Women's Tennis opens spring break slate with victories over North Central, East Texas Baptist

Women's Tennis opens spring break slate with victories over North Central, East Texas Baptist
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March 9, 2026

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team opened its spring break trip with victories over North Central (Ill.) and East Texas Baptist on Monday in Florida.

The Basics

  • Scores: Ohio Northern 6, North Central 1; Ohio Northern 6, East Texas Baptist 1
  • Records: Ohio Northern (6-2 Overall), North Central (4-5 Overall), East Texas Baptist (4-4)
  • Venues: Red Bug Lake Park - Casselberry, Fla.; USTA National Training Center - Orlando, Fla.

NCC Match - W, 5-2

  • Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won twice to lead the Polar Bears in Casselberry.
  • Bell won 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-1 at No. 2 singles and Schleibaum won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.
  • The pair also combined to win 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Senior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 at No. 3 singles.
  • Senior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.
  • Freshmen Audrey Austin (Perry) won 7-6(5), 6-3 at No. 5 singles.
  • Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) and freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) won 6-0 at No. 3 doubles.
  • The Polar Bears won doubles courts 2-3 and singles courts 2-6 to record the victory.

ETBU Match - W, 6-1

  • The Polar Bears swept the doubles courts and won singles courts 2-6 to record the victory in Orlando.
  • Okrainec won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
  • Cruser won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.
  • Hurst won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.
  • Schleibaum won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
  • Beebe won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.
  • Cruser and Hurst won 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Bell and Robinson won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Freshman Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) and Austin won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

  • Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 18 wins, going a team-best 11-6 in singles and 7-9 in doubles.
  • Hurst and Schleibaum each have 10 singles wins.
  • Bell and Okrainec each have a team-best eight doubles wins.
  • Bell is 118-71 overall in her career.
  • Cruser is 118-74 overall in her career.
  • Hurst is 106-59 overall in her career..
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 59-18 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .766.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday when they will face St. Mary's (Ind.) at Noon at the Cocoa Beach Racquet Club in Cocoa Beach, Fla.