Men's Tennis begins busy week with 6-1 victory at Baldwin Wallace

BEREA — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team started a busy final week of the regular season on Tuesday with a 6-1 victory at Baldwin Wallace.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-7 Overall, 2-0 OAC); Baldwin Wallace (14-4 Overall, 1-2 OAC).
• Venues: Pop Collins Tennis Courts — Berea, Ohio.

Individual Highlights

• ONU won two of the three the doubles courts to take the doubles point, then won five of the six singles courts to record the victory.
• Junior T.J. Schultz (Grand Blanc, Mich.) won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles
• Sophomore Tyler Wood (Toledo/St. John's) won 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 at No. 3 singles.
• Freshman Noah Boyce (Oakwood) won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.
• Sophomore Kessler Hackenberger (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
• Sophomore Kosuke Asada (Findlay) won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.
• Wood and senior Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.) won 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
• Schultz and Boyce won 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.

Notables

• The Polar Bears lead the series between the two schools by a 40-12 margin.
• The NCAA had adopted a 7-point team scoring system for Division III, where the three doubles contests only count for one team point as is used in NCAA Divisions I and II.
• Wood leads the team with a 17-6 singles record and Boyce is right behind at 16-8.
• Specht, Wood and Boyce each have 11 doubles wins.
• Wood has a team-best 28-19 overall record.
• Boyce is second overall at 27-20.
• Specht is 117-81 overall in his career, which includes a 54-43 singles mark and a 63-36 doubles record.
• His 117 victories tie him for No. 10 all-time in ONU history.
• Senior Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) is 51-41 in singles, 28-37 in doubles and is 79-78 overall.
• Third-year head coach Sean Swisher is 40-21 at the helm of the ONU men's tennis team, a winning percentage of .654.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will play three more times this week, with a 3:30 pm match at Otterbein next up on Thursday.