Women’s Tennis: Spring Arbor (Mich.) (8-4 Overall) at Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, 5 p.m. - Findlay YMCA, Findlay, Ohio
Saturday's Match: Ohio Northern is hosting NAIA foe Spring Arbor (Mich.) on Saturday indoors at the Findlay YMCA … The Polar Bears are coming off last Friday's 8-1 loss to Hope (Mich.) … Sophomore Katie O'Connell scored ONU's point with a 7-6(4), 7-5 victory at No. singles and earned Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors … Three Polar Bears dropped three-set tiebreakers matches, including freshman Jamie Hurst at No. 2 singles, senior Regan Landis at No. 4 singles and sophomore Julianne Sheldon at No. 6 singles … Northern is led thus far this season by senior Flo Sanchez, O'Connell and freshman Jenna Bell … Sanchez is 6-1 overall, O'Connell is 6-3 and Bell is 6-5 … Top singles players include O'Connell (4-2), Bell (3-2) and freshman Abby Cruser (3-3) … Top doubles players include Sanchez (4-1), Sheldon (3-2) and Bell (3-3) … The Polar Bears are currently 24-22 as a team in singles and 12-10 in doubles play … Spring Arbor (Mich.) is coming off Tuesday's 9-0 win at Albion (Mich.) … The Cougars went 7-4 during the fall portion of their 2022-23 schedule and opened their spring slate with the win at Albion … Spring Arbor is led by a pair of returning All-Crossroads League Team selections in sophomore Rebekah Pake and junior Makenzi Sells.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | O'Connell | 4-2 | 1. | Sanchez | 4-1 | 1. | Sanchez | 6-1 | ||
| 2. | Bell | 3-2 | 2. | Sheldon | 3-2 | O'Connell | 6-3 | |||
| Cruser | 3-3 | Bell | 3-3 | Bell | 6-5 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Spring Arbor by a 1-0 margin ... The teams' lone prior meeting was a 5-4 ONU victory at a neutral site in 2008.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 2-1 record.