Ohio State
Oregon
Buckeyes Head West for First Big Ten Road Trip
3/11/2025 7:03:00 PM | Men's Tennis
#4 Ohio State at Oregon & Washington
Dates: March 14 & 16, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET & 2 p.m. ET
Venue: Student Tennis Center – Eugene, Ore. & Nordstrom Tennis Center – Seattle, Wash.
Live Scoring: Oregon Scoring | Washington Scoring
Live Video: Oregon Video | Washington Video
Rosters: Ohio State | Oregon | Washington
Rankings: ITA Rankings
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 4 Ohio State will embark on its first Big Ten west coast road trip this weekend when the Buckeyes head to Oregon and Washington. The match at Oregon will start at 8 p.m. ET on Friday evening in Eugene and the Washington match will start at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon.
- This will be just the third all-time meeting between Ohio State and Oregon. The Ducks won 4-2 in a neutral site match in 1998 and the Buckeyes won 4-0 in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Columbus in January of 2023.
- Alexander Bernard played in the 2023 match against Oregon, taking the first set from Jesper Klov-Nilsson before the team match was clinched.
- Oregon has started the year 8-6 overall. The Ducks opened Big Ten play last weekend by dropping both legs of the trip to Michigan, falling 4-0 to the Wolverines and 4-2 at Michigan State.
- Sunday’s match against Washington will be the seventh meeting overall between the two teams and the fourth in Seattle. Washington won the first two meetings in 1993 and 2005 and the Buckeyes have won the last four matches.
- The Buckeyes are 2-1 against the Huskies in Seattle, having won in 2009 and then winning 4-1 at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in 2022.
- Washington also lost both matches last weekend on its Michigan road trip. The Huskies lost 5-2 at Michigan State and then dropped a tough 4-3 decision at Michigan on Sunday. Washington has lost its last four matches and is 8-4 on the year.
- Ohio State is 12-2 overall on the season and is coming off a 5-2 win over Penn State last Saturday in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
- Jack Anthrop rolled in straight sets in his singles match vs. Penn State 6-0, 6-1 and is now just two wins away from 100 in his career.
- Chris Li also won his singles match vs. Penn State and now leads the team with 16 singles wins.
- Three Buckeyes are ranked in the latest ITA rankings. Aidan Kim leads the way at No. 10, followed by Alexander Bernard at No. 50, and Jack Anthrop at No. 74.
- In doubles, Bryce Nakashima and Will Jansen are ranked No. 31.
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