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No. 2 Ohio State Tops No. 10 Baylor, 4-0
2/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 26, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 2 Ohio State women’s tennis team defeated No. 10 Baylor, 4-0, in the Varsity Tennis Center Sunday. The Buckeyes improve to 11-1 this season, while Baylor falls to 7-2.
The Buckeyes gained the 1-0 advantage going into singles with a pair of doubles wins on courts one and three, including a victory over a Top 20 ranked duo. Junior Anna Sanford notched the first singles victory for Ohio State dropping only three games. Seniors Sandy Niehaus and Miho Kowase both won in straight sets for the second time this weekend to help Ohio State secure the team win.
Up next, Ohio State will travel to Tempe, Ariz. to take on No. 12 Pepperdine at 2 p.m. Saturday and No. 30 Arizona State at 2 p.m. March 5.
“Baylor has had a really strong season so far,” Melissa Schaub, Ohio State head coach, said. “Obviously their ranking is high so we knew it was going to be tough coming in here today. We were able to get the doubles point which was good and we got to see some different doubles teams. Now, we’ll get ready for a tough road trip next weekend against Pepperdine and Arizona State so the focus will switch to there.”
In doubles, the senior duo of Ferny Angeles Paz and Gabriella De Santis was the first off the court after posting a 6-1 win over the Baylor pair of Rhiann Newborn and Theresa Van Zyl on court three. The No. 26-ranked tandem of sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo and Kowase topped the No. 18-ranked duo of Blair Shankle and Elizabeth Profit 6-2 on court one to clinch the doubles point for the Buckeyes. On court two, the Ohio State pair of Sanford and Niehaus was up 5-4 over Angelina Shakhraichuk and Jessica Hinojosa when play was abandoned.
No. 53 Sanford topped No. 105 Newborn 6-3, 6-0 on court two for the first Buckeye singles win. On court five, No. 84 Niehaus posted the second singles victory for Ohio State with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Hinojosa. No. 42 Kowase notched the final singles victory for the Scarlet and Gray after defeating Profit 6-2, 6-2 on court four to secure the team win against Baylor. The win marked Kowase’s 10th in a row.
No. 1 Di Lorenzo was down 5-2 in a first set tiebreak on court one against No. 14 Shankle when play was suspended, while No. 57 De Santis won the first set 6-4 and was ahead 2-0 in the second set over Van Zyl on court three. No. 120 Angeles Paz was leading Shakhraichuk on court six, 6-4, 3-3, when the match ended.
Baylor vs Ohio State
Feb 26, 2017 at Columbus
(Varsity Tennis Center)
#2 Ohio State 4, #10 Baylor 0
Singles competition
1. #1 Francesca Di Lorenzo (OSU) vs. #14 Blair Shankle (BU) 6-6 (2-5), unfinished
2. #53 Anna Sanford (OSU) def. #105 Rhiann Newborn (BU) 6-3, 6-0
3. #57 Gabriella De Santis (OSU) vs. Theresa Van Zyl (BU) 6-4, 2-0, unfinished
4. #42 Miho Kowase (OSU) def. Elizabeth Profit (BU) 6-2, 6-2
5. #84 Sandy Niehaus (OSU) def. Jessica Hinojosa (BU) 6-3, 6-2
6. #120 Ferny Angeles Paz (OSU) vs. Angie Shakhraichuk (BU) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #26 Miho Kowase/Francesca Di Lorenzo (OSU) def. #18 Blair Shankle/Elizabeth Profit (BU) 6-2
2. Anna Sanford/Sandy Niehaus (OSU) vs. Jessica Hinojosa/Angie Shakhraichuk (BU) 5-4, unfinished
3. Gabriella De Santis/Ferny Angeles Paz (OSU) def. Theresa Van Zyl/Rhiann Newborn (BU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Baylor 7-2; National ranking #10
Ohio State 11-1; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,5,4)
Official: Jerri Banks T-1:47 A-128
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,5,4
