Freshman Dylan Catanese leads Men's Tennis in DePauw Fall Invitational to open 2025-26 season

GREENCASTLE, Ind. — Freshman Dylan Catanese (Lexington) led the Ohio Northern men's tennis team in the 2025 DePauw Fall Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall).
• Venues: Blackstock Courts - Greencastle, Ind.
• The match did not have team scoring.
• There were nine teams competing, with 10 players each in seven singles flights and 10 doubles teams in three doubles flights.
• Each singles player and doubles team was guaranteed three matches in their respective flight, which determined places 1-8 in each flight.

Individual Highlights

• Catanese finished with a 5-1 overall record for the weekend, going 3-0 and finishing third in No. 3 singles and going 2-1 in No. 1 doubles.
• Freshman Aiden Yeager (Springfield/Northwestern) went 2-1 and finished third in No. 1 singles.
• Junior Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) posted a 2-1 record in No. 5 singles.
• Junior Kosuke Asada (Findlay) was 2-1 in No. 6 singles.
• Senior Nico Rogel (Alicante, Spain/Hoosac) and sophomore Jakub Wierzba (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park) each went 2-1 in No. 7 singles.
• The team of Cantanese and junior Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) went 2-1 in No. 1 doubles.
• Hackenberger and sophomore Noah Boyce (Oakwood) posted a 2-1 record in No. 2 doubles.
• Freshmen Noah Ehret (Beavercreek) and Nick Miller (Toledo/St. Francis) went 2-1 and finished second in No. 3 doubles.

Notables

• The Polar Bears will compete in three tournaments during their fall schedule.
• Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 44-23 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .657.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to action at the Hope (Mich.) Invitational on Friday and Saturday.