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Women's Tennis tops Capital 4-0 to advance to OAC Tournament finals

Women's Tennis tops Capital 4-0 to advance to OAC Tournament finals
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April 30, 2025

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team defeated Capital 4-0 to advance to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament finals on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (17-4 Overall), Capital (8-8 Overall).
  • Venue: West Campus Courts - Ada, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Ohio Northern won the doubles point by taking Nos. 1 and 3 doubles courts, then grabbed the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles courts to grab the victory.
  • Senior Miranda Wills (Ada) went 2-0 to lead the Polar Bears.
  • She won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and combined with freshman Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Homeschool) to win 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Junior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and freshman Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Junior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
  • Freshman Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

  • The Polar Bears are gunning for their second consecutive OAC Tournament title and their eighth overall in program history.
  • ONU has 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 37-11 margin, including a 5-0 mark in OAC Tournament play.
  • Bell is 101-54 in her career to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Hurst leads the team with a 24-5 singles record, with junior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) right behind at 23-5.
  • Robinson and Bell each have a team-best 18 doubles wins.
  • Cruser leads the team this season with a 39-16 overall record, with Bell in second at 36-19.
  • Senior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) 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 90-45 in her career and needs just 10 more wins to join ONU's 100-Win Club.
  • Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 51-15 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .773.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will host the finals of the OAC Tournament on Saturday at approximately 3 pm in Wooster.
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