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Women's Tennis runs win streak to six with 6-1 victory over St. Mary's (Ind.) on day two of spring break trip

Women's Tennis runs win streak to six with 6-1 victory over St. Mary's (Ind.) on day two of spring break trip
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March 10, 2026

COCOA BEACH, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team ran its winning streak to six matches with a 6-1 victory over St. Mary's (Ind.) on Tuesday on the second day of its spring break trip to Florida.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (7-2 Overall), St. Mary's (8-5)
  • Venues: Cocoa Beach Racquet Club - Cocoa Beach, Fla.

Match Highlights

  • Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won twice to lead the Polar Bears.
  • Bell won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles and combined with sophomore Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) to win 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) rallied for an 0-6, 6-1, 10-3 win at No. 1 singles.
  • Senior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-1, 6-0 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 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
  • Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) and freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) won 7-5 at No. 3 doubles.
  • The Polar Bears won doubles courts 2-3 and singles courts 1-5 to record the victory.
  • The teams played singles first, then doubles.

Notables

  • Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 19 wins, going a team-best 12-6 in singles and 7-10 in doubles.
  • Hurst is second with 11 singles wins and Schleibaum is third with 10 singles wins.
  • Bell has a team-best nine doubles wins.
  • Bell and Hurst each have 17 overall wins this season.
  • Bell is 120-71 overall in her career.
  • Cruser is 119-76 overall in her career.
  • Hurst is 107-60 overall in her career.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 53rd season of women's tennis with a 660-277-1 record, a winning percentage of .704.
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 60-18 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .769.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will continue their spring break schedule on Wednesday at 11 am against Connecticut College at Oak Street Park in Kissimmee, Fla.