Monday, May 20
Stillwater, Okla.
Ohio State
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NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
Buckeyes in Action at NCAA Championships
5/20/2024 1:34:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Cantos Siemers and Perry earn All-America Accolades
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Irina Cantos Siemers and Luciana Perry of the Ohio State women's tennis team competed in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships this week in Stillwater, Okla. The tandem each posted two singles wins to reach the Round of 16, while the duo fell in the opening round of the doubles tournament.
Both Buckeyes won in straight sets to open the singles tournament Monday and then notched straight-set victories in the Round of 32 Tuesday to earn All-America honors in singles. They both fell in two sets, with the first a tiebreaker, in the Round of 16 Wednesday. The tandem's loss in doubles was in a match tiebreaker.Â
Cantos Siemers and Perry are the third and fourth Buckeyes to reach the singles Round of 16, joining Francesca Di Lorenzo (2016) and Kristy Dascoli (2001). Perry was the only freshman in this year's tournament to reach the third round. Cantos Siemers, already an All-American as a Top 16 seed this year, is the program's first three-time All-American (2021, 2022). Perry is the seventh Buckeye to be named an All-American and the second freshman, joining Di Lorenzo, and the fifth to earn the honor in singles.
The 64-player singles tournament started Monday, while the 32-team doubles competition kicked off Tuesday. In the tournaments, all matches are 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 is used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker is played in lieu of a third set.
Singles Day One (Monday)
Perry and Cantos Siemers both posted straight-set victories to advance.
No. 50-ranked Perry was one of the first matches on, and one of the first to advance, dropping just five games to close out her match, 6-4, 6-1, against North Carolina's No. 52 Carson Tanguilig. With the Tar Heel serving first, the opening set started with six breaks in a row for a 3-all set. Each player held the next three games and Perry then broke to take the first set, 6-4. Perry won the first three games of the second set. Tanguilig held for 3-1, but Perry did not drop another game, holding on the no-ad point to clinch the victory with a 6-1 set win.Â
Cantos Siemers, a No. 9-16 seed, took on Virginia's No. 24-ranked Hibah Shaikh, posting a 6-3, 6-3 win. The players were on serve through the first five games before Cantos Siemers grabbed the first break for a 4-2 lead. Shaikh answered with a break of her own to get back on serve, but Cantos Siemers again broke to go ahead 5-3 and she held on the no-ad point for the first set, 6-3. In the second set the Buckeye opened with two breaks and a hold and she was able to make it stand the rest of the match, winning 6-3 with a final break.
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Day Two (Tuesday)
Singles
Both Buckeyes were straight-set winners to reach the Round of 16 and earn All-America accolades.
Cantos Siemers started the day with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over No. 19 Sarah Hamner of South Carolina. The Buckeye opened with a hold and a break, but Hamner won the next two to get back on serve. Cantos Siemers took the next four games to win the set, 6-2. In the second set, Cantos Siemers started with a hold before Hamner won the next four games. Cantos Siemers claimed the next two for a 4-3 match. After a Hamner hold, Cantos won the next three to get back on serve and Hamner held at 5-6 to force a tiebreak. In the breaker, the players traded points for 3-3. Cantos Siemers claimed the next two, answered by Hamner for 5-all. The Buckeye then took the final two points for the set and the match.Â
This was the first time Cantos Siemers advanced out of the Round of 32. She won her first-round matches in both 2021 and 2023 and fell in the opening round in 2022.
In her second-round match, Perry faced No. 53 Miyuka Kimoto of Syracuse, dropping just three games in a 6-1, 6-2 victory. The Buckeye rookie won the first five games to open the match and held on the no-ad point to take the first set. In the second set, the players traded breaks to start. Perry then won the next three games, with two breaks and a hold, for a 4-1 lead. Kimoto posted a break of her own for 2-4, but Perry took the last two games for the set, 6-2, and the match to advance.
Doubles
No. 25-ranked Cantos Siemers and Perry fell in a match tiebreaker to No. 56-ranked Katerina Mandelikova and Oyinlomo Quadre of Florida International in the first round, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.
The Buckeyes won the first three games of the match. After the Panthers held, Ohio State answered with a hold and a break to move to 5-1. Florida International took the next two games but a hold gave the Buckeyes the first set, 6-3. In the second set, FIU broke on the no-ad point for a 5-3 lead and served it out to force the 10-point match tiebreaker. In the breaker Ohio State had an early 3-1 lead but FIU won six of the next seven points for a 7-4 advantage. Ohio State drew within one (7-6). After FIU took the next point, back-to-back Buckeye points evened the match at 8-all, but the Panthers closed out the breaker, 10-8, to advance.
Cantos Siemers was making her second appearance in the NCAA Doubles Championship; she and Sydni Ratliff fell in the opening round in 2022.
