Women's Tennis sweeps doubles courts, opens spring break trip with 6-2 victory over Macalester (Minn.)

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team swept the doubles courts and opened its annual spring break trip with a 6-2 victory over Macalester (Minn.) on Sunday night at the United States Tennis Academy.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-3 overall), Macalester (3-3 overall)
• Venue: USTA Courts 9-14 - Orlando, Fla.

The Match

• The Polar Bears swept the doubles courts with sophomores Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) and Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) winning 8-5 at No. 1
• Sophomore Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and junior Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
• Junior Miranda Wills (Ada) and junior Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
• Freshman Molly McLane (Westerville/Big Walnut) made it 4-0 with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles.
• Cruser clinched the match at 5-0 with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 3.
• MC won at No. 4 to make it 5-1.
• Bell gave ONU a 6-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles.
• The Scots won a three-set win at No. 5 singles.
• Hurst's No. 1 singles match was called with the score even at 6-2, 3-6, 5-5.

Notables

• Bell and Cruser each went 2-0 for ONU.
• The Polar Bears are now 2-0 all-time against Macalester.
• Cruser leads the team with a 11-6 singles mark and a 19-12 overall record.
• Sheldon has a team-best 10-5 doubles record this year.
• Northern improves to 5-1 in calendar year 2024.
• Second-year head coach Sean Swisher is now 24-8 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .750.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday against Washington College (Md.) at 11 am at the USTA in Orlando, Fla.