Women's Tennis completes 3-0 weekend with 6-1 victory at Transylvania (Ky.)

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team wrapped up a 3-0 weekend at the Transylvania (Ky.) Classic with a 6-1 victory over tournament host Transylvania (Ky.) indoors on Sunday.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall), Transylvania (3-1).
• Venue: Top Seed Tennis Club - Nicholasville, Ky.

Highlights

• The Polar Bears won the doubles point by taking Nos. 2 and 3 doubles courts.
• Senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
• Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) and junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-2 at No. 3 doubles.
• ONU then won five of the six singles courts to take the match.
• Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
• Hurst won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
• Cruser won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
• Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
• Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-0, 4-6, 10-4 at No. 6 singles.
• Cruser and Hurst were each 2-0 on the day.

Notables

• Hurst and Cruser lead the team with 9-3 singles records, with freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) and Bell right behind at 7-5.
• Bell and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) are a team-best 7-4 in doubles play.
• Bell leads the team with a 14-9 overall record.
• O'Connell leads the team with a career record of 84-29 and needs just 16 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
• Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 36-11 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .766.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday against Northwestern Ohio at the Westwood Tennis Center in Lima.