Freshman Audrey Austin rallies for clinching 3-set victory as Women's Tennis edges Connecticut College 4-3

Freshman Audrey Austin rallies for clinching 3-set victory as Women's Tennis edges Connecticut College 4-3
Live Results Box Score
March 11, 2026

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Freshmen Audrey Austin (Perry) rallied for a 3-set victory at No. 5 singles with the clinching win to help the Ohio Northern women's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over Connecticut College on Wednesday on the third day of its spring break trip to Florida.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (8-2 Overall), Connecticut College (2-4 Overall)
  • Venues: Oak Street Park - Kissimmee, Fla.

Match Highlights

  • With ONU leading 3-2, Austin rallied for a 5-7, 7-6(1), 10-7 victory at No. 5 singles to give ONU a 4-2 lead and clinch the team's seventh consecutive win.
  • Northern won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles courts.
  • Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6 singles to put the Polar Bears up 2-0.
  • The Camels then won at Nos. 4 and 1 singles to tie the match at 2-2.
  • Senior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 7-6, 7-4 at No. 3 singles to give Northern a 3-2 lead.
  • After Austin's clincher, CC won at No. 2 singles to end the match at 4-3.
  • Cruser and senior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and sophomore Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) and freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) won 7-6(4) at No. 3 doubles.

Notables

  • Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 21 wins, going a team-best 13-6 in singles and 8-10 in doubles.
  • Hurst and Schleibaum are second with 12 singles wins each.
  • Bell has a team-best 10 doubles wins.
  • Bell is 121-72 overall in her career.
  • Cruser is 121-76 overall in her career.
  • Hurst is 108-61 overall in her career.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 53rd season of women's tennis with a 661-277-1 record, a winning percentage of .704.
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 61-18 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .772.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap their spring break schedule on Thursday at 8:30 am against Anderson (Ind.) at Oak Street Park in Kissimmee, Fla.