Women's Tennis opens home slate with tight 5-4 loss to NAIA foe Indiana-East
September 8, 2023
LIMA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened the home portion of its schedule with a tight 5-4 loss to NAIA foe Indiana-East on Friday afternoon indoors at the Westwood Tennis Center.
The match was slated to be played outside at ONU's West Campus Courts, but a steady light rain throughout the day forced the contest indoors.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (2-1), Indiana-East (2-0)
- Venue: Westwood Tennis Center — Lima, Ohio
The Match
- ONU won two of the three doubles courts and the Nos. 4 and 6 singles courts.
- Senior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord)and junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) each went 2-0 to lead the Polar Bears.
- Landis and junior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) opened the match with an 8-0 win at No. 3 doubles.
- Sheldon and sophomore Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn)then won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- Landis made it 3-1 with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles.
- Sheldon won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 6 singles and ONU's lead was 4-2
- The Red Wolves rallied to win the final three singles matches to grab the win 5-4.
Notables
- Landis is 102-32 overall in her career, including a 58-19 mark in singles play and 44-13 in doubles.
- This was the first ever meeting between the Polar Bears and the Red Wolves.
- Sean Swisher is now 18-6 in his second season as head coach of the ONU women's tennis team.
Up Next
The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday against Saint Mary's (Ind.) at 10 am at the West Campus Courts.
