Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (16-4 Overall) at Wittenberg (6-10 Overall)
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 4:30 p.m. - Albright Tennis Center, Springfield, Ohio
Wednesday's Match: The Polar Bears will go outside of the OAC for a 4:30 pm non-conference match at Wittenberg on Wednesday at Albright Tennis Center ... 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 Marietta at Circleville High School on Saturday ... Senior Vinh Thai became the the 23rd member of ONU's 100-Win Club with a pair of victories, leading Ohio Northern ... Thai reached the 100-win mark with an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles with senior Zach Beaschler ... He picked up win No. 101 with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles ... In five seasons at ONU, Thai is 51-29 in singles, 50-35 in doubles and 101-64 overall ... Beaschler and freshman Drew Swisher leads the Polar Bears in wins this season with 25 each … Thai and Freshman Peyton Specht are third with 24 wins each … Freshman Sam Sran is a team-best 18-4 in singles play … The Tigers are coming off a 6-3 victory over Wabash (Ind.) on Saturday ... WU won five of the six singles matches to rally from a 2-1 deficit after doubles ... Joe Patton leads the Tigers with six singles wins and 11 overall wins ... John DeVito and Jake Stockhausen lead the team with five doubles wins each.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Sran | 18-4 | 1. | Swisher | 15-4 | 1. | Beaschler | 25-5 | ||
2. | Specht | 14-3 | 2. | Beaschler | 14-3 | Swisher | 25-8 | |||
3. | Thai | 13-5 | Cochran | 14-5 | 3. | Specht | 24-9 | |||
Thai | 24-13 |
Series Record: Wittenberg leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 30-13 margin ... ONU has won 5 of the last 7 matches ... WU won in 2020 in Lexington, Ky., 5-4 and is 13-3 in matches played in Springfield.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 66-40 record, a winning percentage of .623 ... He is 189-98 in 15 seasons overall at Ohio Dominican, Methodist (N.C.) and Ohio Northern for a .659 winning percentage.