Sunday, March 3
Columbus, Ohio
Noon
Ohio State
vs
Washington
No. 9 Buckeyes Host Washington Sunday
3/2/2024 6:54:00 PM | Women's Tennis
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team will take on future conference foe Washington at noon Sunday in Columbus. The match is scheduled to be played outside in the Auer Tennis Complex and admission and parking are free. The Buckeyes are 6-4 this spring, with the Huskies 10-3.
Live video and scoring will be available HERE.
In the Rankings
Live video and scoring will be available HERE.
In the Rankings
- The Buckeyes are in the Top 10 for the second week in a row, coming in at No. 9 after they were No. 7 in the previous poll. The squad was No. 14 to start the spring, moving to No. 13 and No. 12.
- In singles, Irina Cantos Siemers is No. 15, with Luciana Perry No. 68 and Sydni Ratliff No. 115.
- In doubles, Ohio State has two ranked pairs: No. 32 Perry/Ratliff and No. 36 Perry/Cantos.
- Ohio State is 0-2 all-time vs the Huskies.
- Washington is 10-3 after a 4-1 win over Illinois Friday.
- The Huskies are No. 29 in the ITA computer rankings this week. In singles, Alexia Jacobs is No. 78 and Melissa Sakar is No. 118. In doubles, Jacobs and Astrid Olsen are 34th.
- The Buckeyes are 4-0 at home this season, with wins over Notre Dame, Arizona State, Duke and UCLA, all by 4-0 scores.
- Ohio State last played Sunday, with a 4-1 road loss at Arizona State in the Buceyes' first outdoor game of the season.
- Melissa Schaub, in her 12th year as head coach of the Buckeyes, is 226-76 in her career. She broke the program record for all-time coaching wins with a victory over UCLA Feb. 4. The record of 224 was set by Chuck Merzbacher from 1997-2012.
- Irina Cantos Siemers broke the Buckeyes all-time singles wins record in the match vs. UCLA. She now has 115 total singles wins.
- Cantos Siemers' 201 combined singles/doubles wins rank third all-time, with Miho Kowase (2014-17) first (213) and Sandy Niehaus (2014-17) second (204).
- Cantos Siemers leads the Buckeyes with a 7-1 singles mark this spring, while Shelly Bereznyak is second with a 6-2 ledger. In doubles, the duo of Luciana Perry and Sydni Ratliff has a team-best 5-2 mark.
- The match vs. Washington opens a three-match homestand for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes will host No. 13 Pepperdine Friday before Big Ten play opens with a match vs. No. 2 Michigan March 15.
- Admission and parking are free for all regular season matches in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center and Auer Tennis Complex.
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