Women's Tennis wins at Ohio Wesleyan, falls at home to No. 21 Case Western Reserve in rare home and home double header

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team defeated Ohio Wesleyan on the road and fell at home against No. 21-ranked Case Western Reserve indoors on Saturday.

The Polar Bears ran their winning streak to 10 matches with a 7-0 road victory at Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday morning, then returned home to face the Spartans at the Westwood Tennis Center in Lima, falling 7-0 on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (11-3 Overall), Ohio Wesleyan (8-4 Overall), #21 Case Western Reserve (7-4 Overall).
• Venues: Gordon Field House - Granville, Ohio; Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.

Ohio Wesleyan Match Highlights

• ONU ran its winning streak to 10 matches with the victory over the Battling Bishops.
• Seniors Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.), Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) each won twice to lead the Polar Bears.
• Bell won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles and combined with sophomore Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) to win 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
• Cruser won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3 singles, Hurst won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 singles and the pair combined to win 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.
• Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
• Freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
• Junior Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) won 7-6, 6-7(2), 10-7 at No. 3 singles.
• Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) and freshman Audrey Austin (Perry) won 6-1 at No. 3 doubles.
• Northern won the doubles point by sweepting all three courts.

#21 Case Western Reserve Match Highlights

• The Polar Bears were highly competitive in doubles play despite falling 6-2, 7-5 and 6-4 on the three courts.
• Schleibaum took her singles match to three sets before falling 5-7, 6-1, 10-8 at No. 6 singles.

Notables

• Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 24 wins, going a team-best 16-7 in singles and 10-11 in doubles.
• Hurst is second with a 14-8 singles record.
• Bell has a team-best 12 doubles wins.
• Cruser is 126-78 overall in her career. She is 7th all-time in ONU history with 72 singles wins.
• Bell is 124-77 overall in her career. Her 63 singles wins leaves her just five shy of cracking ONU's top-10 in that category.
• Hurst is 113-63 overall in her career. Her 66 singles wins leaves her just three shy of cracking ONU's top-10 in that category.
• Ohio Northern is in its 53rd season of women's tennis with a 663-278-1 record, a winning percentage of .705.
• Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 63-19 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .768.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action April 4 when they play at DePauw (Ind.)