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Women's Tennis improves to 3-0 in OAC play with 6-1 victory over Otterbein

Women's Tennis improves to 3-0 in OAC play with 6-1 victory over Otterbein
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April 16, 2025

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team improved to 3-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings with a 5-0 victory over Otterbein on Wednesday afternoon..

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (14-3 Overall, 3-0 OAC), Otterbein (10-6 Overall, 1-1 OAC).
  • Venue: West Campus Courts — Ada, 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 eighth victory in its last nine matches.
  • Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
  • Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
  • Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
  • Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
  • Bell and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Cruser and senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Wills and freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern leads the series between the two schools by a 33-24 margin.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 21-4 singles record, with Hurst second at 20-5.
  • Robinson has a team-best 16-8 doubles record.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 35-14 overall record, with Bell right behind at 32-17.
  • Bell is 97-52 in her career and needs just three 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 93-57 and needs just seven 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 48-14 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .774.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday at 1 pm when they host Capital on Senior Day at West Campus Courts.
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