COLUMBUS — The Ohio Northern men's tennis team swept the three doubles matches and won five of the six singles courts to post an 8-1 victory at Capital on Monday afternoon at the Scarborough East Racquet Club.

The Polar Bears improve to 8-6 overall and are 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Crusaders fall to 2-5, 0-2.

Northern got off to a quick start by sweeping the three doubles matches.

Sophomore Connor Christian (Gallipolis/Gallia Academy) and junior Jake Abbott (Kenton) won 8-3 at No. 3 doubles and junior Tim Kargl (Downers Grove, Ill./South) and sophomore Andrew Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill./South) quickly followed with an 8-3 win at No. 2 to make it 2-0.