Mackenzie Wills ties school singles wins record as Women's Tennis opens season with 9-0 victory over Marietta

By Tim Glon

LIMA — Senior Mackenzie Wills (Ada) tied Ohio Northern all-time career singles wins record on Saturday, leading the Polar Bear women's tennis team to a 9-0 season-opening victory over Marietta on Saturday afternoon at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 overall and are 1-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers fall to 0-1, 0-1.

Wills won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles for her 83rd career singles win, tying the record set by Meghan Letizia from 2012-16.

Junior Ola Latala (Grosse Isle, Mich.) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles and combined with freshman Olivia Kesner (Lima/Central Catholic) to win 8-1 at No. 1 doubles.

Senior Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda), sophomore Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and Kesner won 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 5, 3 and 2 singles, respectively.

Freshman Mykaela Schriber (Kenton) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

In doubles play, Wills and sophomore Jeorgia Templin (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) won 8-0 at No. 2 and Curry and Landis won 8-0 at No. 3.

The Polar Bears will return to action on March 21 with a home contest against Mount Union.