By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team will open its 2013-14 season on Sept. 11 at St. Francis (Ind.) at 3 pm.

The Polar Bears will also participate in the Oberlin Invitational on Sept. 13-15 and the ITA Central Region Championships from Sept. 20-22 in their fall season.

Northern opens its spring campaign on Feb. 1 with a visit to regional foe Kalamazoo (Mich.) at 9 am.

The Polar Bears will take on Eastern (Pa.) on Mar. 2, St. Benedict (Minn.) on Mar. 3 and Moravian (Pa.) on Mar. 4 on their annual Spring Break trip to Tampa, Fla.

The OAC season begins on Mar. 22 when Northern travels to Heidelberg for a 1 pm match.

The schedule also features the OAC Spring Tennis Fest from April 11-13, where ONU will play three matches against Wilmington, Muskingum and Marietta at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.

The OAC Tournament begins on Apr. 29 with the quarterfinals at campus sites, followed by the semifinals on May 2 and the finals on May 3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.

ONU captured its second straight OAC Tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA III Tournament for the second straight season under head coach Scott Wills.