Men's Tennis: Ohio Northern (4-2) at OAC Tournament Semifinals/Finals
Friday, May 7, 2021, 1 pm - v Otterbein, Lindner Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio - Semifinals
Saturday, May 8, 2021, 10 am - v JCU/MtU, Lindner Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio - Finals
This Weekend's Championships: The third-seeded Ohio Northern men's tennis team will face second-seeded Otterbein in the OAC Tournament Semifinals at the Lindner Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio Friday at 1 pm ... The ONU-OU winner will advance to the finals on Saturday at 10 am against either top-seeded John Carroll or fourth-seeded Mount Union ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... Northern is making its 19th consecutive appearance in the OAC Tournament, having won the title on 6 occasions under current format, which began in 2002 ... ONU advanced to the semifinals when fifth-seeded Baldwin Wallace withdrew from the OAC Tournament due to COVID-19 protocol concerns ... Ohio Northern is coming off a 9-0 victory over Mount Union on April 24 in its regular season finale ... Senior Vinh Thai and junior Andrew Cochran led Ohio Northern with wins at Nos. 1 and 2 singles ... Thai won 6-3, 4-6, 10-5 at No. 1 singles and Cochran won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles ... In six matches this season, freshman Isaac Spar and junior Zach Beaschler lead the Polar Bears in singles play with 5-0 and 5-1 records, respectively ... Cochran and freshman Kavya Desai are each 4-2 in singles play ... Sophomore Matt Garcia has a team-best 5-1 doubles record ... Beaschler (9-3), Desai (8-2) and Cochran (8-4) lead the team in overall wins ... ONU fell to Otterbein 6-3 in the regular season matchup on April 7 ... Thai and Garcia won at No. 1 doubles while Beaschler and freshman Isaac Spar won as Nos. 3 and 6 singles, respectively ... The Cardinals are also coming off an 9-0 win over Mount Union in their regular season finale on May 1 ... OU is riding a 5-match win streak after opening the season with an 8-1 loss to John Carroll ... Jake McDivitt, Tom Ohler and Connor Radune are all 5-1 in singles play for OU ... McDivitt and Ohler are also 5-1 at No. 2 doubles.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Spar | 5-0 | 1. | Garcia | 5-1 | 1. | Beaschler | 9-3 | ||
| Beaschler | 5-1 | 2. | Desai | 4-0 | 2. | Desai | 8-2 | |||
| 3. | Cochran | 4-2 | Thai | 4-1 | Cochran | 8-4 | ||||
| Desai | 4-2 | Cochran | 4-2 | |||||||
| Beaschler | 4-2 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 38-11 margin ... Ohio Northern is 5-4 in OAC Tournament play in the series ... Otterbein won the regular season matchup 6-3 on April 7.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his fifth season as head coach of the Polar Bears with a 50-35 record, a winning percentage of .588 ... He is 236-126 in 18 seasons overall for a .652 winning percentage.
