Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (15-4 Overall) at OAC Tournament Semifinals/Finals
Friday-Saturday, April 28-29, 1 p.m./10 a.m. - Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio
This Weekend's Tournament: The Polar Bears will be the No. 2 seed in this weekend's OAC Tournament semifinals and finals … ONU will face No. 3 seed John Carroll in one semifinal match with #1 seed Otterbein and #4 seed Capital squaring off in the other semifinal … The women's semifinals are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center with the finals beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday … If Friday's matches need to be moved indoors due to rain, the ONU-JCU match will begin at approximately 4:30 p.m. at the Five Seasons Sports Club and the OU-BWU match will begin at approximately 4:30 p.m. at Queen City Racquet Club … Saturday's indoor backup is the Five Seasons Sports Club at approximately 4 p.m. … ONU is looking for its seventh OAC Tournament title in program history and its first since 2015 ... 2023 marks the 12th consecutive tournament in which ONU has reached the semifinals ... ONU finished second in the OAC regular season standings after a 9-0 win at Mount Union last Saturday ... ONU is led thus far this season by freshman Jenna Bell with a 28-14 overall record and freshman Jamie and Hurst with a 27-13 overall record .... Freshman Abby Cruser is third with 22 overall wins ... Bell and senior Regan Landis each have a team-best 16 singles wins, followed by sophomore Katie O'Connell with a 15-5 singles mark ... Sophomore Julianne Sheldon and Hurst have 15 doubles wins each with Cruser and senior Flo Sanchez third with 13-7 doubles marks … Landis has a 95-32 career record and is just 5 victories away from joining ONU's 100-Win Club.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Bell | 16-4 | 1. | Sheldon | 15-5 | 1. | Bell | 28-14 | ||
| Landis | 16-5 | Hurst | 15-6 | 2. | Hurst | 27-13 | ||||
| 3. | O'Connell | 15-5 | 3. | Sanchez | 12-7 | 3. | Cruser | 22-18 | ||
| Cruser | 12-7 |
Series Notes: John Carroll leads the all-time series with ONU by a 23-21 margin ... ... ONU has won the last 3 meetings ... ONU and JCU are tied at 6-6 in OAC Tournament play ... ONU is 31-22 against Otterbein all time and is 9-5 in OAC Tournament play ... Against Capital, ONU leads the series 33-11 overall and 4-0 in OAC Tournament action ... This season, ONU defeated JCU 6-3 and CU 9-0 and fell to OU 8-1.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has a 15-4 record, a winning percentage of .789.
