Men's Tennis wraps up winter schedule with 5-2 setback at Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Men's Tennis wraps up winter schedule with 5-2 setback at Kalamazoo (Mich.)
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February 28, 2026

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team wrapped up its winter schedule with a 5-2 loss at Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Saturday indoors.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (2-3 Overall), Kalamazoo (4-2 Overall).
  • Venues: Markin Tennis Center - kalamazoo, Mich.

ONU Highlights

  • Junior Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won twice to lead the Polar Bears.
  • He won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles and combined with freshman Noah Ehret (Beavercreek) to win 7-5 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Ohio Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles courts.
  • Junior Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) and freshman Dylan Catanese (Lexington) won 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Sophomore Ethan Remy (Lexington) and freshman Aiden Yeager (Springfield/Northwestern) combined to win 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.

Notables

  • Catanese leads the Polar Bears thus far this season with a 12-4 singles mark and a 20-8 overall record.
  • Wood and Catanese are a team-best 8-4 in doubles play.
  • Hackenberger is 8-4 in singles action.
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 46-26 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .639.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will being their spring schedule on Mar. 9 against North Central (Ill.) and East Texas Baptist in Orlando, Fla.