Men's Tennis notches 7-2 victory indoors at Wooster

LEXINGTON — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team defeated Wooster 7-2 indoors on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (7-3), Wooster (4-2
• Venue: Lakewood Racquet Club - Lexington, Ohio.

The Match

• Junior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens), Sophomore T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.), freshman Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe), and freshman Tyler Wood (Toldeo/St. John's Jesuit) each led Ohio Northern with a 2-0 record on the day
• The Polar Bears swept the doubles courts to enter the singles play ahead 3-0.
• Schultz and Sran won 8-4 at No. 1 to give ONU a 1-0 lead.
• Specht and Wood won at No. 2 doubles 8-6 and Northern led 2-0.
• Junior Drew Swisher (Findlay) and Hackenberger won at No. 3 doubles 8-4 to round out doubles play with a 3-0 sweep.
• Sran, Schultz, Hackenberger, and Wood came out victorious in singles play, winning four of the six matches.

Notables

• The match was a home contest for Wooster, despite being played at Lexington.
• Wood leads the team with a 9-5 singles record.
• Specht has a team-best 12-5 doubles mark and Hackenberger is a team-best 18-5 overall.
• Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 18-11 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of 621.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will continue action on March 3rd at 2 pm at home with Oberlin.