No. 11 Buckeyes Battle for 4-1 Win at Illinois

Sunday, April 6

Urbana, Ill.

1 p.m ET

Ohio State

Illinois

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No. 11 Buckeyes Battle for 4-1 Win at Illinois

4/6/2025 4:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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Ohio State is now 15-2 this spring, with a 9-1 B1G mark

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team closed out the weekend with a 4-1 win at Illinois Sunday. The Buckeyes are now 15-2 on the year and 9-1 in the Big Ten. Illinois dropped to 10-11 overall and 5-5 in the B1G.

The teams split the first two completed doubles matches, with Audrey Spencer and Nao Nishino posting a win for the Buckeyes. Illinois captured the doubles point with a 6-4 court one victory.

In singles, each team won three first sets. Buckeye Audrey Spencer tied the match with a straight set win. The other five courts all went to a third set. Teah Chavez and Nao Nishino both rallied after dropping the first set to prevail in a third for a 3-1 Ohio State lead. Luciana Perry won her first set but lost the second; she pulled away in the third to clinch the 4-1 team victory.

The Schedule Ahead

The Buckeyes return home for a match against Penn State at noon Saturday and then host a non-conference match against No. 3 Michigan at 4 p.m. April 16. The regular season ends at home with matches vs. Wisconsin April 19 and Minnesota April 20.
Admission and parking are free for all Ohio State home matches.

How it Happened

Illinois took the doubles point with a court one win.
After the Fighting Illini won 6-3 on court two, the Buckeye duo of Nao Nishino and Audrey Spencer answered with a 6-4 win on court three, claiming the final three games.
In a back and forth match on court one, the Illini duo of Kida Ferrari and Megan Heuser topped Ohio State's duo of Teah Chavez and Luciana Perry, 6-4, for the doubles point.
The teams split the first singles sets.
Buckeye Audrey Spencer tied the match, as she was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Kaisa Treiber on court six.
On court one, Chavez dropped her first set, 6-1, against McKenna Schaefbauer, but the Buckeye took over from there. Chavez won both the second and the third set 6-2 for a 2-1 Ohio State lead.
Another comeback was complete on court four, where Nishino came back to down Ferrari, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Perry clinched the team win on court two with a victory over Heuser. She won the first set, 6-4, but dropped the second by the same score. In the third, Perry won the final four games to take the set, 6-3, for the team victory.
The remaining two matches were in a tiebreak when the match was clinched. On court three, Ratliff rolled in the first set 6-0 but lost the second, 7-5. The players were at 4-all in the third. On court five, Shelly Bereznyak also rallied to force a third set, with a 6-1 loss in the first and 7-5 win in the second (saving match point at 4-5). They were on serve at 2-all in the third.
In singles, Chavez is 9-0 this spring, with Perry 12-3, Nishino 9-2 and Spencer 7-4.
As a doubles tandem, Nishino and Spencer have a 9-2 dual record.

The Results
Ohio State vs Illinois
4/6/2025 at Urbana, Ill.
(Atkins Tennis Center)

#11 Ohio State 4, #51 Illinois 1

Singles competition
1. #37 Teah Chavez (OSU) def. McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. #9 Luciana Perry (OSU) def. Megan Heuser (ILL) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
3. Violeta Martinez (ILL) vs. #85 Sydni Ratliff (OSU) 0-6, 7-5, 4-4, unfinished
4. Nao Nishino (OSU) def. Kida Ferrari (ILL) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
5. Ariel Madatali (ILL) vs. #119 Shelly Bereznyak (OSU) 6-1, 5-7, 2-2, unfinished
6. #102 Audrey Spencer (OSU) def. Kasia Treiber (ILL) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Kida Ferrari/Megan Heuser (ILL) def. #10 Teah Chavez/Luciana Perry (OSU) 6-4
2. Violeta Martinez/Alice Xu (ILL) def. Sophia CisseIgnatiev/Sydni Ratliff (OSU) 6-3
3. Audrey Spencer/Nao Nishino (OSU) def. McKenna Schaefbauer/Kasia Treiber (ILL) 6-4

Match Notes:
Ohio State 15-2; 9-1 B1G; National ranking #11
Illinois 10-11; 5-5 B1G; National ranking #51
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,1,4,2)
T-3:04 A-169