Ohio State
Purdue
No. 10 Buckeyes Start B1G Play with Win over Purdue
2/12/2021 1:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 10-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team kicked off Big Ten Conference play with a 6-1 victory over Purdue Friday morning in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center.
The Buckeyes won the doubles point and five of six singles matches for the victory against the Boilermakers (0-1, 0-1 B1G). Lisa Hofbauer and Lucia Marzal both won in singles and doubles for Ohio State, while Irina Cantos Siemers, Kolie Allen and Tanisha Kashyap all won in singles and Madeline Atway and Isabelle Boulais paired up for a doubles win.
Ohio State improves to 4-2 on the year. The squad wraps up the weekend against Indiana at noon Sunday in Columbus. Live video and scoring will be available for the match through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Quoting Head Coach Melissa Schaub
"We came out and played strong in doubles. We had some new teams, but everyone competed well and played hard. This is a long conference season this year and to start with a win is always good."
In Doubles
- The tandem of Boulais and freshman Atway posted a 6-2 win on court three against Rut Galindo and Seira Shimizu. The victory was Atway's first collegiate dual match doubles victory.
- On court two, Hofbauer and Marzal prevailed over Zala Dovnik and Nathalia Gasparin, 6-3, to clinch the doubles point.
- The match on court one between Cantos Siemers and Allen was suspended with Purdue's Ena Babic and Csilla Fodor ahead 5-4.
In Singles
- On court five against Galindo, Marzal won the first set 6-4 and then dropped just one game in the second for a 2-0 Buckeye lead.
- Hofbauer followed with a straight-set win of her own, 6-2, 6-3, over Shimizu, on court three.
- The Boilermakers got on the board when Fodor defeated Boulais, 6-0, 7-5, at No. 2.
- Buckeye freshman Kashyap sealed the win, as she defeated Naz Ozturk, 6-2, 6-1. The victory was Kashyap's first dual match singles win in the Scarlet and Gray.
- On court four, Allen topped Dovnik in straight sets for a 5-1 Ohio State advantage. The Buckeye won the first, 6-4, and took the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (5).
- Court one was the last to finish, going the distance in a third set tiebreaker. Cantos Siemers, ranked 78th, won the first set, 6-2, against Babic, but the Boilermaker rallied for a 6-4 second-set win. In the third, Cantos Siemers held on the no-ad point for 5-4 and 6-5, with Babic responding with a hold of her own each time to force the tiebreaker. Cantos Siemers then took control, not dropping a point in the tiebreaker to clinch the win. The sophomore has a team-best seven overall wins this season.
- Hofbauer, Marzal and Cantos Siemers all have four dual match victories this season.
The Results
Purdue vs Ohio State
Feb 12, 2021 at Columbus, Ohio
(Ty Tucker Tennis Center)
#10 Ohio State 6, Purdue 1
Singles competition
- #78 Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) def. Ena Babic (PURDUE) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0)
- Csilla Fodor (PURDUE) def. Isabelle Boulais (OSU) 6-0, 7-5
- Lisa Hofbauer (OSU) def. Seira Shimizu (PURDUE) 6-2, 6-3
- Kolie Allen (OSU) def. Zala Dovnik (PURDUE) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
- Lucia Marzal (OSU) def. Rut Galindo (PURDUE) 6-4, 6-1
- Tanisha Kashyap (OSU) def. Zeynep Naz Ozturk (PURDUE) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition
- #42 Kolie Allen/Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) vs. Ena Babic/Csilla Fodor (PURDUE) 4-5, unfinished
- Lisa Hofbauer/Lucia Marzal (OSU) def. N. Wolf Gasparin/Zala Dovnik (PURDUE) 6-3
- Isabelle Boulais/Madeline Atway (OSU) def. Rut Galindo/Seira Shimizu (PURDUE) 6-2
Match Notes:
Purdue 0-1, 0-1 B1G
Ohio State 4-2, 1-0 B1G; National ranking #10
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,3,2,6,4,1)
T-3:11
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,1,4,3,5,2
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