Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (11-3 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at John Carroll (3-8 Overall, 3-0 OAC)
Monday, Apr. 3, 3:30 pm - Short Family Tennis Center, University Heights, Ohio
Monday's Match: Ohio Northern will continue the OAC portion of its schedule on Monday at John Carroll in a battle of league unbeatens ... Ohio Northern will bring an 8-match winning streak into the contest ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 9-0 victory over Muskingum on Friday night indoors at Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima ... Northern swept the doubles courts to jump to a quick 3-0 lead, only dropping two games in the process ... Freshmen Abby Cruser and freshman Jenna Bell won 8-0 at No. 1 doubles, sophomore Julianne Sheldon and freshman Jamie Hurst won 8-0 at No. 2 and senior Flo Sanchez and sophomore Victoria Santana won 8-2 at No. 3 ... ONU then swept the six singles courts, winning all but four games, to seal the victory ... Cruser won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1, Hurst won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2, Bell won won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3, senior Regan Landis won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4, junior Olivia Kesner won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 and sophomore Katie O'Connell won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 ... Northern is led thus far this season by Hurst and bell with 20 overall victories each ... Cruser is third with 17 wins ... Landis has a team-best 12-4 singles record, followed by Bell and O'Connell with 11 singles victories each ... Sheldon and Hurst have 11 doubles wins each … Landis has a 92-31 career record and is just eight victories away from joining ONU's 100-Win Club ... John Carroll is 3-0 in league play after victories over Mount Union (9-0), Muskingum (9-0) and Capital (7-2) ... The Blue Streaks are 0-8 against a difficult non-conference schedule, which includes an 0-5 record against NCAA Division II schools ... Mia Zivkovic leads JCU with seven singles wins, four doubles wins and 11 overall wins ... As a team this season, John Carroll is 24-40 in singles play and 12-21 in doubles action.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Landis | 12-4 | 1. | Sheldon | 11-4 | 1. | Hurst | 20-11 | ||
2. | O'Connell | 11-4 | Hurst | 11-5 | Bell | 20-12 | ||||
Bell | 11-4 | 3. | Sanchez | 10-5 | 3. | Cruser | 17-14 |
Series Notes: John Carroll leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 23-20 record ... ONU has won the last two matches after JCU won eight straight from 2016-2021 ... JCU is 8-7 in games played at University Heights.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has an 11-3 record, a winning percentage of .786.