Four Polar Bears named All-OAC in women's tennis for 2008

Four Ohio Northern players were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in women's tennis for 2008 in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.

Senior Ashley Yontz (Springfield/Shawnee) and freshman Jacqueline Sammon (North Ridgeville/Elyria Catholic) were Second Team honorees and sophomore Katie Gibbs (Hartville/North Canton Hoover) and freshman Liz Bajusz (North Royalton) were on the Honorable Mention All-OAC squad.

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Yontz led the Polar Bears this season with a 20-6 singles record, playing predominantly at the No. 3 position. She is 18-11 in doubles and is 38-17 overall. In her four years as a Polar Bear, Yontz is 76-16 in singles, 54-20 in doubles and is 130-36 overall.

She ends her career ranked second all-time at ONU with her 76 singles wins, just four shy of the 80 by Ashley Jones from 2003-06. She is eighth all-time with her 54 doubles wins and is third with her 130 overall wins.

Yontz is making her second appearance on the All-Conference team, as she was selected Honorable Mention All-OAC as a junior in 2007. She was also named Academic All-OAC in 2006 and 2007.

Sammon finished with a 16-11 singles record (playing mostly at No. 1 singles), an 18-11 record in doubles and a 34-22 mark overall this year.

Gibbs was 17-7 in singles, is 15-13 in doubles and is 32-20 overall this season, playing primarily at No. 4. In her two-year career at ONU, Gibbs is 23-11 in singles, 21-15 in doubles and is 44-26 overall.

She was also named the OAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week on March 31 this season.

Bajusz had a team-best four wins in the OAC Tournament last weekend, going 2-1 at No. 3 singles and 2-1 at No. 1 doubles. This season, she was 18-10 in singles, 17-12 in doubles and 35-22 overall.

The Polar Bears posted their seventh consecutive winning season with a 20-6 overall record in 2008. They finished second in the OAC with a 7-2 record and reached the finals of the OAC Tournament for the seventh consecutive season under head coach Scott Wills.