Freshman Meghan Letizia won two matches to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team to a 6-3 victory in a key early season OAC match over Otterbein on Thursday afternoon at the Richard A. Sanders Tennis Center.
The win moves the Polar Bears to 14-4 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in the OAC. The Cardinals fall to 9-4, 1-1.
Letizia teamed with junior Carly Olmstead to post a 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles.
She also scored a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles for Northern.
The doubles tandem of freshman Rachael Miller and junior Michelle Tuma won 8-5 at No. 1 doubles.
The Ohio Northern baseball team has added three games to its schedule this week.
The Polar Bears will now play a double header at Saint Francis (Ind.) on Wednesday at 2:30 pm and will play a single, 9-inning contest at Ohio Wesleyan on Thursday at 4 pm.
These games were scheduled to replace games lost earlier in the season due to poor weather conditions.
Northern's Ohio Athletic Conference double header at Wander Field with Capital on Tuesday at 1 pm is on as scheduled despite the cold temperatures.
ONU will wrap up its busy week with a home doubleheader with Otterbein on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Wander Field.
The Ohio Northern baseball team rallied for a 4-3 victory in the second game of a double header, after dropping Game 1 by a 3-1 score against Capital on Tuesday afternoon at Wander Field.
The Polar Bears are now 8-9 on the season and 1-3 in OAC play, while the Crusaders fall to 11-7, 2-2.
In Game 2, the Polar Bears found themselves trailing 3-0 heading into the ninth inning.
But, ONU rallied for three runs to tie the game and send it to extra innings.
Sophomore Dan Belliveau lead things off with a single to right.
Senior Kevin Obarski then hit into a fielder's choice and Belliveau was forced out at second.
