Wednesday, April 3
State College, Pa.
3 PM
Ohio State
at
Penn State
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No. 12 Buckeyes Head to Penn State
4/2/2024 1:36:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Ohio State will take on the Nittany Lions Wednesday
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team (12-6, 5-1 B1G) heads east for a midweek match against Penn State (5-11, 4-2 B1G). The teams will face off at 3 p.m. Wednesday in University Park, Pa.
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In the Rankings
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In the Rankings
- The Buckeyes remained at 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. 15, with Luciana Perry No. 41 and Sydni Ratliff No. 113.
- In doubles, Ohio State has four duos in the rankings: No. 27 Perry/Ratliff, No. 28 Perry/Cantos Siemers, No. 63 Audrey Spencer/Perry and No. 77 Teah Chavez/Cantos Siemers.
- Ohio State holds a record of 37-17 against Penn State and has won the last 12 matches against the Nittany Lions.
- The teams met in Columbus to open Big Ten play last year, with Ohio State winning 7-0 March 4, 2023. The last match on Penn State's courts was a 7-0 Ohio State victory March 4, 2022.
- The Nittany Lions enter the match 5-11 on the year, with a 4-2 B1G mark. In league play, Penn State has wins over Michigan State, Indiana, Rutgers and Maryland and losses to Michigan and Purdue.
- Penn State's doubles tandem of Karly Friedland and Olivia Dorner is ranked 73rd this week.
- Ohio State enters the weekend 12-6 on the year and is 5-1 in B1G play. The squad has won its last five matches, all league contests. The Buckeyes posted home wins over Maryland (6-1) and Rutgers (4-0) last weekend.
- Irina Cantos Siemers and Shelly Bereznyak share the team lead with 10 singles wins in dual play, followed by Audrey Spencer with eight.
- Bereznyak has won her last 10 completed matches, with all 10 wins in straight sets.
- The Buckeyes are 10-5 on court one this spring, with a 10-3 record on court five. Ohio State has picked up eight wins on courts three and six, with six victories from courts two and four.
- In doubles, court one is 9-4, with court two 7-5 and court three 6-6. Ohio State has won the doubles point 11 times.
- 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 tied for eighth in career doubles victories with 90 (tying Sadhaf Pervez and Kristy Dascoli).
- Cantos Siemers' 208 combined singles/doubles wins are second all-time behind Miho Kowase (2014-17), who had 213.
- Melissa Schaub, in her 12th year as head coach of the Buckeyes, is 232-78 in her career. She broke the program record for all-time coaching wins with a victory over UCLA Feb. 4.
- The Buckeyes are off this upcoming weekend before road matches 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.Â
- Admission and parking are free for all regular season matches in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center and Auer Tennis Complex.
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