | 10-4 | Munteanu | 24-14 | |||
3. | Swisher | 13-6 | Sran | 10-10 | Sran | 24-16 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 39-12 margin ... ONU is 14-3 in matches at Otterbein and won last year's match 8-1 in Westerville.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has an 8-6 record.