Day Three (Wednesday)
Cantos Siemers faced No. 2 seed Ameilia Rajecki of NC State in the third round, falling 7-6 (5), 6-2. In the first set, the Buckeye picked up the first break at 4-3, but Rajecki broke back. The players again traded breaks (with Rajecki breaking with Cantos Siemers serving for the set at 5-3) and Rajecki then held for 5-all. Another break followed for Rajecki, giving her the chance to serve for the set, but Cantos Siemers broke to force a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Rajecki won the final four points for a 7-5 victory. In the second set, Rajecki claimed the first four games. Cantos Siemers picked up back-to-back games for a 4-2 set, but a hold and a break gave Rajecki the set and the match.
Perry took on No. 29 Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford in the Round of 16. The Cardinal opened with a break and a hold before Perry won two games. After a break from Yepifanova, the Buckeye won three games in a row for a 5-3 advantage. Two games for the Cardinal followed. Perry held on the no-ad point for a 6-5 set but a Yepifanova hold sent the set to a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Perry was ahead early 4-2 but Yepifanova won the final five points to take the breaker 7-4 and the set. Yepifanova took the first three games of the second set. Perry held for 3-1 but the Cardinal closed out the set and the match.
Cantos Siemers and Perry This Season
Cantos Siemers ends her career as the Buckeyes' all-time leader in singles wins (127) and combined singles/doubles victories (224) and is fourth in career doubles wins (97). She was 31-13 this season, tying for the eighth-most win in a single season in school history. In doubles, Cantos Siemers was 25-17 this year. She earned her fourth unanimous All-Big Ten honor and has been ranked in the Top 18 in singles all year.Â
Perry was 27-12 in singles in her first collegiate season, the fifth-most singles wins for a Buckeye rookie, and was 28-15 in doubles, matching the program record for doubles victories by a freshman. She was voted the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Big Ten team.
The duo helped the Buckeyes to a 20-8 ledger, a 10-1 record for a second-place finish in the B1G Tournament and the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State ended the season ranked 15th as a team.Â
The Results
2024 NCAA ChampionshipsÂ
May 20-25 | Stillwater, Okla.
Singles
R64: No. 50 Luciana Perry (OSU) def. No. 52 Carson Tanguilig (UNC), 6-4, 6-1
R64: No. 17 Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) def. No. 24 Hibah Shaikh (UVA), 6-3, 6-3
R32: No. 50 Luciana Perry (OSU) def. No. 53 Miyuka Kimoto (SYR), 6-1, 6-2
R32: No. 17 Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) def. No. 19 Sarah Hamner (South Carolina), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
R16: No. 29 No. 29 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) def. No. 50Â Luciana Perry (OSU), 7-6 (4), 6-1
R16: No. 2 Amelia Rejecki (NCSCU) def. No. 17Â Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU), 7-6 (5), 6-2
Doubles
R32: No. 56 Katerina Mandelikova/Oyinlomo Quadre (FIU) def. No. 25 Irina Cantos Siemers/Luciana Perry (OSU), 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Irina Cantos Siemers and Luciana Perry of the Ohio State women's tennis team competed in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships this week in Stillwater, Okla. The tandem each posted two singles wins to reach the Round of 16, while the duo fell in the opening round of the doubles tournament.
Both Buckeyes won in straight sets to open the singles tournament Monday and then notched straight-set victories in the Round of 32 Tuesday to earn All-America honors in singles. They both fell in two sets, with the first a tiebreaker, in the Round of 16 Wednesday. The tandem's loss in doubles was in a match tiebreaker.Â
Cantos Siemers and Perry are the third and fourth Buckeyes to reach the singles Round of 16, joining Francesca Di Lorenzo (2016) and Kristy Dascoli (2001). Perry was the only freshman in this year's tournament to reach the third round. Cantos Siemers, already an All-American as a Top 16 seed this year, is the program's first three-time All-American (2021, 2022). Perry is the seventh Buckeye to be named an All-American and the second freshman, joining Di Lorenzo, and the fifth to earn the honor in singles.
The 64-player singles tournament started Monday, while the 32-team doubles competition kicked off Tuesday. In the tournaments, all matches are 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 is used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker is played in lieu of a third set.
Singles Day One (Monday)
Perry and Cantos Siemers both posted straight-set victories to advance.
No. 50-ranked Perry was one of the first matches on, and one of the first to advance, dropping just five games to close out her match, 6-4, 6-1, against North Carolina's No. 52 Carson Tanguilig. With the Tar Heel serving first, the opening set started with six breaks in a row for a 3-all set. Each player held the next three games and Perry then broke to take the first set, 6-4. Perry won the first three games of the second set. Tanguilig held for 3-1, but Perry did not drop another game, holding on the no-ad point to clinch the victory with a 6-1 set win.Â
Cantos Siemers, a No. 9-16 seed, took on Virginia's No. 24-ranked Hibah Shaikh, posting a 6-3, 6-3 win. The players were on serve through the first five games before Cantos Siemers grabbed the first break for a 4-2 lead. Shaikh answered with a break of her own to get back on serve, but Cantos Siemers again broke to go ahead 5-3 and she held on the no-ad point for the first set, 6-3. In the second set the Buckeye opened with two breaks and a hold and she was able to make it stand the rest of the match, winning 6-3 with a final break.
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Day Two (Tuesday)
Singles
Both Buckeyes were straight-set winners to reach the Round of 16 and earn All-America accolades.
