Men's Tennis: Wittenberg (2-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (0-1 Overall)
Saturday, Febryary 16, 2019 - Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center, Lima, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Ohio Northern men's tennis team will open its Spring schedule on Saturday with a home match against Wittenberg at the Westwood Racquet and Fitness Club in Lima ... ONU posted a 2-3 record at Westwood in 2017-18 season ... The Polar Bears competed three times in the Fall, falling 6-1 at NCAA Division II opponent Findlay and at the Oberlin Invitational and ITA Regional tournaments ... Thus far this season, sophomore Vinh Thai leads the Polar Bears with a 4-0 singles record, which includes a 1-0 record at #1 singles and a 3-0 tournament record ... Freshman Andrew Cochran is 4-2 in singles play ... In doubles play, junior Connor Christian and sophomore Joji Imatomi are each a team-best 2-0 ... Overall, Thai leads the Polar Bears with a 6-1 record, followed by Cochran at 6-5 ... Wittenberg enters its Spring season with a 2-0 record, defeating Midway (Ky.) 5-3 and Thomas More (Ky.) 6-3 in the Fall ... Joe Patton leads the Tigers with a 4-1 record, which includes a 2-1 record at the ITAs and a 2-0 mark at #4 singles ... Martin Mora is 2-0 at #1 singles and is 3-2 overall ... In doubles play, Mora and Luke Minard are 5-2 overall and are 2-0 at #1 doubles ... WU is 12-10 in singles and 7-4 in doubles as a team this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Thai | 4-0 | 1. | Imatomi | 2-0 | 1. | Thai | 6-1 | ||
| Cochran | 4-2 | Christian | 2-0 | Cochran | 6-5 | |||||
| 3. | Imatomi | 3-0 | Thai | 2-1 | 3. | Imatomi | 5-0 | |||
| Meadors | 3-2 | Elliott | 2-1 | Christian | 5-3 | |||||
| Christian | 3-3 | Meadors | 2-3 | Elliott | 5-4 | |||||
| Elliott | 3-3 | Cochran | 2-3 | Meadors | 5-5 | |||||
| Beaschler | 3-3 |
All-Time Series: Wittenberg leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 29-12 margin ... ONU won last season's meeting 5-4 in Mason, O.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his third season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has a 26-21 record, a winning percentage of .553.