Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (15-4 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Marietta (2-7 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Saturday, April 16, 2022, 1 p.m. - Circleville H.S., Circleville, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Polar Bears will face Marietta in a men's/women's double header on Saturday afternoon at Cirvleville Hish School ... The match was scheduled for March 26, but was postponed due to inclement weather ... The location of Circleville is due to Marietta having a non-conference match at Ohio Christian scheduled for 11 am on Saturday ... 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 an 8-1 victory at Otterbein on Tuesday ... Seniors Andrew Cochran and Vinh Thai won at Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, to lead the Polar Bears ... Freshman Drew Swisher leads the Polar Bears in wins this season with a record of 25-8, going 10-4 in singles play and 15-4 in doubles … Senior Zach Beaschler is second with an overall mark of 23-6, while Thai and Freshman Peyton Specht are third with 22 wins each … Freshman Sam Sran is a team-best 17-4 in singles play … In five seasons at ONU, senior Vinh Thai is 50-29 in singles and is 49-35 in doubles ... His overall record of 99-64 leaves him just one victory away from becoming the 23rd member of ONU's 100-Win Club ... The Pioneers are coming off an 8-1 loss at Mount Union last Sunday ... Spencer Hall leads MC with three singles wins, three doubles wins and seven wins overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Sran | 17-4 | 1. | Swisher | 15-4 | 1. | Swisher | 25-8 | ||
| 2. | Specht | 13-3 | 2. | Beaschler | 13-3 | 2. | Beaschler | 23-6 | ||
| 3. | Thai | 12-5 | Cochran | 13-5 | 3. | Specht | 22-9 | |||
| Thai | 22-13 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 31-0 margin ... ONU is 15-0 away from home in the series ... Northern won last year's meeting 9-0 at Marietta.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 65-40 record, a winning percentage of .619 ... He is 188-98 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .657 winning percentage.