Cantos Siemers started the day with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over No. 19 Sarah Hamner of South Carolina. The Buckeye opened with a hold and a break, but Hamner won the next two to get back on serve. Cantos Siemers took the next four games to win the set, 6-2. In the second set, Cantos Siemers started with a hold before Hamner won the next four games. Cantos Siemers claimed the next two for a 4-3 match. After a Hamner hold, Cantos won the next three to get back on serve and Hamner held at 5-6 to force a tiebreak. In the breaker, the players traded points for 3-3. Cantos Siemers claimed the next two, answered by Hamner for 5-all. The Buckeye then took the final two points for the set and the match.Â
This was the first time Cantos Siemers advanced out of the Round of 32. She won her first-round matches in both 2021 and 2023 and fell in the opening round in 2022.
In her second-round match, Perry faced No. 53 Miyuka Kimoto of Syracuse, dropping just three games in a 6-1, 6-2 victory. The Buckeye rookie won the first five games to open the match and held on the no-ad point to take the first set. In the second set, the players traded breaks to start. Perry then won the next three games, with two breaks and a hold, for a 4-1 lead. Kimoto posted a break of her own for 2-4, but Perry took the last two games for the set, 6-2, and the match to advance.
Doubles
No. 25-ranked Cantos Siemers and Perry fell in a match tiebreaker to No. 56-ranked Katerina Mandelikova and Oyinlomo Quadre of Florida International in the first round, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.
The Buckeyes won the first three games of the match. After the Panthers held, Ohio State answered with a hold and a break to move to 5-1. Florida International took the next two games but a hold gave the Buckeyes the first set, 6-3. In the second set, FIU broke on the no-ad point for a 5-3 lead and served it out to force the 10-point match tiebreaker. In the breaker Ohio State had an early 3-1 lead but FIU won six of the next seven points for a 7-4 advantage. Ohio State drew within one (7-6). After FIU took the next point, back-to-back Buckeye points evened the match at 8-all, but the Panthers closed out the breaker, 10-8, to advance.
Cantos Siemers was making her second appearance in the NCAA Doubles Championship; she and Sydni Ratliff fell in the opening round in 2022.
Day Three (Wednesday)
Cantos Siemers faced No. 2 seed Ameilia Rajecki of NC State in the third round, falling 7-6 (5), 6-2. In the first set, the Buckeye picked up the first break at 4-3, but Rajecki broke back. The players again traded breaks (with Rajecki breaking with Cantos Siemers serving for the set at 5-3) and Rajecki then held for 5-all. Another break followed for Rajecki, giving her the chance to serve for the set, but Cantos Siemers broke to force a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Rajecki won the final four points for a 7-5 victory. In the second set, Rajecki claimed the first four games. Cantos Siemers picked up back-to-back games for a 4-2 set, but a hold and a break gave Rajecki the set and the match.
Perry took on No. 29 Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford in the Round of 16. The Cardinal opened with a break and a hold before Perry won two games. After a break from Yepifanova, the Buckeye won three games in a row for a 5-3 advantage. Two games for the Cardinal followed. Perry held on the no-ad point for a 6-5 set but a Yepifanova hold sent the set to a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Perry was ahead early 4-2 but Yepifanova won the final five points to take the breaker 7-4 and the set. Yepifanova took the first three games of the second set. Perry held for 3-1 but the Cardinal closed out the set and the match.
Cantos Siemers and Perry This Season
Cantos Siemers ends her career as the Buckeyes' all-time leader in singles wins (127) and combined singles/doubles victories (224) and is fourth in career doubles wins (97). She was 31-13 this season, tying for the eighth-most win in a single season in school history. In doubles, Cantos Siemers was 25-17 this year. She earned her fourth unanimous All-Big Ten honor and has been ranked in the Top 18 in singles all year.Â
Perry was 27-12 in singles in her first collegiate season, the fifth-most singles wins for a Buckeye rookie, and was 28-15 in doubles, matching the program record for doubles victories by a freshman. She was voted the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Big Ten team.
The duo helped the Buckeyes to a 20-8 ledger, a 10-1 record for a second-place finish in the B1G Tournament and the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State ended the season ranked 15th as a team.Â
The Results
2024 NCAA ChampionshipsÂ
May 20-25 | Stillwater, Okla.
Singles
R64: No. 50 Luciana Perry (OSU) def. No. 52 Carson Tanguilig (UNC), 6-4, 6-1
R64: No. 17 Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) def. No. 24 Hibah Shaikh (UVA), 6-3, 6-3
R32: No. 50 Luciana Perry (OSU) def. No. 53 Miyuka Kimoto (SYR), 6-1, 6-2
R32: No. 17 Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) def. No. 19 Sarah Hamner (South Carolina), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
R16: No. 29 No. 29 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) def. No. 50Â Luciana Perry (OSU), 7-6 (4), 6-1
R16: No. 2 Amelia Rejecki (NCSCU) def. No. 17Â Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU), 7-6 (5), 6-2
Doubles
R32: No. 56 Katerina Mandelikova/Oyinlomo Quadre (FIU) def. No. 25 Irina Cantos Siemers/Luciana Perry (OSU), 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
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