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Women's Tennis opens OAC slate with 7-0 victory over Baldwin Wallace

Women's Tennis opens OAC slate with 7-0 victory over Baldwin Wallace
Box Score Program
April 9, 2025

LIMA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 7-0 sweep of Baldwin Wallace indoors on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (12-3 Overall, 1-0 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (2-11 Overall, 0-1 OAC).
  • Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles courts, then won all six singles courts to grab its sixth victory in its last seven matches.
  • The Polar Bears only dropped three games in the nine matches.
  • Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
  • Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
  • Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
  • Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
  • Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
  • Bell and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Cruser and senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Okrainec and senior Miranda Wills won 6-0 at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

  • ONU leads the series with the Yellow Jackets by a 29-17 margin.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 19-4 singles record, with Hurst second at 18-5.
  • Robinson has a team-best 14-8 doubles record.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 31-14 overall record, with Bell right behind at 28-17.
  • Bell is 93-52 in her career and needs just seven more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • O'Connell has a career record of 91-34 and needs just nine more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Cruser has a career record of 89-57 and needs just 11 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Hurst is 84-44 in her career and needs just 16 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 46-14 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .767.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday at John Carroll at 1 pm.