No. 9 Buckeyes Close Regular Season Out East

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9 Ohio State ladies’s tennis staff wraps up the common season this weekend with two street matches. The Buckeyes will face Rutgers at midday Saturday in East Brunswick (indoor) or Piscataway (outside), N.J. and Maryland at midday Sunday in School Park, Md.

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The Buckeyes are 15-6 total and 8-1 in Huge Ten play. Rutgers is 9-10 on the yr and 1-8 within the Huge Ten, whereas Maryland, which is able to host Penn State Saturday, enters the weekend 15-7 and 4-5 in B1G motion.

Buckeyes vs. Scarlet Knights

• The Buckeyes have an 8-2 report towards the Scarlet Knights all-time.
• In Columbus final yr, Ohio State was a 4-0 winner over Rutgers. The groups final met in New Jersey Feb. 21, 2021, with Ohio State notching a 7-0 victory.
• Final weekend, Rutgers misplaced on the street at Iowa and at Nebraska.

Buckeyes vs. Terps

• Ohio State is 10-1 all-time towards Maryland and posted a 5-2 win in Columbus final April.
• The final assembly in School Park was Feb. 19, 2021, a 5-2 Ohio State win.
• In Huge Ten play, the Terps have wins over Indiana, Rutgers, Minnesota and Nebraska this yr. Final weekend, Maryland received at Nebraska however was clipped at Iowa, 4-3.
• Maryland is ranked 59th this week as a staff. The doubles tandem of Mary Brumfield and Selma Cadar is No. 69.

Within the Rankings

• Ohio State is ninth within the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings this week. The squad has been within the High 10 for the reason that begin of laptop rankings (Feb. 19).
• The Buckeyes have wins towards six groups at the moment within the High 25 – No. 4 Georgia, No. 14 Oklahoma, No. 16 Auburn, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 21 Arizona State and No. 24 Wisconsin. Ohio State dropped matches to No. 2 Texas A&M (twice), No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 NC State and No. 19 UCLA.
• Three Buckeyes and two doubles groups are within the ITA rankings this week. In singles, Irina Cantos Siemers is No. 18, Sydni Ratliff is No. 36 and Shelly Bereznyak is No. 91. As a doubles staff, Cantos Siemers and Ratliff are ranked twenty eighth.

Buckeye This and That

• Ohio State enters the weekend 16-6 total. The squad beat Michigan State final Friday after which had an eight-match profitable streak finish with a 4-1 loss at No. 6 Michigan final Sunday.
• Ohio State is 8-1 within the Huge Ten, tied with Illinois for second. Michigan clinched the common season title with an 11-0 report.
• The Buckeyes have secured a High 5 end within the league standings. The High 4 get a double bye into the quarterfinals of the Huge Ten Event. The Buckeyes and Illini haven’t met this season. If the groups end the common season tied, the tiebreaker (after face to face) is ITA rating following this weekend’s motion. This week, the Buckeyes are ninth and the Illini are No. 31.
• The loss to the Wolverines ended a 29-match profitable streak for the Buckeyes in Huge Ten common season matches. The streak began March 5, 2021 (following a 4-3 loss to Michigan Feb. 28, 2021). Ohio State was 11-0 in convention play in 2022 and 15-1 in 2021.
• Lucia Marzal, who had an 11-match profitable streak finish vs. the Wolverines, has a 14-2 ledger in twin matches, whereas Shelly Bereznyak is 13-1 and Irina Cantos Siemers is 12-4. In B1G matches, Danielle Willson is a team-best 6-0, with Bereznyak and Cantos Siemers 5-0, Marzal 5-1 and Kolie Allen 4-0.
• Willson enters the weekend on a seven-match profitable streak in accomplished matches, Bereznyak has received her final six accomplished and Cantos Siemers has received 5 in a row.
• General, Marzal is first with 21 wins this yr and Sydni Ratliff is second with 20 wins. Bereznyak and Cantos Siemers every have 19.
• In doubles, the tandem of Allen and Danielle Willson is first for the squad with an 11-3 mark in twin matches. Bereznyak and Isabelle Boulais are 7-4 in twin play as a tandem.
• Allen has a team-high 13 victories in doubles twin motion, with Willson second with 11.
• The Buckeyes completed their common season dwelling slate 13-1, with the one loss to NC State, 4-3.
• Marzal and Kathleen Jones have been chosen for the brand new NextGen Program within the Ohio State Athletics Division. The complete-time, paid alternative with advantages for graduating student-athletes is designed to supply expertise and talent improvement essential to place student-athletes to reach a profession inside intercollegiate athletics. Learn extra about this system HERE.

The Schedule Forward

• The Huge Ten Event is at Purdue subsequent week.
• Seeds 11-14 begin play subsequent Wednesday (April 26), Nos. 5-10 start within the second spherical subsequent Thursday (April 27) and the High 4 seeds kick off motion within the quarterfinals subsequent Friday (April 28). The semifinals are set for subsequent Saturday (April 29) and the ultimate might be performed at midday subsequent Sunday (April 30).
• The matches might be streamed by Huge Ten Plus and dwell outcomes might be accessible.
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