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Ohio State men’s and women’s tennis make ITA indoor championships

Both the men and women will be competing for an ITA indoor title. #GoBucks

Ohio State will have both its men and women’s tennis teams competing for an ITA Indoor championships coming up. The men clinched a spot after beating Boise State and Vanderbilt over the weekend, shutting out both in dominating fashion. The Buckeyes are currently ranked No. 1 in the ITA poll and will be making their 15th ITA Indoor Championships performance. The program won the indoor title in both 2014 and 2019.

Before all of the fun, the OSU men have some work to do. It hosts No. 3 Virginia and No. 17 Wake Forest this weekend, then No. 2 South Carolina on Feb. 11.

The women clinched their spot by shutting out both Notre Dame and Arizona State over the weekend. The Lady Bucks are currently ranked No. 13 in the ITA rankings and will head to Seattle for the indoors from Feb. 9 through 12. Before then, OSU will face No. 15 Duke and No. 12 UCLA at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center this weekend.

We’ll keep you up to date on all of the action on the court as the two teams look to do some damage nationally coming up.

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Ohio State women’s tennis knocked out of NCAA tournament in Super Regional

The OSU women’s tennis team journey has come to an end. #GoBucks

The Ohio State women’s tennis team’s season has come to an end thanks to a loss to No. 7 Stanford on Friday in a Super Regional. The Buckeyes were seeded No. 10 and looking to pull off the mild upset, but couldn’t get things going, falling by a 4-1 score in Stanford, California.

As usual, the all-important doubles point set the stage with Ohio State losing all three matches to fall behind quickly 1-0. As things moved into the singles matches, the Buckeyes didn’t fare much better with the Scarlet and Gray dropping the first two matches to fall behind 3-0 and severely behind the eight-ball.

No. 20 ranked Cantos Siemers was the lone winner for Ohio State, beating No. 18 Connie Ma, 6-2, 6-4 to pull the Buckeyes to within 3-1. But that would be short-lived because the Cardinal’s Valencia Xu took care of business against OSU’s Shelly Bereznyak to seal the deal and allow Stanford to advance.

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OSU still has a couple of women that will move on to NCAA championships. Both Irina Cantos Siemers and Sydni Ratliff will take part in the 64-player tournament taking place from May 22 to 27 in Orlando, Florida.

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Ohio State women’s tennis out of NCAAs after loss to Vanderbilt

It was still a season to be proud of.

The Ohio State women’s tennis team’s season has come to a conclusion before anyone wanted. Ranked No. 10 nationally and coming off of a regular-season Big Ten championship, the Buckeyes had their eyes on making a deep run in the NCAA tournament. That came to an end this weekend though when OSU lost to Vanderbilt by a total score of 4-2 in second-round action in Columbus.

As most losses in college tennis do, it all started with a loss of the doubles point to go down 1-0. Irina Cantos Siemers evened the score 1-1 for Ohio State after winning the first singles match, but the Commodores won the next two to take a commanding 3-1 lead. Sydni Ratliff won to close the gap to 3-2 and the remaining two singles matches went to three sets, but Vanderbilt sealed the deal on the next finishing match on court six to punch its ticket to the round of 16.

“It just wasn’t a good day today,” said head coach Melissa Schaub. “We haven’t been playing our best down the stretch and that’s something we need to look at closely. It’s a long, tough season and we just weren’t where we needed to be. I’m obviously disappointed, but proud of our season up until this point. Looking ahead to next year, I feel we will have a good group in the locker room and a bright future.”

OSU finishes the season with a 21-6 record and will now turn its attention to singles and doubles NCAA championships from May 23-28 in Champaign, Illinois following the team tournament.

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OSU women’s tennis defends its Big Ten championship

Back-to-back titles for the OSU women’s tennis program. #GoBucks

The Ohio State women’s team took home its second-straight Big Ten regular-season championship over the weekend, making it a double for both the men and women this season (and last).

The OSU women did it by sweeping Rutgers 4-0 over the weekend, to polish off a perfect 11-0 campaign in the conference. Five of the six contests resulted in sweeps for the Lady Bucks for a team currently ranked No. 10 in the nation.

Ohio State will now turn its attention to the upcoming Big Ten tournament set to take place beginning on Wednesday in Iowa City. Needless to say, the Buckeyes will be the No. 1 seed and overwhelming favorite before it looks to do damage in the NCAAs.

With all the success of both tennis programs at Ohio State as of late, if you are a youth tennis player in the Midwest or beyond, you could do a lot worse than honing your craft in Columbus.

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Ohio State Women’s Tennis dominates Purdue to open Big Ten play

Despite entering the week with a 6-3 record, the Ohio State Women’s Tennis team is actually No. 5 in the most recent ITA rankings. To understand this, recognize that the ITA rankings are entirely computer-based. Every player is given a score, based …

Despite entering the week with a 6-3 record, the Ohio State Women’s Tennis team is actually No. 5 in the most recent ITA rankings.

To understand this, recognize that the ITA rankings are entirely computer-based. Every player is given a score, based on the opponents defeated and lost to. It’s not meant to be a particularly predictive ranking. The ranking only tells us about the quality of opponents and how well the team performed against them.

Therefore, with wins over four teams in the Top 16 (and two more over teams in the Top 40), Ohio State’s rapid ranking rise is understandable. We can also understand why the three losses haven’t hurt the ranking too much, especially since all three are ranked in the Top 20.

This brings us to Thursday night, when the Buckeyes began Big Ten play against No. 46 Purdue. The Boilermakers are, shockingly, Ohio State’s worst opponent so far, and the Buckeyes took care of business. Ohio State easily won the doubles point with two 6-1 sets, and were leading 5-2 in the unfinished third set.

Unlike most matches, which end the dual match as soon as one team reaches four points, Ohio State and Purdue played out all six singles courts in full. If this had been a standard dual match, the Buckeyes would have won 4-0. Nationally-ranked Buckeyes Shiori Fukuda, Irina Cantos-Siemers, and Danielle Wolf each easily finished off their singles matches, clinching the victory for the Buckeyes.

Of the then-irrelevant singles matches, Purdue did win two of the final three, including a three-set victory by Nikol Dobrilova over formerly nationally-ranked Kolie Allen. Those losses on the later courts could be a bit concerning for the Buckeyes, as you can’t always rely on your top players to see you through. You need the ones at the bottom of the lineup too. Still, this was a strong victory for Ohio State, though there is definitely room to improve as the season goes on.

The Buckeyes dip back out of conference for a match against Florida State on Sunday (broadcast on Tennis Channel, which is great exposure for the programs in particular and college tennis in general). After that, it’s back to Big Ten play for the rest of the season (aside from one early-April trip to face Baylor). The Buckeyes looked to be the class of the Big Ten in early-season play. Let’s see if they sustain that through the conference season.