Men's Tennis falls to Hope (Mich.) 6-3 in Spring schedule opener

LIMA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team opened up its spring schedule on Saturday with a 6-3 loss to Hope (Mich.) indoors at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (4-2), Hope (2-1)
• Venue: Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center - Lima, Ohio

The Match

• The Polar Bears won the 2 and 3 doubles courts to enter the singles play ahead 2-1.
• Junior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and freshman Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's Jesuit) won at No. 2 doubles 8-6.
• Junior Drew Swisher (Findlay) and Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 8-5 at No. 3 doubles.
• Snior Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) then won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles, but the Flying Dutch would take the other five singles courts to notch the victory.

Notables

• The Polar Bears are now 1-3 all-time against the Flying Dutch.
• Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 17-10 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Feb. 10-11 with three matches at the Transylvania (Ky.) Invitational.