No. 12 Ohio State Downs Iowa, 4-0, Advances to ITA Indoors

Monday, January 26

Columbus, Ohio

1 p.m.

Ohio State

Iowa (Championship)

No. 12 Ohio State Downs Iowa, 4-0, Advances to ITA Indoors

1/26/2026 5:23:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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Buckeyes post shutout in season opener

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team opened its season with a 4-0 victory over Iowa Monday in the ITA Kickoff Weekend championship match in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in Columbus.

The Buckeyes were the site's No. 1 seed and earned a bye into the championship match after Georgia Tech withdrew, while Iowa (3-2) defeated UC Santa Barbara in the first round Saturday. The final match was delayed a day because of inclement weather in Columbus. The ITA Indoor National Team Championship will be held Feb. 6-9 in Evanston and Champaign, Ill.

Against the Hawkeyes, the Buckeyes opened with the doubles point and posted three straight-set singles victories for the win. Buckeye freshman Flora Johnson clinched the team victory in her first collegiate dual match. Her classmate Hephzibah Oluwadare paired with Teah Chavez for a doubles win. Audrey Spencer and Nao Nishino teamed up for a doubles win and both were victorious in singles.

How it Happened

In doubles on court one, the duo of freshman Hephzibah Oluwadare and junior Teah Chavez jumped out to a 4-0 lead en route to a 6-3 victory.
The tandem of sophomore Nao Nishino and junior Audrey Spencer clinched the doubles point, breaking for a 6-4 win on court three.
The court two, the Buckeye duo of juniors Luciana Perry and Alessia Cau was down 4-5 when the doubles point was clinched.
In singles, Spencer dropped just one game on court five to defeat Nikita Vishwase, 6-0, 6-1, and put the Buckeyes up 2-0.
Nishino followed with a 6-3, 6-1 win on court three against Emma Tothová.
A court six win from freshman Flora Johnson sealed the Buckeye victory. She shut out Sally Xu in the first set and then took the second, 6-3, winning the final three games.
The remaining matches were abandoned. Perry rallied to win her first set and was up 4-2 in the second on court one. On court two, Chavez dropped the opening set, 7-5, and was on serve in the second, 2-1. On court four, Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev was up a set but down a break in the second.

The Schedule Ahead

Ohio State will host No. 14 Virginia at 11 a.m. Sunday.
The Buckeyes will then be back home to take on No. 11 NC State at 6 p.m. Feb. 13.
Admission and parking are free for all regular season matches in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center.

The Results
Iowa vs Ohio State
1/26/2026 at Columbus, Ohio
(Ty Tucker Tennis Center)

#12 Ohio State 4, Iowa 0

Singles competition
1. #10 Luciana Perry (OSU) vs. Daianne Hayashida (IOWA) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
2. Teah Chavez (OSU) vs. Mia Mack (IOWA) 5-7, 2-1, unfinished
3. #68 Nao Nishino (OSU) def. Emma Tothová (IOWA) 6-3, 6-1
4. #91 Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev (OSU) vs. Pia Kranholdt (IOWA) 6-3, 3-4, unfinished
5. Audrey Spencer (OSU) def. Nikita Vishwase (IOWA) 6-0, 6-1
6. Flora Johnson (OSU) def. Sally Xu (IOWA) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Hephzibah Oluwadare/Teah Chavez (OSU) def. Daianne Hayashida/Mia Mack (IOWA) 6-3
2. Luciana Perry/Alessia Cau (OSU) vs. Emma Tothová/Pia Kranholdt (IOWA) 4-5, unfinished
3. Nao Nishino/Audrey Spencer (OSU) def. Eline Bex/Nikita Vishwase (IOWA) 6-4

Match Notes:
Iowa 3-2
Ohio State 1-0; National ranking #12
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (,3,6)
ITA Kickoff Weekend - Championship
Official: Julio Colon T-1:57 A-74