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Women's Tennis sweeps Roger Williams (R.I.) 7-0 on Day 3 of spring break trip

Women's Tennis sweeps Roger Williams (R.I.) 7-0 on Day 3 of spring break trip
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March 12, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team continued its spring break trip with a 7-0 victory over Roger Williams (R.I.) on Wednesday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (7-2 Overall), Roger Williams (14-6 Overall).
  • Venue: Fort Gatlin Tennis Center - Orlando, Fla.

Individual Highlights

  • Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three courts, then won all six singles courts to improve to 3-1 on the spring break trip.
  • Juniors Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) and freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won at No. 2 doubles 6-0.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) and Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Okrainec won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
  • Bell won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
  • Cruser won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
  • Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.
  • Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 4-6, 6-1, 14-12 at No. 5 singles.
  • Junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 15-3 singles record, with Hurst second at 13-4.
  • Wills and Robinson each have a team-best 10 wins in doubles play.
  • Cruser leads the team with an 22-12 overall record, with Bell right behind at 21-13.
  • O'Connell leads the team with a career record of 87-32 and needs just 13 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Bell is 86-48 in her career.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 41-13 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .759.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrapped up their their annual spring break trip on Thursday morning at 10:30 am against Washington College (Md.) in Melbourne, Fla.