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Women's Tennis clinches OAC Regular Season title outright with 7-0 victory at Mount Union as Bell notches career win 100

Women's Tennis clinches OAC Regular Season title outright with 7-0 victory at Mount Union as Bell notches career win 100
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April 26, 2025

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team won the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title outright with a 7-0 sweep at Mount Union on Saturday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (16-4 Overall, 5-0 OAC), Mount Union (6-12 Overall, 1-4 OAC).
  • Venue: Whitehill Tennis Courts - Alliance, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Ohio Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles courts, then won all six singles courts to grab the victory.
  • Freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles.
  • Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
  • Junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
  • Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
  • Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
  • Bell and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Senior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and Cruser won 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) and sophomore Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) won 6-0 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 38-7 margin.
  • Bell is 100-54 in her career to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Hurst and Cruser lead the team this season with identical 23-5 singles records.
  • Robinson and Bell each have a team-best 17 doubles wins.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 39-16 overall record, with Bell right behind at 35-19.
  • O'Connell has a career record of 94-36 and needs just six more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Cruser has a career record of 97-59 and needs just three more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Hurst is 89-45 in her career and needs just 11 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 50-15 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .769.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will host the semifinals of the OAC Tournament on Wednesday at 3:30 pm at the West Campus Courts.