Women's Tennis: Hope (Mich.) (0-1 Overall) at Ohio Northern (2-0 Overall)
Friday, Feb. 17, 2023 - Westwood Tennis Center, Lima, Ohio
Friday's Match: Ohio Northern opens the spring portion of its 2022-23 season today with a 3:30 pm match against Hope (Mich.) at Westwood Tennis Center in
Lima ... In the fall, the Polar Bears went 2-0 with wins of 6-3 over Adrian (Mich.) and 7-2 over Division II Cedarville and competed in two non-team- scoring events ... Ohio Northern is led by senior Flo Sanchez and and freshman Jenna Bell, who have six wins each ... Sanchez is 6-0, including 2-0 in singles and 4-0 in doubles ... Bell is 6-4, including 3-2 in singles and 3-2 in doubles ... Freshman Abby Cruser is 5-2, including 3-2 in singles and 2-0 in doubles ... Sophomore Katie O'Connell is 5-3, including 3-2 in singles and 2-1 in doubles ... Sophomore Victoria Santana is 4-1, including2-1 in singles and 2-0 in doubles ... Overall, Northern is 8-4 in singles matches and 5-1 in doubles matches thus far this season ... Hope opened its season in the fall with two non-team-scoring events and began its spring schedule wit a 7-2 loss to Cornerstone (Mich.) on Feb. 3 ... The Flying Dutch are seeking their eighth consecutive MIAA regular-season title ... HC is led by a pair of returning All-MIAA selections in sophomore Sullivan Moran and junior Annika Weeber.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
1. | Bell | 3-2 | 1. | Sanchez | 4-0 | 1. | Sanchez | 6-0 | ||
O'Connell | 3-2 | 2. | Sheldon | 3-2 | Bell | 6-4 | ||||
Cruser | 3-2 | Bell | 3-2 | 3. | Cruser | 5-2 |
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 2-0 record.
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Hope by a 1-0 margin ... The teams' lone prior meeting was a 6-3 ONU victory at Hope in 2013.