ADRIAN, Mich.--Visiting Ohio Northern spoiled Adrian College's spring season home debut on Wednesday with an 8-1 win in non-conference women's tennis action.
THE BASICS
= Final Score: Ohio Northern 8, Adrian 1
= Location: Craft Tennis Complex, Adrian, Mich.; Weather: Partly cloudy, 59F, Wind WSW 10 mph
= Records: Ohio Northern Polar Bears, 9-1; Adrian Bulldogs, 4-5
FOR ADRIAN
= Sophomore Amber Laginess picked up the Bulldogs' lone point with a No. 5 singles victory over Morgan McGlothlin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED
= Ohio Northern set the tone with a sweep of the doubles matches to go up 3-0 before the singles competition.
= The Polar Bears took five of six singles matches.
THE OPPOSITION
= Seniors Taryn Stromback and Meghan Letizia each posted 6-0, 6-0 singles victories to lead ONU.
= Lynn Kelly, Elise Smith, Brittany Toney, Stromback and Letizia each won two matches.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
= Ohio Northern is the defending Ohio Athletic Conference champion and has appeared in the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships four times.
= The loss snapped Adrian's two-match win streak.
= Laginess improves to a team-leading 8-1 record and picks up her first win at No. 5 singles this season (1-1).
UP NEXT
= Adrian hosts Bethel-Ind. at 3 p.m. Saturday in another non-conference tilt.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Lynn Kelly (ONU) def. Arielle Williams (ADRIANW) 6-0, 6-2 |
| 2. Taryn Stromback (ONU) def. Victoria Watson (ADRIANW) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 3. Meghan Letizia (ONU) def. Renae Almasy (ADRIANW) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 4. Brittany Toney (ONU) def. Morgan Spencer (ADRIANW) 6-3, 6-4 |
| 5. Amber Laginess (ADRIANW) def. Morgan McGlothlin (ONU) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 6. Elise Smith (ONU) def. Olivia Neumann (ADRIANW) 7-5, 6-3 |
| Match Notes |
| Ohio Northern women 9-1 |
| Adrian (Mich.) 4-5 |
| T-3:03 |
