Women’s Tennis defeats Coe (Iowa) 8-1 to open Spring Break trip

By Wes Mayberry

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened its 2023 Spring Break trip with a convincing 8-1 win over Coe (Iowa) on Sunday at the USTA Courts.

The Polar Bears improve to 4-3 overall while dropping the Kohawks to 11-3.

Northern opened Sunday's match by sweeping all three doubles courts.

Freshmen Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, sophomore Miranda Wills (Ada) and freshman Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-2 at No. 2, and senior Flo Sanchez (West Chester/Lakota West) and sophomore Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 8-0 at No. 3.

The Polar Bears closed the match by winning five of the six singles courts.

Hurst won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 singles, Bell won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3, senior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4, junior Olivia Kesner (Lima/Central Catholic) won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5, and sophomore Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6.

The Polar Bears return to action on Tuesday for a 7:30 a.m. match against Bentley (Mass.).