Ohio State
Kentucky
No. 8 Buckeyes Down Kentucky, 4-2
4/5/2023 9:22:00 PM | Women's Tennis
COLUMBUS, Ohio – With four singles wins, the No. 8 Ohio State women's tennis team battled to a 4-2 victory over Kentucky Wednesday in the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. After dropping the doubles point, Buckeyes Irina Cantos Ratliff, Lucia Marzal and Danielle Willson put Ohio State up 3-1 with straight-set singles wins. The final three matches came down to a third set. Kentucky won the next completed match for a 3-2 team score. Buckeye sophomore Sydni Ratliff clinched the win, as she took the court one matchup.
The Buckeyes, on a five-match winning streak, improve to 13-5 on the year (5-0 Big Ten). The Wildcats are 12-10 this season (4-6 SEC).
Quoting head coach Melissa Schaub
"We battled really hard in singles all the way through today and I'm proud of that. We were up against the ropes and showed resiliency when we needed to. Syd winning the last three games at the end just says a lot about how well she is competing."
Up Next
Ohio State will close a three-match homestand and its regular season home slate with two Big Ten matches. The Buckeyes will take on Nebraska at 4 p.m. Friday and Iowa at noon Sunday. Five Buckeyes– Kolie Allen, Isabelle Boulais, Kathleen Jones, Lucia Marzal and Danielle Willson – will be recognized Sunday on Senior Day.
Admission and parking are free to all Ohio State regular season home matches. The matches are scheduled to be played outside at the Auer Tennis Complex but will be moved inside the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in the event of inclement weather. Check the women's tennis social media feeds on Facebook and Twitter on match day for location information.
Live Scoring | Watch (Outdoor) | Watch (Indoor)
In Doubles
- Kentucky took the doubles point, with court three and court one wins.
- On court three, the Wildcat tandem of Ellie Eades and Zoe Hammond was a 6-2 winner over Shelly Bereznyak and Akanksha Bhan.
- The Ohio State duo of Danielle Willson and Kolie Allen downed Makayla Mills and Lidia Gonzalez, 6-3, to tie doubles. The Buckeyes were down early but won five games in a row en route to the victory.
- The Wildcats clinched the point, as No. 44-ranked Elizabeth Stevens and Carolota Molina came back from down 1-4 to win 6-4 against No. 19-ranked Irina Cantos Siemers and Sydni Ratliff.
In Singles
- Irina Cantos Siemers, ranked 21st, dropped just two games in each set to top Ellie Eades on court two, 6-2, 6-2, tying the team score at one.
- Lucia Marzal followed with a straight-set victory over Zoe Hammond on court five. She won the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (1). In the second, Marzal was down early but won five games in a row for a 5-3 lead and closed it out, 6-4.
- The court six match also went the Buckeyes' way, with a tiebreak in the first set and 6-4 score in the second. Danielle Willson won the first-set tiebreak, 7-5. In the second, Makayla Mills was up 3-0 before Willson went on a four-game run to go ahead 4-3. After Mills broke back, Willson added another break and then held for the match and a 3-1 Ohio State lead.
- The final three matches went to a third set.
- The Wildcats' Lidia Gonzalez won vs. Kolie Allen on court four, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, to make it a 3-2 team score.
- On court one, No. 33-ranked Sydni Ratliff faced UK's Elizabeth Stevens. The Wildcat took the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (2). Ratliff rolled in the second, 6-1. In the third, Stevens opened with a break and a hold before Ratliff won three in a row. The Wildcat held for a three-all match but Ratliff won the next three to seal the match and the team win.
- The court three match was left unfinished with UK's Carlota Molina leading Buckeye Shelly Bereznyak in the third set.
- Marzal is on a nine-match winning streak. She and Bereznyak lead the squad with a 12-1 record in dual matches. Cantos Siemers is 9-4, with Ratliff 8-5 and Willson 4-0.
Sydni Ratliff with the , sealing the 4-2 win over Kentucky#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/h5htrFhR75
— Ohio State Women's Tennis (@OhioStateWTEN) April 5, 2023
The Results
Kentucky vs Ohio State
04/05/2023 at Columbus, Ohio
(Ty Tucker Tennis Center)
#8 Ohio State 4, #49 Kentucky 2
Singles competition
1. #33 Sydni Ratliff (OSU) def. Elizabeth Stevens (UK) 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-3
2. #21 Irina Cantos Siemers (OSU) def. Ellie Eades (UK) 6-2, 6-2
3. #98 Shelly Bereznyak (OSU) vs. Carlota Molina (UK) 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 0-4, unfinished
4. Lidia Gonzalez (UK) def. Kolie Allen (OSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
5. Lucia Marzal (OSU) def. Zoe Hammond (UK) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4
6. Danielle Willson (OSU) def. Makayla Mills (UK) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Doubles competition
1. #44 Elizabeth Stevens/Carlota Molina (UK) def. #19 Irina Cantos Siemers/Sydni Ratliff (OSU) 6-4
2. Danielle Willson/Kolie Allen (OSU) def. Makayla Mills/Lidia Gonzalez (UK) 6-3
3. Ellie Eades/Zoe Hammond (UK) def. Shelly Bereznyak/Akanksha Bhan (OSU) 6-2
Match Notes:
Kentucky 12-10 (4-6 SEC); National ranking #49
Ohio State 13-5 (5-0 B1G); National ranking #8
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,5,6,4,1)
Official: Julio Colon T-3:22 A-172
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,5,6,4,1
Players Mentioned
