No. 12 Buckeyes Host Maryland and Rutgers This Weekend

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team (10-6, 3-1 B1G) will take on two Big Ten foes this weekend. Ohio State will host Maryland (11-7, 2-3 B1G) at 4 p.m. Friday and Rutgers (10-6, 1-4 B1G) at 11 a.m. Sunday. Both matches are scheduled to be played outside at the Auer Tennis Complex. Admission and parking are free to all regular season matches.

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In the Rankings

The Buckeyes are No. 12 in the ITA team rankings this week. The squad has been in the Top 15 all spring, reaching a season-high No. 7 Feb. 20.
In the most recent singles rankings, Irina Cantos Siemers is No. 12, with Luciana Perry a career-best No. 41 and Sydni Ratliff No. 118.
In doubles, Ohio State has four duos in the rankings: No. 26 Perry/Cantos Siemers, No. 31 Perry/ Ratliff, No. 59 Teah Chavez/Cantos Siemers and No. 71 Audrey Spencer/Perry.

Buckeyes vs. Terrapins

Ohio State is 11-1 all-time against Maryland, including a 4-0 victory in College Park, Md., April 23, 2023, to close the regular season last year.
The last meeting in Columbus was April 22, 2022, when Ohio State posted a 5-2 victory.
Maryland, which is ranked 49th as a team this week, is 11-7 on the year. The squad is 2-3 in Big Ten action, with wins over Nebraska and Michigan State and losses to Illinois, Northwestern and Michigan.
Maryland's Selma Cadar is No. 85 in the most recent ITA singles rankings.

Buckeyes vs. Scarlet Knights

Ohio State has a 9-2 record vs. Rutgers in the all-time series.
Last season, the Buckeyes were 4-0 winners in East Brunswick, N.J., April 22, 2023.
The last match in Columbus was April 24, 2022, a 4-0 Buckeye victory.
Rutgers, No. 73 in the ITA rankings this week, is 10-6 on the year. In the B1G, RU is 1-4, with a win over Michigan State and losses to Purdue, Northwestern, Illinois and Michigan. The Scarlet Knights will play at Michigan Friday before taking on the Buckeyes Sunday.

Buckeye This and That

Ohio State enters the weekend 10-6 on the year and is 3-1 in B1G play. The squad has won its last three matches, all on the road, with a 4-2 victories at Michigan State and 4-0 defeats of Indiana and Purdue.
Irina Cantos Siemers is first on the team with 10 singles wins in dual play, followed by Shelly Bereznyak with eight and Audrey Spencer with seven.

The Buckeyes are 10-4 on court one this spring, with a 9-3 record on court five. Ohio State has picked up six wins on courts three and six. In doubles, court one is 7-4, with court two 6-5 and court three 5-6. Ohio State has won the doubles point nine times.
Alessia Cau paired with Madeline Atway for two doubles wins last weekend, marking her first collegiate dual victories.
Cantos Siemers broke the Buckeyes' all-time singles wins record in the match vs. UCLA Feb. 4. She now has 118 total singles wins and is now 10th in career doubles wins with 89 (one back of tying Sadhaf Pervez and Kristy Dascoli for eighth).
Cantos Siemers' 207 combined singles/doubles wins are second all-time behind Miho Kowase (2014-17), who had 213. Cantos Siemers passed Sandy Niehaus (204/2014-17) to take over second place.
Melissa Schaub, in her 12th year as head coach of the Buckeyes, is 230-78 in her career. She broke the program record for all-time coaching wins with a victory over UCLA Feb. 4.

The Schedule Ahead

The Buckeyes' next three matches will be on the road, as they play at Penn State April 3, at Iowa April 12 and at Nebraska April 14.
The regular season ends with home matches against Northwestern at 4 p.m. April 19 and Illinois at noon April 21 on Senior Day.
Admission and parking are free for all regular season matches in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center and Auer Tennis Complex.

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