Men's Tennis wins OAC Tournament title, will advance to NCAA III Tournament

By Tim Glon

MASON -- Ohio Northern squeaks past Baldwin-Wallace 5-3 in the campionship match of the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis match Saturday afternoon at the Lindner Tennis Center.

The Polar Bears run their win streak to 17 matches and improve to 19-2 on the season, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 18-4 on the year.

Northern receives the OAC's automatic bid to the NCAA III Championships May 14-16. The tournament field will be released on Monday.

Freshman Joey Frank closed the door on the tournament with a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory at No. 1 singles.

ONU took a 2-1 lead after the doubles play, as Frank and sophomore Nick Kowalczyk won 8-3 at No. 1 singles and junior Jeff Carter and sophomore Andrew Korba won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.

Kowalczyk then won 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 2 singles pot to give ONU a 4-3 advantage.

With the scored tied at 3-3, Carter posted a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles to put ONU up 4-3.

Frank's No. 1 singles win then closed out the match.

The OAC Tournament title is thr third on the last four weeks for the Polar Bears.