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Ohio State Drops 5-2 Decision vs. Michigan – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/21/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 21, 2014
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Despite claiming the doubles point with a pair of wins against ranked doubles pairs, the No. 51-ranked Ohio State women’s tennis team (10-5, 1-1 B1G) dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 15-ranked Michigan Friday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich. The loss snaps a seven-match win streak for the Buckeyes and marks the first loss for the squad in B1G competition.
The Scarlet and Gray notched a pair of wins over ranked Michigan tandems to clinch the doubles point. On court one, the Buckeye duo of Noelle Malley and Grainne O’Neill defeated No. 18-ranked Brooke Bolender and Emina Bektas, 8-5. The freshman tandem of Ferny Angeles Paz and Miho Kowase secured the doubles point with a tiebreaker victory vs. No.75-ranked Sarah Lee and Amy Zhu, 8-7 (5), on court two. Kelsey Becker and Sandy Niehaus who were tied at 7-all vs. Ronit Yurovsky and Laura Ucros did not complete play.
Niehaus extended her win streak to 13-straight singles matches with a straight set victory vs. No.103-ranked Sarah Lee on court four, 6-3, 6-3. The win marks her first career win vs. a ranked opponent.
In a singles competition featuring two ranked opponents, No.112-ranked De Santis fell to No. 2-ranked Yurovsky, 6-1, 6-3, on court two. At the No. 1 position, Miho Kowase was defeated by No. 7-ranked Bektas, 6-1, 6-1, while Ferny Angeles Paz snapped a seven-match winning streak with a loss to No.98-ranked Bolender, 6-2, 6-0. Zhu secured the Michigan victory with a 6-0, 6-4, victory vs. O’Neill on court five. Malley fell to Ucros, 6-0, 6-2.
Up next, the Buckeyes will host B1G opponent Michigan State Sunday at noon in the Varsity Tennis Center.
Ohio State vs. Michigan
Michigan 5, Ohio State 2
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Singles competition
No. 1 — No. 7 Emina Bektas (U-M) def. Miho Kowase (OSU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 — No. 20 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M) def. No. 112 Gabriella DeSantis (OSU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 — No. 98 Brooke Bolender (U-M) def. Ferny Angeles Paz (OSU), 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 — Sandy Niehaus (OSU) def. No. 103 Sarah Lee (U-M), 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 — Amy Zhu (U-M) def. Grainne O’Neil (OSU), 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 — Laura Ucros (U-M) def. Noelle Malley (OSU), 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
No. 1 — Noelle Malley/Grainne O’Neil (OSU) def. No. 18 Brooke Bolender/Emina Bektas (U-M), 8-5
No. 2 – Ferny Angeles-Paz/ Miho Kowase def. No. 75 Sarah Lee/Amy Zhu (U-M), 8-7(5)
No. 3 — Ronit Yurovsky/Laura Ucros (U-M) vs. Kelsey Becker/Sandy Niehaus (OSU), 7-7 DNF
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-2; Singles 1-3-6-5-4-2
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,6,5,4,2
