No. 8 Buckeyes Start Big Ten Play vs. Purdue and Indiana

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 8-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team continues its homestand with its first Big Ten matches of the season. The team hosts Purdue at 1 p.m. Friday and Indiana at noon Sunday in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. Admission and parking are free.

Friday is the team's Breast Cancer Awareness match. Sunday, there will be giveaways featuring team gear, Raising Canes and Chick-fil-A.

Ohio State heads into the weekend 6-1 after defeating then-No. 16 Oklahoma State Sunday. Purdue is 7-1 and Indiana is 5-5 ahead of its Friday match against University of Illinois-Chicago.

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

In the Rankings

The Buckeyes are No. 8 in the ITA rankings released this week.
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 four Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25, joined by No. 3 Michigan, No. 20 Wisconsin and No. 21 USC.

Buckeyes vs. Boilermakers and Hoosiers

The Buckeyes hold a 36-23 record against the Boilermakers. Ohio State is currently on a 13-match winning streak over Purdue.
Ohio State last faced Purdue on the road in 2024, posting a 4-0 win. The teams first played in 1976.
Purdue is currently No. 67 in the ITA team rankings and Ece Gencer is No. 120 in the singles rankings.
The Buckeyes have won the last eight matches against the Hoosiers. Ohio State is 17-32 all-time against Indiana.
Ohio State last faced Indiana on the road in 2024, notching a 4-0 victory. The first match between the programs was in 1978.
The Boilermakers are 7-1 while the Hoosiers are 5-5 this season. The teams played each other in Indiana last Sunday with Purdue taking the victory, 4-2. Indiana will play at home vs. Illinois-Chicago before traveling to Columbus.

Buckeye This and That

Ohio State last competed Sunday against then-No. 16 Oklahoma State, posting a 4-0 shutout. The duos of Audrey Spencer and Nao Nishino and Teah Chavez and Luciana Perry recorded wins to secure the doubles point. Spencer, Shelly Bereznyak and Perry won in singles to bring the team to victory.
The tandem of Spencer and Nishino is 4-0 in doubles matches this spring. Perry and Chavez are 5-1 in dual matches.
Perry leads the team with the most overall wins at 19 while Chavez is close behind at 18.
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 5-2. Court three doubles is 5-1 to lead the way.
Ohio State has won the doubles point in five of six matches.
Chavez is on a team-high seven-match winning streak in singles and Nishino has won her last five matches.
The matches this weekend open B1G play for the Buckeyes. The squad was 10-1 in league matches last year, finishing second, and reached the final of the Big Tern Tournament.
This week starts a stretch of 14 consecutive matches vs. Big Ten opponents to end the regular season for the Buckeyes. (The match against Michigan April 16 in Columbus is officially a non-conference contest.)

The Schedule Ahead

The Buckeyes will play their next four matches on the road, traveling to Michigan March 15, Michigan State March 16, Maryland March 21 and Rutgers March 23.
Ohio State will return home to host UCLA at 6 p.m. March 28 and USC at noon March 30. Admission and parking are free for all Ohio State home matches.

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