Women's Tennis runs win streak to eight with scoring break victories over Wisconsin-La Crosse and Minnesota State-Moorhead

Women's Tennis runs win streak to eight with scoring break victories over Wisconsin-La Crosse and Minnesota State-Moorhead
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March 13, 2024

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team ran its winning streak to eight consecutive matches and improved to 4-0 on its annual spring break trip with a 6-3 victory over Wisconsin-La Crosse and a 4-3 victory over NCAA Division II foe Minnesota State-Moorhead on Wednesday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (11-3 overall), Wisconsin-La Crosse (13-4 overall), Minnesota State-Moorhead (4-6 overall)
  • Venue: Sanlando Courts 20-25 - Altamonte Springs, Fla.

Match v Wisconsin-La Crosse - W, 6-3

  • The Polar Bears swept the three doubles courts and split the six singles courts to post the win.
  • Sophomores Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Sophomore Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 8-6 at No. 2 doubles and 
  • Juniors Miranda Wills (Ada) and Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Cruser won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 and freshman Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) followed with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 to put ONU ahead 4-1.
  • Bell wrapped things up with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 1.
  • The Eagles won at Nos. 2, 4 and 5 singles.

Match v Minnesota State-Moorhead - W, 4-3

  • The Polar Bears won two of the three doubles courts and three of the singles courts to post the win.
  • The match was scored on a 7-point system used by NCAA Division I and II schools with the three doubles courts counting for just one team point.
  • Bell and Sheldon won 6-3 at No. 2 doubles and Wills and O'Connell won 7-5 at No. 3 doubles as the Polar Bears led 1-0 after doubles.
  • Cruser gave ONU a 2-0 lead with a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles.
  • The Dragons won at No. 1 to pull within 2-1.
  • Hurst then won 6-4, 0-6, 10-7 at No. 2 and McLane won 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the match with ONU up 4-1.
  • MSUM won the Nos 4 and 5 courts to finish the match.
  • O'Connell finished off the victory with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles.

Notables

  • Cruser and Bell each went 3-1 on the day to lead ONU.
  • Cruser and McLane each went 2-0 in singles play, while Bell was 1-1 in singles and 2-0 in doubles.
  • The Polar Bears are now 1-0 all-time against Wisconsin-La Crosse and are 1-1 against Minnesota State-Moorhead.
  • MSUM is an NCAA Division II school.
  • Cruser leads the team with a 13-7 singles mark.
  • Sheldon has a team-best 13-5 doubles record and Bell leads the squad with a 23-14 overall record this year.
  • Northern improves to 8-1 in calendar year 2024.
  • Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 27-8 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .771.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up their spring break trip on Thursday with a 3 pm match against Sioux Falls (S.D.) at the Sanlando Courts in Altamonte Springs, Fla.