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Buckeyes No. 3 seed in NCAA Tournament, Set to Host This Weekend
4/27/2026 5:24:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Ohio State will host first and second round matches for the sixth year in a row
COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the sixth year in a row, the Ohio State women's tennis team has been selected to host first and second round matches in the NCAA Championship. Ohio State is the No. 3 seed in the 64-team bracket.
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Ohio State earned a Top 16 seed for the eighth time in program history. It is the fourth time, and second year in a row, the team has been seeded among the Top 4 (No. 3 in 2017, No. 4 in 2016 and 2025).
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The Buckeyes are 23-4 on the year and captured the Big Ten regular season title with a 12-1 B1G record. The squad reached the final of the Big Ten Tournament over the weekend on its home courts.
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Saturday, Ohio State will take on Youngstown State in the NCAA first round at 1 p.m., preceded by a neutral site match between Notre Dame and Arizona at 10 a.m. Sunday, the first round winners will meet at noon for a spot in the Super Regional round (May 9). Ohio State is a dual gender site. Men's first round matches are set for 10 a.m. (California vs. Kentucky) and 1 p.m. (Ohio State vs Buffalo) Friday, with the second round match at 4 p.m. Saturday following the women's competition. The Columbus winner will move on to the Super Regional round against the winner of the Vanderbilt regional, with the match on the campus of the highest remaining seed.
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This weekend in Columbus, matches are set to be played outside at the Auer Tennis Complex. In the event of inclement weather, play will be moved inside the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. Admission and parking will be free for all NCAA matches in Columbus. Live scoring and video will be available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
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Ohio State NCAA History
The Buckeyes are making the 12th consecutive and 22nd overall NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The team also hosted first and second round matches in 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and '25 and is 12-3 at home in NCAA action.
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The Buckeyes' first NCAA appearance was in 1996. The squad qualified six years in a row from 1999-04, had a three-year stretch from 2008-10 and began the most recent streak in 2014, with no tournament held in 2020.
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Last year, the Buckeyes topped Buffalo and Notre Dame in the first two rounds before falling to LSU in the Super Regional, with all three matches in Columbus.
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The Buckeyes and the Columbus Teams
Ohio State and Youngstown State (12-11) have met six times, with the last meeting a doubleheader sweep by the Buckeyes in Columbus in 2019. Last season, Ohio State defeated Notre Dame (18-9) twice, including in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Columbus, a 4-1 Buckeye win. Ohio State and the Irish have met 28 times, with the series dating to 1985. The lone meeting between the Buckeyes and Wildcats (20-9) was an Arizona win at home in 1990. In the most recent ITA rankings, Arizona is No. 26, with Notre Dame No. 34.
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Ohio State is one of seven Big Ten teams to earn a berth in this year's tournament, joined by No. 12 seed Michigan, No. 13 seed USC, Maryland, UCLA, Washington and Wisconsin.
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Ohio State earned a Top 16 seed for the eighth time in program history. It is the fourth time, and second year in a row, the team has been seeded among the Top 4 (No. 3 in 2017, No. 4 in 2016 and 2025).
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The Buckeyes are 23-4 on the year and captured the Big Ten regular season title with a 12-1 B1G record. The squad reached the final of the Big Ten Tournament over the weekend on its home courts.
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Saturday, Ohio State will take on Youngstown State in the NCAA first round at 1 p.m., preceded by a neutral site match between Notre Dame and Arizona at 10 a.m. Sunday, the first round winners will meet at noon for a spot in the Super Regional round (May 9). Ohio State is a dual gender site. Men's first round matches are set for 10 a.m. (California vs. Kentucky) and 1 p.m. (Ohio State vs Buffalo) Friday, with the second round match at 4 p.m. Saturday following the women's competition. The Columbus winner will move on to the Super Regional round against the winner of the Vanderbilt regional, with the match on the campus of the highest remaining seed.
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This weekend in Columbus, matches are set to be played outside at the Auer Tennis Complex. In the event of inclement weather, play will be moved inside the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. Admission and parking will be free for all NCAA matches in Columbus. Live scoring and video will be available through OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
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Ohio State NCAA History
The Buckeyes are making the 12th consecutive and 22nd overall NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The team also hosted first and second round matches in 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and '25 and is 12-3 at home in NCAA action.
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The Buckeyes' first NCAA appearance was in 1996. The squad qualified six years in a row from 1999-04, had a three-year stretch from 2008-10 and began the most recent streak in 2014, with no tournament held in 2020.
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Last year, the Buckeyes topped Buffalo and Notre Dame in the first two rounds before falling to LSU in the Super Regional, with all three matches in Columbus.
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The Buckeyes and the Columbus Teams
Ohio State and Youngstown State (12-11) have met six times, with the last meeting a doubleheader sweep by the Buckeyes in Columbus in 2019. Last season, Ohio State defeated Notre Dame (18-9) twice, including in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Columbus, a 4-1 Buckeye win. Ohio State and the Irish have met 28 times, with the series dating to 1985. The lone meeting between the Buckeyes and Wildcats (20-9) was an Arizona win at home in 1990. In the most recent ITA rankings, Arizona is No. 26, with Notre Dame No. 34.
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Ohio State is one of seven Big Ten teams to earn a berth in this year's tournament, joined by No. 12 seed Michigan, No. 13 seed USC, Maryland, UCLA, Washington and Wisconsin.
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