Men's Tennis to face No. 35 Lake Forest (Ill.) in First Round of NCAA III Tournament in Cleveland

By Tim Glon

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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will travel to Case Western Reserve and will face No. 35-ranked Lake Forest (Ill.) in the first round of the NCAA III Tournament on Friday.

Northern (13-8 overall) will face the Foresters (16-6) on Friday at Carlton Courts.

The ONU-LFC winner will advance to the second round to face host and No. 5-ranked Case Western Reserve on Saturday.

The third round will be held at Case on Sunday.

The Polar Bears are making their fifth consecutive and 10 NCAA Tournament appearance in program history overall.

Ohio Northern earned the Ohio Athletic Conference's automatic bid by winning the OAC Tournament title with a 4-0 victory over Otterbein on Saturday.

The Polar Bears were also OAC Regular Season champions with a 3-0 record.

ONU has now won 14 OAC Tournament titles and 15 OAC Regular Season crowns.

Lake Forest earned the Midwest Conference automatic bid by defeating No. 13 Grinnell (Iowa) 4-3 in the MWC finals on Friday.

The Foresters are making their first-ever NCAA III Tournament appearance.

Check back to ONUSports.com for further details as they become available.