Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (2-0 Overall) at Kenyon Invitational
Sat., Sept. 16 - Sun., Sept. 17, 2017, 9 am/9 am - VandenBerg Courts, Gambier, Ohio
| Kenyon Invitational Bracket |
This Weekend's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will look to continue its strong start to the fall season as it competes in the Kenyon Invitational ... The invitational will feature seven teams, including fellow Ohio Athletic Conference-foe John Carroll ... Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), Denison, Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan, and Wooster ... The invitational will feature tournaments in both singles play and doubles play ... Northern enters the invitational after opening the season with back-to-back 9-0 victories over Defiance and Concordia (Mich.) ... The victory over Defiance marked the 17th consecutive season-opening victory for Ohio Northern ... Sophomore Ola Latala and junior Ashley Ochsenhirt each posted victories at No. 1 singles to lead Ohio Northern ... Latala was one of four ONU women to post 4-0 records on the day. She won at Nos. 1 and 2 singles and Nos. 1 and 2 doubles ... Sophomores Kaleigh Cummins and Mackenzie Wills and freshman Sabine Worthoff also were 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles.
Returning Statistical Leaders (2016-17 Stats):
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||||
1. | Ochsenhirt | 23-4 | 1. | Ochsenhirt | 23-4 | 1. | Ochsenhirt | 46-8 | ||||
2. | Wills | 20-6 | 2. | Toney | 22-7 | 2. | Wills | 40-16 | ||||
Latala | 20-7 | 3. | Wills | 20-10 | 3. | Latala | 39-9 |
Series Notes: Northern will be competing in the Kenyon Invitational for the first time.
Head Coach Scott Wills: Wills is in his 16th season as head coach of the Polar Bears ... He is the winningest coach in ONU women's tennis history with a 331-85 record, a winning percentage of .796 ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.