Buckeyes Selected for NCAA Individual Championships
5/1/2024 10:09:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Cantos Siemers, Perry and Ratliff headed to Stillwater
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Irina Cantos Siemers and Luciana Perry have been selected for the NCAA Singles Championship, while the duos of Perry and Sydni Ratliff and Perry and Cantos Siemers were selected for doubles, the NCAA announced. All three Buckeyes were All-Big Ten selections this season, with Perry also the league freshman of the year.
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The 64-player singles tournament and 32-team doubles competition will be held May 20-26 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla., following the conclusion of the team championship.
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In the tournaments, all matches will be best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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Cantos Siemers, a graduate student, is a No. 9-16 seed, which earns her All-America status. She joins Kristy Dascoli as the only Buckeyes to earn four NCAA singles berths; both are also the only two with more than two selections. Cantos Siemers is the first three-time singles All-American in program history. Â
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Perry is the fifth Buckeye freshman selected for the singles tournament. Ratliff and Cantos Siemers competed in the 2022 doubles tournament as a duo.
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Perry is the eighth Buckeye to earn a spot in both the singles and doubles championships, joining Cantos Siemers, Ratliff, Isabelle Boulais, Anna Sanford, Francesca Di Lorenzo, Monica Rincon and Dascoli.
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Ohio State to Host NCAA Matches this Weekend
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The 64-player singles tournament and 32-team doubles competition will be held May 20-26 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla., following the conclusion of the team championship.
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In the tournaments, all matches will be best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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Cantos Siemers, a graduate student, is a No. 9-16 seed, which earns her All-America status. She joins Kristy Dascoli as the only Buckeyes to earn four NCAA singles berths; both are also the only two with more than two selections. Cantos Siemers is the first three-time singles All-American in program history. Â
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Perry is the fifth Buckeye freshman selected for the singles tournament. Ratliff and Cantos Siemers competed in the 2022 doubles tournament as a duo.
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Perry is the eighth Buckeye to earn a spot in both the singles and doubles championships, joining Cantos Siemers, Ratliff, Isabelle Boulais, Anna Sanford, Francesca Di Lorenzo, Monica Rincon and Dascoli.
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Ohio State to Host NCAA Matches this Weekend
- Ohio State is the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Championship and will host first and second round matches this weekend at the Auer Tennis Complex.
- The Buckeyes will face Toledo at 1 p.m. Saturday, preceded by a match between Vanderbilt and Wake Forest at 10 a.m. The first-round winners will meet at noon Sunday for a spot in the Super Regionals.
- Admission and parking will be free for all NCAA matches in Columbus. Live scoring and video will be available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
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