Women's Tennis: Heidelberg (0-9 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-3 Overall, 0-0 OAC)
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 2:45 pm - Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center, Lima, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will open the OAC portion of its schedule on Saturday indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima with an men's/women's doubleheader with Heidelberg ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 9-0 victory over Trine (Ind.) last Sunday in Lima ... Thus far this season, sophomore Mackenzie Wills leads the Polar Bears with a 14-4 singles mark ... Sophomore Katie Curry is 12-2 and senior Lynn Kelly is 11-4 in singles play ... Wills, Kelly and junior Ashley Ochsenhirt all have 11 doubles wins ... Wills is a team-best 25-10 overall ... Kelly is 107-30 in her four-year career at Ohio Northern ... The Student Princes enters Saturday's match still looking for their first victory of the season ... HU is coming off a 8-1 loss to Wittenberg last Sunday ... Jillian Goulet and Heidi Saba won by an 8-4 margin at #3 doubles for HU.
Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||||
1. | Wills | 14-4 | 1. | Kelly | 11-4 | 1. | Wills | 25-10 | ||||
2. | Curry | 12-2 | Ochsenhirt | 11-6 | 2. | Kelly | 22-8 | |||||
3. | Kelly | 11-4 | Wills | 11-6 | 3. | Ochsenhirt | 21-12 |
Series: ONU leads the series between the two schools by a 42-3 margin ... ONU has won 28 consecutive matches since 1994 in the series, including a 9-0 win last season in Ada.
Head Coach Scott Wills: Wills is in his 17th season as head coach of the Polar Bears ... He is the winningest coach in ONU women's tennis history with a 338-88 record, a winning percentage of .793 ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.