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No. 37-ranked Women's Tennis clinches share of second consecutive OAC Regular Season title with 7-0 victory at Otterbein

No. 37-ranked Women's Tennis clinches share of second consecutive OAC Regular Season title with 7-0 victory at Otterbein
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April 17, 2026

WESTERVILLE — The No. 37-ranked Ohio Northern women's tennis team clinched at least a share of its second consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title with a 7-0 victory at Otterbein on Friday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: #37 Ohio Northern (15-3 Overall, 3-0 OAC), Otterbein (3-8 Overall, 1-1 OAC).
  • Venue: Otterbein Tennis Courts - Westerville, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Three different players each went 2-0 to lead the Polar Bears.
  • Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles and combined with sophomore Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) to win 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles and combined with freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) to win 6-2 at No. 3 doubles.
  • Senior Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and joined senior Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) to win 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Freshman Audrey Austin (Perry) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
  • Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
  • Junior Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) won 6-1, 7-5 at No. 6 singles. 

Notables

  • Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 35 victories, going a team-best 20-7 in singles and 14-11 in doubles.
  • Hurst and Schleibaum are second with 17-8 singles wins each.
  • Bell has a team-best 16 doubles wins.
  • Cruser is 134-78 overall in her career. She is tied for 5th all-time in ONU history with 76 singles wins and is ninth with 134 overall wins.
  • Bell is 132-77 overall in her career. Her 67 singles wins leaves her just one shy of cracking ONU's top-10 in that category. She ranks 9th all-time with 132 overall wins.
  • Hurst is 120-63 overall in her career. Her 69 singles wins put her 10th all-time in ONU history in that category.
  • The Polar Bears have now won the past two OAC Regular Season titles.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 53rd season of women's tennis with a 668-278-1 record, a winning percentage of .706.
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 68-19 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .782.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears can clinch the OAC Regular Season title outright on Wednesday with a 3:30 pm match at Baldwin Wallace in their regular season finale.