No. 3 Ohio State Hits Road for Two Matches

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 3 Ohio State women's tennis team will wrap up a stretch of five consecutive road matches this weekend, taking on Purdue Saturday and Indiana Sunday. The matches are the final road contests of the regular season.

The Buckeyes and Boilermakers will meet at noon Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind., and Ohio State will take on the Hoosiers at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.

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Ohio State is 17-3 this season (8-1 B1G), with the Boilermakers 7-10 (3-6 B1G) and Hoosiers 13-8 (3-6 B1G).

Buckeyes vs. This Week's Opponents
Purdue

The Buckeyes are 37-23 all-time vs. Purdue, with wins in the last 14 matches.
Ohio State posted a 4-0 win over the Boilermakers last season at home and won the last match in West Lafayette by the same score March 24, 2024.
Purdue is 7-10 overall this year and has a 3-6 Big Ten ledger. The squad split B1G road matches last week, falling at Maryland 4-0 and winning at Rutgers 4-0.
The Boilermaker duo of Ece Gencer and Ida Clement is ranked 55th this week.

Indiana

Ohio State has won the last nine matches against the Hoosiers. Indiana leads the all-time series 18-32, but Ohio State is 15-8 vs. IU since 2001.
On the year, the Hoosiers are 13-8, with a 3-6 Big Ten record. Last weekend, Indiana won 4-2 at Rutgers and lost 4-1 at Maryland. Indiana will host Penn State Saturday before the match vs. the Buckeyes Sunday.
The tandem of Hiilani Williams and Alessandra Teodosescu is ranked 84th in doubles this week.

In the Rankings

The Buckeyes are ranked third in the ITA team rankings this week, their ninth straight week in the Top 4, reaching as high as No. 2
The squad started the season No. 13 and was No. 12 in the second poll, moving to No. 10 Jan. 28.
Four other Big Ten teams are ranked in the Top 25 this week - No. 10 USC, No. 15 Michigan, No.16 UCLA and No. 21 Washington.
In the new singles rankings, Teah Chavez and Luciana Perry remained in the Top 5 at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. It is the fifth straight release Ohio State has had two of the nation's Top 5 ranked singles players.
Earlier this season, Chavez and Perry became the second and third Buckeyes to earn a spot in the singles Top 3, joining Francesca Di Lorenzo, who was as high as No. 1 in 2016 and '17. Chavez has been as high as No. 2, with Perry reaching No. 3.
Perry has been in the Top 10 since Dec. 20, 2024 and Chavez has been in the Top 20 since the final rankings of 2025.
This week, Nao Nishino is ranked 74th and Audrey Spencer is No. 96 in singles.
In doubles, the tandem of Hephzibah Oluwadare and Chavez is 22nd this week.
Flora Johnson and Perry are No. 36 to match their season best. Perry and Chavez are No. 71, with Spencer and Nishino 83rd.
Twelve of the 18 teams the Buckeyes have faced this season were ranked in the Top 25 at the time of the match, including three in the Top 5. This week, five Buckeye opponents are in the Top 10 - No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 9 Pepperdine and No. 10 USC.

Buckeye This and That

Ohio State is 17-3 on the year after posting three road wins in five days last week. The Buckeyes won 4-1 at both No. 17 Michigan and at Nebraska and topped Iowa 4-0.
The Buckeyes are 8-1 in Big Ten matches, with home wins over Michigan, Michigan State, Rutgers and Maryland and road wins at Penn State, UCLA, Nebraska and Iowa, with the loss at USC.
In the B1G standings with two weeks left in the regular season, Michigan is 9-1, with Ohio State and USC 8-1. Washington, Maryland and Wisconsin follow with 6-3 records. The Top 12 teams will compete in the Big Ten Championship – Ohio State, USC and Michigan have all clinched tourney berths.
In dual matches, Audrey Spencer is 13-0 to lead the Buckeyes, followed by Teah Chavez who is 13-1, with Luciana Perry 11-2. Spencer has won her last 17 completed matches.
Overall, Nao Nishino has a team-best 23 victories this year. Chavez, Perry and Spencer each have 19 singles victories.
As a team, the Buckeyes are 64-21 in dual matches. The squad is 14-2 on court two, with a 13-2 ledger on court four. Court one is 11-1, with court five 10-2 and court six 10-5.
The Buckeyes have won the doubles point in the last six matches. The tandem of Flora Johnson and Perry leads Ohio State with an 8-2 mark this spring.
The ITA announced Ohio State will serve as a host school for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in both 2027 and 2028. A joint host with Michigan, both schools will host opening rounds of play each year. Michigan will host the semifinals and final in 2027 and Ohio State will host the semifinals and final in 2028. Host schools are automatically in the 16-team tournament field.

Up Next

The Buckeyes will close the regular season at home against Oregon at 6 p.m. April 17 and Washington at noon April 19.
The night match vs. Oregon will be inside the Ty Tucker Tennis Center and the match vs. the Huskes is scheduled to be played outside at the Auer Tennis Complex. Admission and parking are free for all home matches.
Ohio State will serve as the host of the 2026 Big Ten Tennis Tournament. The Top 12 teams in the final Big Ten standings will compete for the trophy. The Top 4 seeds receive a bye into the quarterfinals. There will be four first round matches April 23, four quarterfinal matches April 24, two semifinals April 25 and the final April 26.

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