Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (14-4 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Otterbein (5-5 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Tuesday, April 11, 2022, 3:30 p.m. - Otterbein Tennis Courts, Westerville, Ohio
Tuesday's Match: The Polar Bears will travel to Westerville for an OAC match at Otterbein on Tuesday ... The match has been postponed three times after being originally scheduled for April 6 ... The Polar Bears are ranked No. 20 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Men's Central Region rankings, marking the first Regional ranking appearance for Northern since the 2014 season ... ONU is coming off a 9-0 victory over Capital on Apr. 2 indoors at Westwood Tennis Center in Lima ... Seniors Andrew Cochran, Vinh Thai and Zach Beaschler, junior Matt Garcia and freshman Drew Swisher all were 2-0 on the day with a singles and doubles win each ... Freshman Drew Swisher leads the Polar Bears in wins this season with a record of 23-8, going 9-4 in singles play and 14-4 in doubles … Freshman Peyton Specht is second with an overall mark of 22-9, while senior Zach Beaschler is third at 21-5 … Freshman Sam Sran is a team-best 16-4 in singles play … In five seasons at ONU, senior Vinh Thai is 49-29 in singles and is 48-35 in doubles ... His overall record of 97-64 leaves him just three victories away from becoming the 23rd member of ONU's 100-Win Club ... The Cardinals are coming off a 9-0 victory over Capital on Sunday ... The match was OU's first since a March 10 contest against Hampden-Sydney (Va.) during its spring break trip to Orlando ... Tom Ohler and Jake McDivitt lead Otterbein with seven singles wins each ... The pair are also 6-2 together at No. 1 doubles.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Sran | 16-4 | 1. | Swisher | 14-4 | 1. | Swisher | 23-8 | ||
| 2. | Specht | 13-3 | 2. | Beaschler | 12-3 | 2. | Specht | 22-9 | ||
| 3. | Thai | 11-5 | Cochran | 12-5 | 3. | Beaschler | 21-6 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 38-12 margin ... OU won both of last year's meetings 6-3 in Ada and 5-0 in Mason ... ONU is 13-3 in Westerville in the series.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 64-40 record, a winning percentage of .615 ... He is 187-98 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .656 winning percentage.