Men's Tennis improves to 2-0 in OAC play with 8-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace

LIMA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team improved to 2-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference action with an 8-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace indoors on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (13-5 overall, 2-0 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (11-4 Overall, 0-1 OAC)
• Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Match Highlights

• The Polar Bears swept the six singles courts after winning two of the three doubles courts.
• Junior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and freshman Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles.
• Junior Drew Swisher (Findlay) and freshman Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.
• Junior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Giian Jyoti Global) won a thrilling match  at No. 1 singles 7-6(4), 3-6, 15-13.
• Specht won 7-6(4), 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
• Junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
• Wood won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles and Hackenberger won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
• Senior Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

• The match was moved indoors due to rains that moved into the area.
• ONU is now 38-12 all-time against Baldwin Wallace, including a 17-4 margin at home.
• Specht, Wood and Hackenberger all went 2-0 on the day.
• Freshman Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) leads the team with a 15-5 singles record.
• Hackenberger and junior Peyton Specht each have a team-best 18 doubles wins and Hackenberger is a team-best 31-6 overall.
• Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 24-13 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .649.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday with a road contest at John Carroll at 5 pm.