Men's Tennis defeats Otterbein 4-0 in finals of OAC Tournament to grab fifth consecutive crown

MASON — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team swept Otterbein 4-0 in the finals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

The victory gives the Polar Bears their fifth consecutive OAC Tournament title and the 15th in the program's history.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (13-8 Overall), Otterbein (7-10 Overall).
• Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center - Mason, Ohio.

Match Recap

• Junior Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) and freshman Aiden Yeager (Springfield/Northwestern) each went 2-0 on the day.
• Northern won the doubles point by taking courts 2 and 3, then won Nos. 4, 5, and 1 singles to win the championship.
• Freshman Nick Miller (Toledo/St. Francis) made it 2-0 with his 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles.
• Hackenberger followed that with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles to give ONU a 3-0 lead.
• Yeager clinched the title with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles.
• Yeager and sophomore Ethan Remy (Lexington) won 6-2 at No. 2 doubles and Hackenberger and sophomore Noah Ehret (Beavercreek) won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

• Ohio Northern was the No. 1 seed, Otterbein was the No. 2 seed.
• The Polar Bears have now won 15 OAC Tournament titles in program history, including the last five.
• Northern is now 15-6 all-time in OAC Tournament finals matches.
• In tournament play, the matches are played to completion, where the match is stopped as soon as a team reaches four team points.
• ONU won its fifth consecutive OAC Regular Season title this season.
• Northern was leading the other three singles courts when the match was completed.
• Junior Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) was winning 7-5, 1-0 at No. 2 singles.
• Remy was winning 7-6(5), 1-0 at No. 3 singles.
• Freshman Dylan Catanese (Lexington) was up 6-3, 3-2 at No. 4 singles.
• ONU leads the series with Otterbein by a 45-13 margin.
• Wood is 103-62 in his career.
• Catanese leads the Polar Bears thus far this season with an 19-8 singles mark, an 18-9 doubles mark and a 37-17 overall record.
• Yeager is second with 17 singles wins and 33 overall victories.
• Hackenberger is 14-10 in singles action, 13-9 in doubles play and is 27-19 overall.
• He is 94-52 in his career and needs just six more wins to join the 100-Win Club.
• Ohio Northern is in its 89th season of men's tennis and has a 746-375-5 record, a winning percentage of .665.
• Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 57-31 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .648.

Up Next

• The 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Selection Show will air Monday, May 4th at 12:30pm ET on NCAA.com.