Men's Tennis falls to Division II foe Cedarville 7-0
April 2, 2025
LIMA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to NCAA Division II foe Cedarville indoors on Wednesday.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (6-7 Overall); Cedarville (12-9 Overall).
- Venues: Westwood Tennis Center - Lima, Ohio.
Individual Highlights
- ONU lost tiebreakers at Nos. 1-4 singles in the match that was much closer than the score would indicate.
- Senior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) fell 6-2, 7-6(3) at No. 1 singles.
- Junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) fell 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 at No. 2 singles
- Sophomore Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) fell 6-2, 7-6(5) at No. 3 singles.
- Freshman Noah Boyce (Oakwood) fell 6-7(6), 6-3, 10-5 at No. 4 singles.
- CU swept the doubles courts to take the doubles point, then won all of the six singles courts to record the victory.
Notables
- The Yellow Jackets lead the series between the two schools by a 12-7-1 margin.
- The NCAA had adopted a 7-point team scoring system for Division III, where the three doubles contests only count for one team point as is used in NCAA Divisions I and II.
- Wood leads the team with a 15-6 singles record and Boyce is right behind at 14-8.
- Specht, Wood and Boyce each have 9 doubles wins.
- Wood has a team-best 24-19 overall record.
- Boyce is second overall at 23-20.
- Specht is 114-80 overall in his career, which includes a 53-42 singles mark and a 61-36 doubles record.
- He needs just three more victories to move into the top 10 in ONU history.
- Senior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) is 50-41 in singles, 28-37 in doubles and is 78-78 overall.
- Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 38-21 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .644.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will start its quest for a fourth consecutive OAC Regular Season championship next Wednesday with a match at Baldwin Wallace.
