Buckeyes Head to ITA Indoors as No. 5 Seed

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 10 Ohio State women's tennis team is headed to Illinois for the ITA National Team Indoor Championship. The tournament features 16 teams split into two sites for the opening rounds Friday through Sunday. Ohio State is the No. 5 seed in Champaign, Ill. Two semifinalists will advance from each site, with Northwestern hosting the semifinals Monday and the final Tuesday.

The Buckeyes (2-0) will take on No. 4 seed Duke (5-0) at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday. The winner will go up against the winner of a match between No. 1 North Carolina and No. 8 Illinois at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday, with the losers of the two matches meeting in a consolation match at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday. Each team is guaranteed at least three matches. Consolation matches will be held Sunday at the opening round sites, with the semifinalists off Sunday before returning to action Monday.

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Ohio State at National Indoors

The Buckeyes are making their 10th appearance at National Indoors and their seventh in the last eight years.
Ohio State had a streak of six straight trips (2019-24) end last season. The Buckeyes' first appearance was in 2001 and the squad also qualified in 2016 and '17.
A 4-0 win over Iowa in the Columbus ITA Kickoff Weekend championship match clinched the Buckeyes' spot at Indoors this year.
The Buckeyes reached the semifinals in 2016 in Madison, Wis., and in 2017 in New Haven, Conn.
The squad's last trip was in 2024, with a 1-2 mark in Seattle. That year, the Buckeyes opened with a 4-3 win over Georgia before a 4-1 loss to Stanford and 4-3 loss to Texas in consolation.
Against Duke, the Buckeyes are 3-8 all-time. Ohio State won the last two matches, with a 4-3 win on the road in 2025 and a 4-0 victory at home in 2024. The teams are set to also meet in Columbus March 22.
Ohio State is looking for its first win over North Carolina (0-5), with the last meeting a 4-1 loss Feb. 11, 2022 at ITA Indoors. The Buckeyes are 23-33 all-time vs. Illinois but have won nine of the last 10 meetings between the teams, including a 4-1 regular season road win and 4-0 Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal victory in Ojai, Calif., last season..
The other teams in Champaign are No. 2 seed Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 6 Vanderbilt and No. 7 Texas.
The teams in Evanston for the opening round are No. 1 seed Auburn, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Oklahoma State, No. 5 NC State, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 7 Virginia and No. 8 Northwestern.

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