Men’s Tennis wins 9-0 at Capital

By Wes Mayberry

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team claimed a 9-0 victory at Capital on Saturday at Wolfe Park.

The Polar Bears improve to 9-7 overall and 3-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference while dropping the Comets to 7-8, 1-4.

Northern opened play by sweeping all three doubles courts.

Freshman T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and sophomore Tristan Munteanu (Draper, Utah/Corner Canyon) won 8-3 at No. 1, sophomores Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) and Drew Swisher (Findlay) won 8-0 at No. 2, and juniors Isaac Spar (Ada) and Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) won 8-7(3) at No. 3.

The Polar Bears wrapped up the match by winning all six singles courts, highlighted by Schultz's 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 5.

Munteanu won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1, sophomore Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2, Specht won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3, freshman Nico Rogel (Alicante, Spain/Hoosac) won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4, and Spar won 6-3, 7-5 at No. 6.

The Polar Bears return to action on Monday at Baldwin Wallace at 3:30 p.m.

Ohio Northern 9, Capital 0

Singles

1. Tristan Munteanu (ONU) def. Thomas Secrist, 6-1, 6-3
2. Sam Sran (ONU) def. Spencer Surles, 6-0, 6-1
3. Peyton Specht (ONU) def. Colin Welch, 6-1, 6-0
4. Nico Rogel (ONU) def. Jesse Stevens, 6-1, 6-3
5. T.J. Schultz (ONU) def. Jackson Havel, 6-0, 6-0
6. Isaac Spar (ONU) def. Brady Wink, 6-3, 7-5

Doubles

1. T.J. Schultz/Tristan Munteanu (ONU) def. Thomas Secrist/Colin Welch, 8-3
2. Peyton Specht/Drew Swisher (ONU) def. Spencer Surles/Brady Wink , 8-0
3. Isaac Spar/Kavya Desai (ONU) def. Aaron Askew/Jesse Stevens, 8-7(3)