Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (8-3 Overall, 0-0 OAC) H v Marietta (1-6 Overall, 0-1 OAC; at Wittenberg (6-3 Overall)
Saturday, Mar. 25, Noon - Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center, Lima, Ohio
Sunday, Mar. 26, 10 am - Five Seasons Tennis Club, Dayton, Ohio
| Marietta Match Program (.pdf) |
Saturday's Matches: Ohio Northern will begin the OAC portion of its schedule on Saturday against Marietta at Westwood Tennis Center in Lima ... The match will be played alongside the ONU-MC men's match at the same time ... Northern will then wrap up the non-conference portion of its schedule on Sunday with a 10 am match at Wittenberg ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 5-0 record during its annual spring break trip last week ... Freshman Jamie Hurst was named the OAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week after going 9-0 on the week ... She was 4-0 at No. 2 singles and 5-0 at No. 2 doubles … Northern is led thus far this season by freshman Jenna Bell with a 16-11 overall record ... Hurst is second with 14 wins and freshman Abby Cruser is third with 13 wins ... Bell, senior Regan Landis and sophomore Katie O'Connell are all 9-4 in singles play ... Sophomore Julianne Sheldon and and Hurst have eight doubles wins each … The Polar Bears are currently 55-38 as a team in singles and 27-19 in doubles play ... Marietta opened up OAC play on March 18 with a 6-3 loss at Capital ... The Pioneers are coming off a 7-2 loss to Ohio Wesleyan on Thursday ... Grad student Isabella Paixao won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and joined sophomore Ryan Haidar to win 8-6 at No. 1 doubles ... Paixao leads the team with a 5-1 singles record, a 4-2 doubles record and a 9-3 overall mark ... Wittenberg is 6-3 on the season and went 3-2 on its spring break trip March 4-10 ... The Tigers will face Centre (Ky.) on Saturday prior to facing the Polar Bears on Sunday.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Bell | 9-4 | 1. | Sheldon | 8-4 | 1. | Bell | 16-11 | ||
| O'Connell | 9-4 | Hurst | 8-5 | 2. | Hurst | 14-11 | ||||
| Landis | 9-4 | 3. | Cruser | 7-4 | 3. | Cruser | 13-12 | |||
| Sanchez | 7-5 | |||||||||
| Bell | 7-7 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 39-1 record ... ONU has won 37 consecutive in the series, including a 9-0 win at Marietta last season ... WU leads the series with ONU 19-10, including an 8-4 record in matches at Wittenberg.
Head Coach Sean Swisher: Swisher is in his first season as head coach and has an 8-3 record.
