Men's Tennis: Earlham (Ind.) (11-3 Overall) at Ohio Northern (7-4 Overall)
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 6:30 pm - Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center, Lima, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will host NCAC foe Earlham (Ind.) Wednesday night indoors at the Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center in Lima ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 9-0 victory over Heidelberg on Saturday in Lima in the OAC opener for both teams ... ONU swept doubles play with Tim Kargl and Cody Hurley winning 8-0 at No. 3, while Vinh Thai and Houng Do won 8-1 at No. 1 and Jake Abbott and Connor Christian won 8-1 at No. 2 ... Drew Sarno won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles and Joji Imatomi won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles to clinch the match. ... Thus far this season, Do leads the Polar Bears with a 9-3 singles mark and Thai is second with an 8-3 mark ... Kargl and Christian are both 8-5 in doubles play ... Do is a team-best 17-9 overall ... The Quakers enter Wednesday's contest riding a 6-match win streak during its Spring Break trip to Orlando March 13-16 ... Vitalii Stadnyk and Brandon Giordanelli lead EU with 15 singles wins each ... Stadnyk also has a team-best 10 doubles wins and is 25-12 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Do | 9-3 | 1. | Kargl | 8-5 | 1. | Do | 17-9 | ||
| 2. | Thai | 8-3 | Christian | 8-5 | 2. | Thai | 16-9 | |||
| 3. | Abbott | 6-3 | Thai | 8-6 | 3. | Kargl | 13-12 | |||
| Frantz | 6-7 | Do | 8-6 |
Series: Earlham leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 6-0 margin ... EC won 5 straight from 1963-67 and won 8-1 in 2013.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has an 18-15 record, a winning percentage of .545.