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Women's Tennis wraps up winter schedule with victories over Oberlin and Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Women's Tennis wraps up winter schedule with victories over Oberlin and Kalamazoo (Mich.)
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February 21, 2026

LIMA — Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) posted a 4-0 record as the Ohio Northern women's tennis team wrapped up its winter season with a 6-1 victory over Oberlin and a 6-1 win over Kalamazoo (Mich.) indoors on Saturday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (4-2 Overall), Oberlin (1-1 Overall), Kalamazoo (3-3 Overall)
  • Venue: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Oberlin Match Highlights

  • The Polar Bears swept the doubles courts and won singles courts 2-6 to record the victory.
  • Okrainec won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2 singles and combined with freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) to win 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Senior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 singles and paired with senior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) to win 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Cruser also won 4-6, 6-2, 10-5 at No. 4 singles.
  • Freshmen Audrey Austin (Perry) awon 6-3, 7-6(5) at No. 5 singles.
  • Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
  • Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and sophomore Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.

Kalamazoo Match Highlights

  • The Polar Bears won the doubles point by taking courts 1 and 3 and won singles courts 2-6 to record the victory.
  • Okrainec won 6-7, 6-2, 10-8 at No. 2 singles and combined with Beebe to win 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Hurst won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
  • Cruser won 6-2, 4-6, 10-1 at No. 4 singles.
  • Austin won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5 singles.
  • Schleibaum won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
  • Bell and Robinson won 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Okrainec and Beebe won 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

  • Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 15 wins, going a team-best 9-6 in singles and 6-8 in doubles.
  • Hurst and Schleibaum each have 8 singles wins.
  • Okrainec is a team-best 7-4 in doubles.
  • Bell is 115-70 overall in her career.
  • Cruser is 115-73 overall in her career.
  • Hurst is 103-58 overall in her career..
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 57-18 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .760.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action March 9 when they face North Central (Ill.) and East Texas Baptist on the first day of their annual spring break trip to Orlando, Fla.