Women's Tennis clinches share of OAC Regular Season title with 7-0 Senior Day victory over Capital

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team clinched at least a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference championships with a 7-0 victory over Capital on Senior Day indoors Friday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (15-3 Overall, 4-0 OAC), Capital (7-7 Overall, 1-3 OAC).
• Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Match Highlights

• Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles courts, then won all the six singles courts to grab its ninth victory in its last 10 matches.
• Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
• Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
• Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
• Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
• Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
• Senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
• Cruser and junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
• Sheldon and Wills won 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
• O'Connell and senior Victoria Santana (Humacao, Puerto Rico/Colegio San Antonio Abad) won 7-6(8) at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

• The Polar Bears have now won nine OAC Regular Season titles in program history with this being their first since 2015.
• Ohio Northern leads the series between the two schools by a 36-11 margin and has now won 27 consecutive matches against the Comets.
• Cruser leads the team this season with a 22-4 singles record, with Hurst second at 21-5.
• Freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) has a team-best 16-8 doubles record.
• Cruser leads the team this season with a 37-14 overall record, with Bell right behind at 33-17.
• Bell is 98-52 in her career and needs just two more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
• Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) has a career record of 93-35 and needs just seven more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
• Cruser has a career record of 95-57 and needs just five more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
• Hurst is 86-44 in her career and needs just 14 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
• Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 49-14 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .778.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday with a non-conference match at No. 26 Denison.