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Men's Tennis drops tight 4-3 decision indoors at Oberlin

Men's Tennis drops tight 4-3 decision indoors at Oberlin
Box Score
March 2, 2025

OBERLIN — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team dropped a tight 4-3 decision at Oberlin indoors at the Huntsman Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (3-2 Overall); Oberlin (2-5 Overall).
  • Venue: Huntsman Tennis Center - Oberlin, Ohio.

Individual Highlights

  • Junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and freshman Noah Boyce (Oakwood) each won twice to lead the Polar Bears.
  • Schultz won 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 at No. 2 singles and Boyce won 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.
  • The duo combined to win 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Sophomore Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(5) at No. 3 singles.
  • Senior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and  won 7-6 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Sophomore Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) took his opponent to a third set tiebreaker at No. 5 singles before falling 4-6, 6-2, 4-10.

Notables

  • Oberlin won the doubles point by taking two of the three doubles matches, then won three of the six singles courts to record the victory.
  • The first four singles courts all went three sets, with the Polar Bears winning three of them.
  • The No. 1 doubles court went to a tiebreaker.
  • The NCAA had adopted a 7-point team scoring system for Division III, where the three doubles contests only count for one team point as is used in NCAA Divisions I and II.
  • Boyce leads the team with an 11-3 singles record and a 16-11 overall record.
  • Wood has a team-best 7-7 doubles record.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 35-16 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .686.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action March 10 against Hampden-Sydney (Va.) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) on its annual spting break trip to Orlando.