Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall) on Spring Break Trip to Orlando, Fla.
Sunday, Mar. 12, 12:30 p.m. - v Emerson (Mass.), USTA Courts 7-12, Orlando, Fla.
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 7:30 a.m. - v Bentley (Mass.), USTA Courts T9-14, Orlando, Fla.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, 6 p.m. - v Franklin & Marshall (Pa.), USTA Courts TBA, Orlando, Fla.
Thursday, Mar. 16, 2 p.m. - v Springfield (Mass.), Lake Cane Tennis Center, Orlando, Fla.
Friday, Mar. 17, 2:30 p.m. - v Macalester (Minn.), USTA Courts D/S9-14, Orlando, Fla.
This Week's Matches: Ohio Northern is heading south to Orlando, Fla. for its annual Spring Break trip … The Polar Bears will play five times on the trip alongside the ONU women's team on each day ... ONU is coming off a 7-2 loss at Oberlin on March 5 ... Freshman Tristan Munteanu and sophomore Drew Swisher each won singles matches to lead Ohio Northern ... Munteanu won 7-5, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and Swisher won 6-3, 6-7, 10-8 at No. 6 singles ... Thus far this season, sophomore Sam Sran and Swisher lead the Polar Bears in singles play with nine wins each, followed closely by freshman Nico Rogel at 8-4 ... Munteanu is a team-best 8-3 in doubles play with Sran and Rogel in second with seven wins each ... Sran is a team-best 16-8 overall ... Rogel and Munetanu have 15 overall wins each ... Emerson is 0-7 on the season, Bentley is 2-2, Franklin and Marshall is 0-3, Springfield is 5-2 and Macalester is 4-2.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Swisher | 9-3 | 1. | Munteanu | 8-3 | 1. | Sran | 16-8 | ||
Sran | 9-4 | 2. | Rogel | 7-2 | 2. | Rogel | 15-6 | |||
3. | Rogel | 8-4 | Sran | 7-5 | Munteanu | 15-8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Franklin & Marshall by a 1-0 margin, falling 4-3 in 1999 ... ONU has not previously faced any of its four other opponents.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 3-3 record.