ONU women’s tennis team was in California and the men’s team in South Carolina over spring break. Here’s an update on both team’s play last week.

Women’s tennis
WHITTIER & TORRANCE, Calif. — Senior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) surpassed the 100 career victory plateau and posted a 4-0 record Thursday, guiding the Ohio Northern women's tennis squad to 8-1 and 7-2 wins over Rio Hondo (Calif.) CC and El Camino (Calif.) CC, respectively, to conclude the program's 2019 Spring Break trip.

Ochsenhirt is now 101-39 in three seasons at Ohio Northern after transferring from Mississippi College following her freshman campaign.

She joins junior teammate Mackenzie Wills (Ada) in the 100-Win Club after the latter eclipsed the same standard on Monday.

With the victories, the Polar Bears improve to 8-2 overall in the 2018-19 season. Northern finishes their five-match Spring Break trip with a 3-2 overall record after defeating Cypress (Calif.) CC 8-1 on Monday and falling to Occidental (Calif.) 5-4 and California Lutheran 5-1.

Meanwhile, Rio Hondo fell to 2-5 overall while El Camino dropped to 4-3 on the year.

Men’s tennis
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Ohio Northern men's tennis program claimed its third win in the 2018-19 season Thursday afternoon, defeating the Bridgewater (Va.) Eagles 8-1 at the Chaplin Park Tennis Complex in Hilton Head Island, S.C.

With the victory, the Polar Bears even their overall record at 3-3 this year, including a 2-1 mark on their annual Spring Break trip. Meanwhile, BC falls to 2-4 overall on the season.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Sophomore Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) and freshman Noah Elliott(Hilliard/Davidson) each posted 4-0 records, guiding the Ohio Northern men's tennis team in a tight 5-4 loss to Eastern Nazarene (Mass.) and a 9-0 triumph over Roanoke (Va.).

With Friday's results, the Polar Bears move to 4-4 overall this season. Eastern Nazarene is now 5-4 overall while Roanoke drops to 0-4 on the year.

ONU concludes its 2019 Spring Break trip to Hilton Head Island with a 3-2 record. The Orange and Black previously defeated Randolph (Va.) 9-0 and Bridgewater (Va.) 8-1 and lost to Wilkes (Pa.) 6-3 earlier this week.