Men's Tennis: OAC Tournament Quarterfinals - Capital (5-8 Overall) at Ohio Northern (14-8 Overall)
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 4 pm - University Courts, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Match: The Polar Bears are the No. 3 seed in this week's OAC Tournament ... Northern has won 10 OAC Tournament titles, most recently in 2013 ... ONU has crowns in 2013, 11, 10, 08, 07, 03, 1998, 96, 95 and 91 ... The Polar Bears' last six OAC Tournament titles have come under the current team tournament format adopted by the OAC in 2002 ... Ohio Northern is coming off a 9-0 victory over Mount Vernon Nazarene on Saturday ... Freshmen Vinh Thai and Hoang Do lead ONU with 13-8 singles records ... Thai has a 10-8 mark at No. 1 singles and Do is 11-6 at No. 2 singles ... Sophomore Connor Christian leads the squad with a 16-8 doubles record, with Do and Thai right behind with 15-9 doubles records ... Do and Thai each have 28-17 overall records ... The semifinals and finals of the OAC Tournament are Friday and Saturday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, O. ... A new, 6-team format for the OAC Tournament was introduced this season with the top two seeds receiving byes into the semifinals, which are slated for 4:30 pm on Friday ... The finals are scheduled for 2 pm on Saturday with the winner receiving the OAC's automatic bid to the NCAA III Championships ... The Crusaders are the No. 6 seed in this week's OAC Tournament ... CU won the 2001 OAC Tournament title ... Freshman Graeme Green leads the Crusaders with a 10-1 singles record ... Junior John Roberts is second with an 8-5 singles mark ... Green and Roberts lead the team with seven doubles wins each and Green is a team-best 17-5 overall.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Singles Wins | Doubles Wins | Overall Wins | ||||||||
| 1. | Do | 13-8 | 1. | Christian | 15-8 | 1. | Do | 28-17 | ||
| 2. | Thai | 12-8 | Do | 15-9 | 2. | Thai | 27-17 | |||
| 3. | Abbott | 10-7 | Thai | 15-9 | 3. | Abbott | 23-12 | |||
| Kargl | 10-11 | Christian | 23-23 |
Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 34-19 margin ... Ohio Northern snapped a 5-match losing streak to the Crusaders with an 8-1 win at Capital on April 9.
Head Coach Mike Bonnell: Bonnell is in his second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and has a 25-19 record, a winning percentage of .568.
