No. 9 Buckeyes Open Homestand vs. No. 16 Oklahoma State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9-ranked Ohio State returns home to face off against No. 16 Oklahoma State at noon Sunday in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. Admission and parking are free. There will be a schedule magnet giveaway and free Raising Cane's boxes for the first 50 Ohio State students.

Ohio State heads into the weekend 5-1, with Oklahoma State 6-3 entering a match at No. 5 Michigan Friday.

Live stats for Sunday will be available HERE with a live stream HERE.

In the Rankings

The Buckeyes are No. 9 in the new ITA rankings released Wednesday.
Four Buckeyes are in the singles rankings: No. 9 Luciana Perry, No. 47 Teah Chavez, No. 79 Audrey Spencer and No. 86 Nao Nishino. The ranking is a personal best for both Chavez and Nishino.
In doubles, the duo of Perry and Chavez is No. 41, the first time the tandem has been ranked.
Ohio State is one of five Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25, joined by No. 5 Michigan, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 18 USC and No. 23 UCLA.

Chavez Named B1G Athlete of the Week

For the second time this season, Teah Chavez was selected the Big Ten Athlete of the Week.
Last week, Chavez posted ranked singles and doubles wins to help the Buckeyes to a 4-3 victory at No. 14 Duke.
She and Luciana Perry downed the Blue Devils' No. 11 ranked team on court one in doubles, 6-4. In singles, Chavez rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over No. 27 Emma Jackson to tie the team score at one.
Chavez is 5-0 in singles dual matches this spring.

Buckeyes vs. Cowgirls

The Buckeyes hold a 4-3 record against the Cowgirls. The teams are meeting for the fourth year in a row and the series started in 2001.
Ohio State had a four-match winning streak in the series end with a loss on the road last January. In the match, the Buckeyes claimed the doubles point but Oklahoma State won four straight-set singles matches for the team win.
The Buckeyes posted home victories against Oklahoma State in both 2022 and 2023.
Oklahoma State is ranked No. 16 this week, with four players ranked in singles: No. 20 Ange Oby Kajuru, No. 44 Gracie Epps, No. 88 Anastasiya Komar and No. 89 Marcela Lopez.
The team has three ranked doubles duos: Oby Kajuru and Komar are No. 54, Rose Marie Nijkamp and Komar are No. 72 and Epps and Lopez are No. 73.
The Cowgirls are 6-3 this season and last played at the ITA Indoor National Championships Feb. 7-9 where they were 1-2, with losses to Texas and LSU and a win over Illinois. Oklahoma State will play at Michigan Friday before traveling to Columbus.

Buckeye This and That

Ohio State last competed Feb. 14 against Duke, posting a 4-3 win. Audrey Spencer clinched the victory after prevailing in a third set tiebreaker.
Teah Chavez and Nao Nishino continue to lead the Buckeyes with matching 5-0 records in dual match singles this season. Shelly Bereznyak and Luciana Perry each have four dual victories.
Chavez is on a team-high seven-match winning streak and Nishino has five consecutive wins.
Perry and Chavez are tied for the most overall wins at 18 each, with Nishino close behind at 17.
As a team in singles, the Buckeyes are 5-0 on courts two and five this spring, with a 5-1 mark on court three. Courts one, four and six are each 4-2. Court three doubles is 4-1 to lead the way.
Ohio State has won the doubles point in four of six matches.

The Schedule Ahead

The Buckeyes start Big Ten play with home matches against Purdue at 1 p.m. Feb. 28 and Indiana at noon March 2 in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center.
Admission and parking are free for all Ohio State home matches.

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