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Hackenberger wins clinching match as Men's Tennis opens spring break trip with victory over East Texas Baptist, loss to to North Central

Hackenberger wins clinching match as Men's Tennis opens spring break trip with victory over East Texas Baptist, loss to to North Central
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March 9, 2026

Junior Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) posted a 6-4, 6-7(1), 10-5 victory to break a 3-all tie and lift the Ohio Northern men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over East Texas Baptist on Monday evening on the first day of its annual spring break trip to Florida.

The Polar Bears began the day with a 5-2 loss to North Central (Ill.) on Monday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Scores: North Central 5, Ohio Northern 2; Ohio Northern 4, East Texas Baptist 3
  • Records: Ohio Northern (3-4 Overall), North Central (4-5 Overall), East Texas Baptist (6-4)
  • Venues: Red Bug Lake Park - Casselberry, Fla.; USTA National Training Center - Orlando, Fla.

NCC Match - L, 2-5

  • Sophomore Ethan Remy (Lexington) and freshman Aiden Yeager (Springfield/Northwestern) each won singles courts to lead the Polar Bears.
  • Yeager won 6-3, 1-6, 10-5 at No. 1 singles and Remy won 7-4, 5-7, 10-6 at No. 3 singles.
  • Junior Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) and freshman Dylan Catanese (Lexington) won 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
  • The Cardinals won the doubles point by taking courts 2 and 3, then won singles courts 2, 4, 5 and 6 to take the match.
  • Four of the singles courts went to a third set tiebreaker.

ETBU Match - W, 4-3

  • With the score tied at 3-3, Hackenberger won 6-4, 6-7(1), 10-5 to clinch the match for the Polar Bears.
  • After The Tigers won at No. 4 singles to grab a 2-0 lead, Yeager won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles to make it 2-1.
  • Wood then won 7-6(6), 6-2 at No. 2 singles to tie the match at 2-2.
  • Junior Austin Asada (Findlay) then won 7-6(3), 6-4 at No. 6 singles to tie the match at 3-all.
  • North Central won the doubles point by taking courts 1 and 3.
  • Yeager and Remy won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.

Notables

  • Catanese leads the Polar Bears thus far this season with a 12-6 singles mark and a 21-11 overall record.
  • Wood and Catanese are a team-best 9-5 in doubles play.
  • Hackenberger is 9-5 in singles action.
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 47-27 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .635.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will continue their spring break schedule on Tuesday at Noon against Wheaton (Ill.) at the Cocoa Beach Racquet Club in Cocoa Beach, Fla.