Women's Tennis sweeps Mount Union on Senior Day and clinches 2-seed in OAC Tournament

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team posted a 9-0 Ohio Athletic Conference victory against Mount Union in its final regular season match Saturday on Senior Day.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (16-5 overall, 5-1 OAC), Mount Union (6-10 Overall, 4-2 OAC)
• Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Match Highlights

• Sophomores Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles.
• Junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and sophomore Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 8-1 at No. 2 doubles.
• Fifth-year senior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and junior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
• Bell won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
• Hurst won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
• Cruser won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
• Landis won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
• Junior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
• Sheldon won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

• With the win today, Ohio Northern clinched the 2-seed in the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament and has a bye into the semifinals.
• The Polar Bears outscored the Purple Raiders 24-5 in doubles games and 72-11 in singles games.
• Cruser leads the team with a 20-7 singles mark and a 33-19 overall record.
• Sheldon has a team-best 17-7 doubles record.
• Landis eighth all-time in ONU history with a 69-21 singles record. She is also 53-16 in doubles and is 122-37 overall.
• ONU is now 37-7 all-time against Mount Union, including a 17-3 record at home.
• Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 32-10 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .762.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears reutrn to action on Friday in the OAC Tournament Semifinals at West Campus Courts at approximately 12 p.m.