COLUMBUS – Playing indoors due to inclement weather, the second-seeded Otterbein men's tennis team won 4-0 against third-seeded Baldwin Wallace in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night. Otterbein will play top-seeded Ohio Northern in the championship match on Saturday at noon in Wooster.

The Basics: 

• Records: Otterbein (15-8 overall), Baldwin Wallace (15-5 overall)
• Venue: New Albany Tennis Center - Columbus, Ohio
• Three singles courts were left unfinished after Otterbein scored its fourth point to clinch the match.
• OAC Tournament Info

Singles

• #1: Junior Max Fickas led 6-3, 4-1 over Will Horvath (unfinished).
• #2: Freshman Sanjan Shanker won 6-1, 6-3 over Matt McGee.
• #3: Sophomore Neil Reddy trailed 6-2, 0-6, 2-3 with Vinny Cannata (unfinished).
• #4: Sophomore Jake Chilcote won 7-5, 6-3 over Henry Harders.
• #5: Sophomore Nikita Kitaev won 6-2, 6-1 over Will Westberry.
• #6: Senior Will Newberry led 1-0 over Jacob Weingart (unfinished).

Doubles

• #1: Fickas and Reddy fell 6⁵-7⁷ to McGee and Harders.
• #2: Chilcote and Newberry won 7⁷-6³ over Horvath and Fenton. 
• #3: Shanker and Kitaev won 6-4 over Cannata and Weingart. 

Quotes

• Head coach Tyler Stephen: "Energy was great in doubles, we came out a little flat to start but the guys battled back and getting that doubles point was huge."
• Sophomore Jake Chilcote: "It feels great to be in the championship on Saturday, this team has come a long way, right now, when it counts."

Notables

• Otterbein is seeking its third OAC Tournament championship and first since 2014.
• The Cardinals defeated the Yellow Jackets 4-3 in the teams' regular-season meeting on April 18.
• Tenth-year head coach Tyler Stephen is 112-68 during his tenure leading the men's tennis team at Otterbein.
• Newberry (15-5), Chilcote (14-10) and Kitaev (14-12) lead the Cardinals in singles wins on the season.
• Newberry leads the team in doubles victories on the year with a 17-7 record.
• Newberry (32-12) leads the team in overall wins on the season, followed by Chilcote (28-19) and Kitaev (28-23).
• Newberry boasts a 77-46 career record at Otterbein (38-23 in singles, 39-23 in doubles).