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Women's Tennis improves to 6-3 on season with 9-0 sweep of St. Francis (Ind.)

Women's Tennis improves to 6-3 on season with 9-0 sweep of St. Francis (Ind.)
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February 24, 2024

LEXINGTON — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team improved to 6-3 on the season with a 9-0 neutral site sweep of St. Francis (Ind.) indoors on Saturday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (6-3), St. Francis (1-11)
  • Venue: Lakewood Racquet Club - Lexington, Ohio

The Match

  • Sophomores Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) were two of five Polar Bears to go 2-0 on the day.
  • The pair combined to win 8-1 at No. 1 doubles. Bell then won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Cruser won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
  • Sophomore Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) and junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) combined to win 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, while Hurst won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and O'Connell won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
  • Fifth-year senior Regan Landis (Elkhart,Ind./Concord) was also 2-0 on the day. She won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles and combined with junior Miranda Wills (Ada) to win 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Junior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.

Notables

  • The Polar Bears are now 16-0 all-time against the Cougars.
  • The match was played after the ONU faced Wooster in the second match of a men's/women's doubleheader.
  • Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 22-8 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action March 3 when they host Oberlin.