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Men's Tennis defeats Wheaton (Mass.), falls to Hampden-Sydney (Va.) on second day of spring break trip

Men's Tennis defeats Wheaton (Mass.), falls to Hampden-Sydney (Va.) on second day of spring break trip
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March 11, 2025

The Ohio Northern men's tennis team continued its spring break trip with a 5-2 victory over Wheaton (Mass.) at Altamonte Springs and a 6-1 loss to Hampden-Sydney (Va.) at the USTA National Tennis Center in Orlando on Tuesday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (5-3 Overall); Wheaton (1-5 Overall); Hampden-Sydney (4-4 Overall).
  • Venues: Sanlando Park - Altamonte Springs, Fla.; USTA National Tennis Center - Orlando, Fla.

Match 1 - ONU 5, WC 2

  • ONU swept the doubles courts, then won four of the six singles courts to record the victory.
  • Senior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and sophomore Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and freshman Noah Boyce (Oakwood) twon 7-6 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Senior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) won 7-5, 7-5 at No. 1 singles.
  • Senior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) and sophomore Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Schultz won 7-6, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
  • Wood won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.
  • Boyce won 6-3, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.
  • Hackenberger won 6-3, 7-5 at No. 5 singles.
  • The Lyons won the No. 1 and 6 singles courts.

Match 2 - ONU 1, HSU 5

  • The Tigers swept the doubles courts to go up 1-0, then won five of the singles courts to win the match.
  • Wood won by retirement 2-6, 4-3 at No. 3 singles.

Notables

  • Wood was a team-best 3-1 on the day.
  • The NCAA had adopted a 7-point team scoring system for Division III, where the three doubles contests only count for one team point as is used in NCAA Divisions I and II.
  • Boyce leads the team with an 12-4 singles record and a 19-13 overall record.
  • Wood is right behind with an 11-5 single mark and an 18-15 overall record.
  • Five different players have seven doubles wins.
  • Specht is 112-73 overall in his career, which includes a 52-39 singles mark and a 59-34 doubles record.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 37-17 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .685.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday with a 1 pm match against Roger Williams (R.I.) in Orlando.