Women's Tennis: Ohio Northern (7-1 Overall) at Trine (Ind.) (1-3 Overall)
Thursday, March 17, 2016, 5 pm, Ryan Tennis Center, Angola, Ind.
Thursday's Match: The Polar Bears will face non-conference foe Trine (Ind.) on Thursday afternoon ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 9-0 loss at #40-ranked Oberlin on Sunday ... Thus far this season, the Polar Bears are led in singles play by senior Meghan Letizia and sophomore Lynn Kelly with 6 wins each ... Letizia and junior Brittany Toney lead ONU with 8 doubles wins ... Letizia has a team-best 14 wins overall and Toney is second with 13 ... Letizia ranks 4th all-time at ONU with 72 career singles wins, is 3rd with 78 doubles wins and is 3rd with 150 overall wins ... She needs 8 singles wins, 6 doubles wins and 8 overall wins to tie the school record in each category ... Senior Taryn Stromback ranks 7th with 70 career doubles wins and is 9th with 120 overall wins ... The Thunder have not played since falling to Lawrence Tech 6-3 on Sept. 30, 2015 in their fall season finale ... Kinnsey Pass leads TU with a 3-1 singles record, a 2-2 doubles mark and a 5-3 overall record ... The Polar Bears will return to action March 31 with matches against Adrian (Mich.) and Manchester (Ind.) at Adrian.
Statistical Leaders
| Singles Wins |
Doubles Wins |
Overall Wins |
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| 1. | Kelly | 6 |
1. | Letizia | 8 | 1. | Letizia | 14 |
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| Letizia | 6 |
Toney | 8 | 2. |
Toney | 13 |
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| 3. |
3 Tied With |
5 | 3. | Stromback | 6 |
3. |
Kelly | 12 |
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| Kelly | 6 |
Series Records: Ohio Northern leads the series between the two schools by a 3-0 margin ... ONU has not lost a court in the three previous meetings, winning 9-0, 9-0 and 8-0 in 2012, 2011 and 2004, respectively.
Head Coach Scott Wills: Wills is in his 15th season as head coach of the Polar Bears ... He is the winningest coach in ONU women's tennis history with a 295-77 (.793) record ... Wills has also been named OAC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015.