Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (13-7 Overall) at NCAA III Tournament First, Second, Third Rounds
Friday-Sunday, May 5-7 - Carleton Courts, Cleveland, Ohio
This Weekend's Tournament: The Polar Bears will be making their second consecutive NCAA III Men's Tennis Tournament appearance and will face Kalamazoo (Mich.) in the first round on Friday afternoon at 2 pm ... The ONU-KC winner will advance to the second round and will face No. 1-ranked tournament host Case Western Reserve on Saturday at 2 pm ... The third round is scheduled for Sunday at noon ... Sunday's winner will advance to the NCAA III Championships May 13-21 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. ... In case of inclement weather, the matches will be moved indoors to the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion at Cleveland State ... ONU qualified for the NCAA III Tournament by winning the 2022 OAC Tournament title last weekend with victories over third-seeded John Carroll and top-seeded Otterbein at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason … ONU won its 12th OAC Tournament title in program history ... The Polar Bears also shared the OAC Regular Season crown with Otterbein and John Carroll with 5-1 records ... Northern has clinched its sixth consecutive winning season ... Thus far this season, freshman Nico Rogel leads the Polar Bears with an 18-5 singles record ... Sophomore Sam Sran is second with a 17-7 mark and sophomore Drew Swisher is third at 16-7 ... Sophomore Tristan Munteanu has a team-best 17-7 doubles record and a team-best 30-20 overall record ... Junior Kavya Desai has a 14-5 doubles mark and Sran and Swisher is third with 12 doubles victories each ... Rogel (29-8), Desai (29-12) and Sran (29-21) are second on the team in overall wins with 29.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Rogel | 20-5 | 1. | Munteanu | 17-7 | 1. | Munteanu | 30-20 | ||
2. | Sran | 17-8 | 2. | Desai | 14-5 | 2. | Rogel | 29-8 | ||
3. | Swisher | 16-7 | 3. | Swisher | 12-12 | Desai | 29-12 | |||
Sran | 12-13 | Sran | 29-21 |
Series Record: Kalamazoo leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 1-0 margin ... KC topped ONU 8-1 in 2014 at Kalamazoo.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 13-7 record, a winning percentage of .650.