Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (10-7 Overall, 4-1 OAC) at Mount Union (2-6 Overall, 2-2 OAC)
Saturday, Apr. 22, Noon - Whitehill Tennis Courts, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Match: Ohio Northern wrap up its regular season on Saturday with a road match at Mount Union at Whitehill Tennis Courts ... The match will be part of a men's/women's doubleheader between ONU and UMU ... ONU will clinch a second place finish with a victory and could share the OAC Regular Season title with a win and an Otterbein loss to either John Carroll or Mount Union this weekend ... It is also the final match of a four-match road trip for the Polar Bears ... ONU fell at Otterbein 7-2 on April 12, won 9-0 at Capital on Saturday and won 7-2 at Baldwin Wallace on Thursday ... Northern has clinched its sixth consecutive winning season and a spot in next week's 6-team OAC Tournament with its win at Baldwin Wallace ... The first round will be held on Tuesday with the No. 3 seed hosting the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed hosting the No. 5 seed on campus sites ... The two first round winners will join the top two seeds in the semifinals on Friday at the Lindner Tennis center in Mason ... The finals are slated for Saturday at Mason ... Against Baldwin Wallace, junior Kavya Desai and sophomores Peyton Specht and Drew Swisher each went 2-0 on the day to lead Ohio Northern ... Thus far this season, freshman Nico Rogel leads the Polar Bears with 17-5 singles record ... Sophomore Sam Sran is second with a 16-7 mark and Swisher is third at 14-7 ... Sophomore Tristan Munteanu has a team-best 15-6 doubles record and a team-best 27-17 overall record ... Desai has an 12-4 doubles mark and Sran and Swisher are third with 10 doubles victories each ... Rogel (26-8) and Sran (26-19) each have 26 overall wins ... Mount Union will wrap up its regular season with home contests against Ohio Northern on Saturday and Otetrbein on Sunday ... The Purple Raiders are coming off a 7-2 home loss to Baldwin Wallace on April 12 ... Freshman Elliott Warner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 singles and teammed up with junior Adam McMillen to win 8-4 at No. 3 doubles ... Warner leads the tam with three singles wins and five overall victories.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Rogel | 17-5 | 1. | Munteanu | 15-6 | 1. | Munteanu | 27-17 | ||
2. | Sran | 16-7 | 2. | Desai | 12-4 | 2. | Rogel | 26-8 | ||
3. | Swisher | 14-7 | Sran | 10-12 | Sran | 26-19 | ||||
Swisher | 10-12 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 28-10 margin ... ONU is 12-5 in match at Mount Union ... The Polar Bears are riding a 3-match winning streak in the series, including a 9-0 home victory in 2022.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 10-7 record, a winning percentage of .588.