No. 10 Buckeyes Advance to ITA Indoors Final with Win over No. 2 Texas A&M

Monday, February 9

Evanston, Ill.

7:30 p.m. ET

Ohio State

Texas A&M (Semifinals)

No. 10 Buckeyes Advance to ITA Indoors Final with Win over No. 2 Texas A&M

2/9/2026 11:29:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Ohio State will take on Georgia for the indoor national title Tuesday

COLUMBUS, Ohio –The No. 5 seed and No. 10-ranked Ohio State women's tennis team earned a berth in the championship match of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 4-2 win over No. 3 seed and No. 2 ranked Texas A&M Monday evening in Evanston, Ill.

The Buckeyes (5-0) will compete in the indoor championship final for the first time in program history. The squad was also a semifinalist in 2016 and '17.

In the final, the Buckeyes will take on 2 seed and No. 1 ranked Georgia at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Evanston, Ill. The Bulldogs defeated No. 1 seed and No. 4-ranked Auburn 4-3 in the other semifinal. Ohio State and Georgia last met in the first round of the 2024 ITA National Indoor Championship, a 4-3 Buckeye victory. Ohio State is 2-3 all-time against the Bulldogs.

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In the semifinals against Texas A&M (8-2), Ohio State dropped the doubles point but won four singles matches to advance. After the Aggies took a 2-0 lead with a court two win, Teah Chavez posted a court one victory, followed by a win from Audrey Spencer on court six. Freshman Hephzibah Oluwadare moved the Buckeyes ahead, 3-2, with a court five win and Nao Nishino clinched the team victory on court four.

How it Happened

Ohio State dropped the doubles point for the second consecutive match, as Texas A&M won on courts one and three. The Buckeye duo of Flora Johnson and Luciana Perry was serving for the match when doubles was clinched.
To start singles, the Buckeyes captured four first sets.
Texas A&M moved ahead 2-0 with a straight set win by No. 41 Lucciana Perry over No. 3 Perry on court two.
Teah Chavez, ranked 13th and playing No. 1 for the first time this season, defeated No. 46 Mia Kupres, 6-2, 6-4, for a 2-1 team score. In the second set, the players were on serve until Chavez broke at love to capture the final game.
On court six, Audrey Spencer rolled to a 6-1 first set win against Anna Perelman. In the second set, Spencer was down a break early but was able to get back on serve. She broke for a 5-4 lead and served it out to tie the team match.
Freshman Hephzibah Oluwadare, who clinched the quarterfinal win, downed No. 96 Daria Smetannikov, 6-3, 6-4, on court five to move the Buckeyes within a point of the team win. The Buckeye jumped out to a 3-0 lead in both sets en route to the win.
Sophomore Nao Nishino provided the clinching point for the Buckeyes with a court four victory against Violeta Martinez. Nishino battled back from an early deficit in the first set and won four of the final five games for a 6-4 win. In the second set, Nishino opened with a 4-0 lead and closed it out, 6-2.
The final match was abandoned with Texas A&M up a set and a break on court three.
Chavez and Spencer are both 3-0 in singles at ITA Indoors, with Oluwadare 2-0.
The win was the Buckeyes' first over Texas A&M in four matches.

The Results
Ohio State vs Texas A&M
2/9/2026 at Evanston, Ill.
(Combe Tennis Center)

#10 Ohio State 4, #2 Texas A&M 2

Singles competition
1. #13 Teah Chavez (OSU) def. #46 Mia Kupres (TAMU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #41 Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. #3 Luciana Perry (OSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Lexington Reed (TAMU) vs. #114 Sophia CisseIgnatiev (OSU) 7-5, 5-4, unfinished
4. #52 Nao Nishino (OSU) def. Violeta Martinez (TAMU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Hephzibah Oluwadare (OSU) def. #96 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Audrey Spencer (OSU) def. Anna Perelman (TAMU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Mia Kupres/Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. #13 Hephzibah Oluwadare/Teah Chavez (OSU) 6-3
2. Violeta Martinez/Anna Perelman (TAMU) vs. #55 Flora Johnson/Luciana Perry (OSU) 4-5, unfinished
3. Lexington Reed/Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) def. Sophia CisseIgnatiev/Audrey Spencer (OSU) 6-4

Match Notes:
Ohio State 5-0; National ranking #10
Texas A&M 8-2; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,1,6,5,4)
ITA National Team Indoor Championship
Texas A&M No. 3 seed, Ohio State No. 5