Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (14-4 Overall, 5-1 OAC) at Mount Union (3-7 Overall, 3-3 OAC)
Saturday, Apr. 22, Noon - Whitehill Tennis Courts, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Match: Ohio Northern will wrap up its regular season on Saturday with a match at Mount Union at Whitehill Tennis Courts ... The match will be part of a men's/women's doubleheader between ONU and UMU ... ONU will clinch a second place finish with a victory and could share the OAC Regular Season title with a win and a John Carroll victory over Otterbein ... Northern is coming off a 9-0 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday ... ... Sophomore Julianne Sheldon and freshmen Jenna Bell and Jamie Hurst all went 2-0 to lead the Polar Bears ... ONU is led thus far this season by Bell and Hurst with 26 overall wins each .... Freshman Abby Cruser is third with 20 overall wins ... Bell and senior Regan Landis each have a team-best 15 singles wins, followed by sophomore Katie O'Connell with a 14-5 singles mark ... Sophomore Julianne Sheldon and Hurst have 14 doubles wins each with senior Flo Sanchez third with a 12-7 doubles mark … Landis has a 94-32 career record and is just 6 victories away from joining ONU's 100-Win Club ... ONU has clinched a spot in the 6-team OAC Tournament, which starts with the First Round on Tuesday, April 25 ... The No. 3 seed will host the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed will host the No. 5 seed on Tuesday at campus sites ... Those winners joining the top two seeds in the semifinals on Friday at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason ... The finals are slated for Saturday at Mason ... Mount Union is coming off a 7-0 victory over Muskingum on Saturday ... The Purple Raiders are led by Amelia Francisco with a 7-5 singles record, a 7-5 doubles mark with Abby Franks and a 14-10 overall record ... UMU has clinched a spot in the OAC Tournament ... Mount Union can be the No. 4 seed with a victory over ONU and a Capital loss to Baldwin Wallace ... Any other combination of outcomes will result in a No. 5 seed for UMU.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Bell | 15-4 | 1. | Sheldon | 14-5 | 1. | Hurst | 26-11 | ||
| Landis | 15-5 | Hurst | 14-6 | 2. | Bell | 26-13 | ||||
| 3. | O'Connell | 14-5 | 3. | Sanchez | 12-7 | 3. | Cruser | 20-18 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 35-7 margin ... ONU has won the last 15 meetings, including an 8-1 victory at home last year.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 14-4 record, a winning percentage of .778.