Men's Tennis falls at Otterbein 7-2 in battle of league unbeatens

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team fell at Otterbein 7-2 on Wednesday afternoon in a battle of Ohio Athletic Conference unbeatens at the Otterbein Tennis Courts.

The Polar Bears drop to 8-7 overall and are 2-1 in the OAC, while the Cardinals improve to 11-4, 3-0.

Otterbein won all three doubles courts and took four of the six singles courts to register the win.

Junior Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) won 6-2, 2-6, 10-7 at No. 4 singles and freshman Nico Rogel (Alicante, Spain/Hoosac) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 singles for Ohio Northern.

Sophomore Drew Swisher (Findlay) also had a tight match, falling 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 at No. 5 singles.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday with a 1 pm match at Capital.

Otterbein 7, Ohio Northern 2

Singles

1. Brandon Wall (Ott) def. Tristan Munteanu 6-3, 6-1
2. Joshua Mammen (Ott) def. Peyton Specht 7-5, 6-3
3. Jake McDivitt (Ott) def. Sam Sran 6-3, 6-0
4. Kavya Desai (ONU) def. Jamie Price, 2-6, 6-2, 10-7
5. Will Newberry (Ott) def. Drew Swisher 4-6, 6-2, 10-7
6. Nico Rogel (ONU) def. Boban Mihajlov (Ott), 6-3, 6-3

Doubles

1. Jamie Price/Brandon Wall (Ott) def. Peyton Specht/Sam Sran, 8-5
2. Joshua Mammon/Jake McDivitt (Ott) def. T.J. Schultz/Tristan Munteanu, 8-5
3. Will Newberry/Dylan Shook (Ott) def. Drew Swisher/Kavya Desai, 8-2