Men's Tennis sweeps Otterbein for second OAC victory of season
April 18, 2026
LIMA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team swept Otterbein 7-0 indoors on Saturday to pick up its second OAC victory of the season.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (10-8 Overall, 2-0 OAC), Otterbein (5-9 Overall, 1-1 OAC).
- Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Ada, Ohio.
Match Recap
- Northern swept all nine courts in straight sets to record the victory.
- Freshman Aiden Yeager (Springfield/Northwestern) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles to lead the Polar Bears.
- Junior Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
- Sophomore Ethan Remy (Lexington) won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
- Freshman Dylan Catanese (Lexington) won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.
- Junior Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
- Sophomore Noah Boyce (Oakwood) won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
- Northern outscored the cardinals 18-5 to take the three doubles courts.
- Wood and Catanese won 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
- Yeager and Remy won 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- Freshman Noah Ehret (Beavercreek) and Hackenberger won 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.
Notables
- Catanese leads the Polar Bears thus far this season with an 18-8 singles mark, a 15-9 doubles mark and a 33-17 overall record.
- Yeager is second with 15 singles wins and 28 overall victories.
- Wood also has a team-best 15 doubles wins.
- Wood is 99-62 in his career and needs just one more victory to become the 25th member of ONU's 100-Win Club.
- Hackenberger is 12-10 in singles action, 11-9 in doubles play and is 23-19 overall.
- He is 90-52 in his career and needs just 10 more wins to join the 100-Win Club.
- Ohio Northern is in its 89th season of men's tennis and has a 743-375-5 record, a winning percentage of .664.
- Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 54-31 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .635.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday against Baldwin Wallace at 3:30 p.m.
