Women's Tennis sweeps Baldwin Wallace 9-0, improves to 4-1 in league play

Women's Tennis sweeps Baldwin Wallace 9-0, improves to 4-1 in league play
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April 22, 2024

BEREA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team posted a 9-0 victory at Ohio Athletic Conference foe Baldwin Wallace in its penultimate regular season contest on Monday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (15-5 overall, 4-1 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (2-10 Overall, 0-3 OAC)
  • Venue: Pop Collins Tennis Courts - Berea, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Ohio Northern swept the doubles courts, dropping only four games in the process, and won all six singles matches in straight sets to post the victory.
  • Sophomores Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-4 at No. 1 doubles
  • Junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and sophomore Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Fifth-year senior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and junior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 8-0 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Bell won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
  • Hurst won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
  • Cruser won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
  • Landis won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
  • Junior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
  • Sheldon won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

  • ONU is now 27-17 all-time against Baldwin Wallace, including a 10-10 record in Berea.
  • The polar Bears outscored the Yellow Jackets 24-4 in doubles games and 72-11 in singles games.
  • Cruser leads the team with a 19-7 singles mark and a 32-19 overall record.
  • Sheldon has a team-best 16-7 doubles record.
  • Landis is tied for eighth all-time in ONU history with a 68-21 singles record. She is also 52-16 in doubles and is 120-37 overall.
  • Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 31-10 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .756.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up its regular season on Saturday at home against Mount Union at 11 am on Senior Day at the West Campus Courts.