Buckeyes Compete in NCAA Doubles Championship

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State girls’s tennis doubles tandem of Irina Cantos Siemers and Sydni Ratliff battled to the top, however finally fell to the No. 2 seed within the first spherical of the NCAA Doubles Championship in Champaign, Unwell., Tuesday evening.

The Buckeyes, No. 43 in the latest rankings, confronted Elizabeth Scotty and Fiona Crawley of North Carolina within the final match of the day within the 32-team draw.

The Buckeyes dropped the primary set, 7-5. With the match on serve at 5-all, the Tar Heel duo held on the no-ad level after which broke for the set. Within the second set, UNC opened with a maintain and a break earlier than Ohio State received 5 video games in a row to go forward, 5-2. The Tar Heels answered with a break and a maintain for a 5-4 Ohio State lead. Ohio State served it out to take the set, 6-4.

Within the tremendous tiebreaker, UNC received the primary three factors earlier than Ohio State claimed the following two. The Tar Heels went on a four-point run to push forward 7-2. The groups traded factors for an 8-3 match and Ohio State then received three in a row to attract inside two (8-6), answered by UNC to maneuver a degree away from clinching. Ohio State saved three match factors to get even at 9-all. UNC stopped the Buckeye run and closed it out with the following two factors.

The match ended the Buckeyes’ 2021-22 marketing campaign. Ohio State was 21-6 on the 12 months, received the Large Ten common season title with an undefeated (11-0) marketing campaign in league play, hosted NCAA first and second spherical matches.