Sept. 12, 2007

The UNOH tennis squads traveled to Ohio Northern University on Wednesday afternoon for the Adidas Challenge. The men's tennis fell to ONU 8-1. The Racers only victory of the afternoon came at the No. 3 doubles spot, as Taylor Frangie and Troy Schroeder topped Thomas Major and Todd Anderson 8-3. At the No. 1 spot, Jason Sarno and William Draur were defeated by Micah Scott and Bart Schenck 8-1. Evan Carr and Logan Wyse were downed by Ryan Paul and Chris Dohner 8-2 at the No. 3 spot.

In the men's singles, the Racers were outmatched with upperclassmen as the ONU Polar Bears competed with 3 seniors and 3 juniors against the Racers Freshman squad. Sarno was defeated by ONU's Micah Scott 6-0, 6-1 to give Scott entry into ONU's prestigious 100-Win Club. Schroeder was defeated by Schenck 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 2 spot. At the No. 3 and No. 4 spot, Carr and Draur were both downed 6-0, 6-0 by Paul and Dohner. At the No. 5 spot, Ohio Northern inserted Jay Vaidya and he topped Frangie 6-2, 6-2. At the No. 6 spot, Kyle Webb was inserted and he defeated Logan Wyse 6-2, 6-2.

UNOH men fall to 0-2 on the season, while Ohio Northern moves to 1-0 this fall.

On the women's side, Ohio Northern proved to be too strong for the UNOH women as the Racers were downed 9-0. Doubles were opened with Jamie Hilborn and Carling Barrett falling to Jacqueline Sammon and Rachel Randall 8-2. At No. 2 doubles, Ashley Yontz and Liz Bajusz won 8-1 over Erynn Piper and Sara Prinzi. At the No. 3 Spot, Rachel Cox and Atlanta Joseph were downed by Katie Gibbs and Jackie Hillis 8-0.

The singles opened with a very competitive match at the No. 1 spot as the Racers witnessed their first ever 3 set match. Jamie Hilborn opened with a 7-5 first set victory over Jacqueline Sammon, but Sammon regained the momentum in the match with a 6-4 victory in the second set. The third set was a thriller as Hilborn was downed 10-7 in the third and deciding set. At the No. 2 spot, Piper was defeated by Randall 6-1, 6-0. Barrett was downed by Bajusz 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot. At the No. 4 spot, Prinzi was topped by Yontz 6-1, 6-2. ONU inserted Kristi Tipperman at the No. 5 spot and she topped Cox 6-0, 6-0. Joseph competed at the No. 6 spot and was downed 6-2, 6-0 by Gibbs.

UNOH women fall to 0-2 on the season with a match suspended against Defiance College leading 2-1 after doubles. ONU women move to 1-0 on their season.

The Racers tennis squads will be in action this Friday starting at 3 pm as the women will resume their match with Defiance College and the men will begin a match against Defiance.