Women's Tennis wraps up OAC Tennis Fest with 8-1 non-conference victory over Wittenberg
By Tim Glon
LIMA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team wrapped up play at the OAC Tennis Fest with an 8-1 non-conference victory over Wittenberg on Sunday morning at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 18-4 overall, while the Tigers fall to 5-8.
Northern won two of the three doubles matches to lead 2-1, then swept the singles contests to register the 8-1 victory.
Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) and sophomore Mackenzie Wills (Ada) rallied from a 7-3 deficit to win the final six games and post a 9-7 win at the No. 2 doubles spot.
Junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) and sophomore Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda) had an impressive 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles.
Ochsenhirt led ONU in singles play with a 6-2, 6-0 win at the No. 1 spot.
Freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester/Mount Notre Dame) also came from behind to win with a 4-6, 6-1, 11-9 victory at No. 3 singles.
Kelly won 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2, sophomore Kaleigh Cummins (Springfield/Northeastern) won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4, Wills won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 and Curry won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Tuesday with a road match at Oberlin.