Women's Tennis remains atop OAC standings with 6-1 victory at John Carroll
April 12, 2025
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team remained atop the Ohio Athletic Conference standings with a 6-1 victory at John Carroll on Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (13-3 Overall, 2-0 OAC), John Carroll (8-3 Overall, 2-1 OAC).
- Venue: Short Family Tennis Center - University Heights, Ohio.
Match Highlights
- Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles courts, then won five of the six singles courts to grab its seventh victory in its last eight matches.
- Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
- Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
- Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
- Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
- Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 7-5, 4-6, 10-4 at No. 6 singles.
- Bell and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 7-5 at No. 1 doubles.
- Cruser and senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- Okrainec and senior Miranda Wills won 6-0 at No. 3 doubles.
Notables
- ONU and the Blue Streaks are tied in the series between the two schools at 23-23.
- Cruser leads the team this season with a 20-4 singles record, with Hurst second at 19-5.
- Robinson has a team-best 15-8 doubles record.
- Cruser leads the team this season with a 33-14 overall record, with Bell right behind at 30-17.
- Bell is 95-52 in her career and needs just seven more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
- Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) has a career record of 91-35 and needs just nine more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
- Cruser has a career record of 91-57 and needs just nine more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
- Hurst is 85-44 in her career and needs just 15 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
- Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 47-14 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .770.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday when they host Otterbein at 3:30 pm.
