Women's Tennis wraps up spring break trip with 5-0 record after 6-1 decision over Winona State (Minn.)

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team wrapped up its spring break trip with 5-0 record after 6-1 decision over Winona State (Minn.) on Thursday morning.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (9-2 Overall), Winona State (4-8 Overall)
• Venues: Oak Street Park - Kissimmee, Fla.

Match Highlights

• Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) and freshmen Audrey Austin (Perry) Northern each won twice to help clinch the team's eighth consecutive win.
• Okrainec won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and combined with freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) to win 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
• Austin won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles and joined with freshman Molly McLane (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) to win 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
• Senior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
• Senior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 at No. 4 singles.
• Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
• The Warriors won at No. 2 singles.
• Northern won the doubles point by taking courts 2 and 3.

Notables

• Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 22 wins, going a team-best 14-6 in singles and 8-10 in doubles.
• Hurst and Schleibaum are second with 12 singles wins each.
• Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.), Okrainec and Beebe each have a team-best 10 doubles wins.
• Bell is 123-72 overall in her career.
• Cruser is 122-76 overall in her career. She is tied for 7th all-time in ONU history with 70 singles wins.
• Hurst is 108-61 overall in her career.
• Ohio Northern is in its 53rd season of women's tennis with a 662-277-1 record, a winning percentage of .705.
• Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 62-18 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .775.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action March 21 when they host Spring Arbor (Mich.)