Women's Tennis wins ninth consecutive match, tops Spring Arbor (Mich.) 5-2

Women's Tennis wins ninth consecutive match, tops Spring Arbor (Mich.) 5-2
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March 21, 2026

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team ran its winning streak to nine matches with a 5-2 victory over NAIA foe Spring Arbor (Mich.) on Saturday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (10-2 Overall), Spring Arbor (6-8 Overall)
  • Venues: West Campus Courts - Ada, Ohio.

Match Highlights

  • Seniors Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) and Abby Cruser (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) each won twice to lead the Polar Bears.
  • Hurst won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
  • Cruser won 6-3, 7-6(6) at No. 4 singles.
  • The pair also won 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
  • Freshmen Audrey Austin (Perry) won 6-4, 7-6(3) at No. 5 singles.
  • Sophomore Leah Schleibaum (West Chester/Lakota West) won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.
  • Senior Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) and sophomore Caroline Robinson (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) won 7-5 at No. 2 doubles.
  • Northern won the doubles point by taking courts 2 and 3.
  • The Cougars won at Nos. 1 and 2 singles and No. 3 doubles.

Notables

  • Thus far this season, Cruser leads the Polar Bears with 24 wins, going a team-best 15-6 in singles and 9-10 in doubles.
  • Hurst and Schleibaum are second with 13 singles wins each.
  • Bell, sophomore Lauren Okrainec (Ingersoll, ON, Canada/Ingersoll Collegiate) and freshman Amy Grace Beebe (Hudson/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) each have a team-best 10 doubles wins.
  • Cruser is 124-76 overall in her career. She is 7th all-time in ONU history with 71 singles wins.
  • Bell is 122-75 overall in her career. Her 62 singles wins leaves her just six shy of cracking ONU's top-10 in that category.
  • Hurst is 111-61 overall in her career. Her 65 singles wins leaves her just three shy of cracking ONU's top-10 in that category.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 53rd season of women's tennis with a 663-277-1 record, a winning percentage of .705.
  • Fourth-year head coach Sean Swisher is 63-18 at the helm of the ONU women's tennis team, a winning percentage of .778.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action March 28 when they play in a tri-match at Ohio Wesleyan with No. 18-ranked Case Western Reserve.