Women's Tennis opens spring break schedule with 6-1 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team started its spring break trip with a 6-1 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) on Monday night.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-1 Overall), Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-3).
• Venue: USTA National Tennis Center - Orlando, Fla.

Highlights

• Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) went 2-0 on the day to lead the Polar Bears.
• She won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and combined with senior Miranda Wills (Ada) to win 7-6(8) at No. 3 doubles.
• The Crusaders won the doubles court by taking Nos. 1 and 2.
• The Polar Bears stormed back to win all six singles courts to grab the victory.
• Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 at No. 2 singles.
• Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
• Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 at No. 4 singles.
• Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-3, 7-6(2) at No. 5 singles.
• Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) rallied to win 0-6, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

• Cruser leads the team with an 12-3 singles record, with Hurst second at 11-4.
• Bell, Okrainec and Schleibaum each have nine singles wins.
• Bell and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central)  are a team-best 8-6 in doubles play.
• Cruser leads the team with an 18-11 overall record.
• O'Connell leads the team with a career record of 86-30 and needs just 14 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
• Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 38-12 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .760.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on their annual spring break trip on Tuesday against Seton Hill (Pa.) and Connecticut College.