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Men's Tennis: OAC TournamentThursday May 21, 2009 NCAA Regional Web Site2009 OAC Men’s Tennis ChampionshipMount Union downs Ohio Northern in championship match of OAC Men's Tennis TournamentTop-seeded Mount Union defeated second-seeded Ohio Northern 5-1 in the championship match of the 2009 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament Saturday morning at the Lindner Tennis Center. The Purple Raiders 20-4 earn the OAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, which will begin next week. The Polar Bears (14-5) saw their streak of two consecutive OAC Tournament titles come to an end. Northern took a 1-0 lead when Ryan Paul and Nick Kowalczyk defeated Zach Perry and Grant Aronson 8-5 at No. 1 doubles. MUC grabbed a 2-1 lead after doubles play by winning at Nos. 3 and 2 doubles. First, Brian Widdoes and Alex Kearney topped Jay Vaidya anbd Matt Dutro 8-5 at No. 3 and then Brian Mogus and Travis papay downed Chris Dohner and Jeff Carter 9-8(4) at No. 2 doubles. The Raiders then won three singles matches to close out the contest. First, Widdoes downed Dohner 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles and Kearney topped Andrew Korba 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles to make it 4-1 MUC. The Raiders then won the match when Papay defeated Vaidya 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
All-time OAC Tournament Champions The OAC began recognizing both a regular-season and Tournament champion in 2003 ... * Denotes regular-season and Tournament champion
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