No. 8 Buckeyes Down Kentucky, 4-2

Outcomes

COLUMBUS, Ohio – With 4 singles wins, the No. 8 Ohio State ladies’s tennis group battled to a 4-2 victory over Kentucky Wednesday within the Ty Tucker Tennis Heart. After dropping the doubles level, Buckeyes Irina Cantos Ratliff, Lucia Marzal and Danielle Willson put Ohio State up 3-1 with straight-set singles wins. The ultimate three matches got here right down to a 3rd set. Kentucky received the following accomplished match for a 3-2 group rating. Buckeye sophomore Sydni Ratliff clinched the win, as she took the courtroom one matchup.

The Buckeyes, on a five-match profitable streak, enhance to 13-5 on the 12 months (5-0 Large Ten). The Wildcats are 12-10 this season (4-6 SEC).

Quoting head coach Melissa Schaub

“We battled actually exhausting in singles all through at present and I’m pleased with that. We had been up towards the ropes and confirmed resiliency after we wanted to. Syd profitable the final three video games on the finish simply says quite a bit about how effectively she is competing.”

Up Subsequent

Ohio State will shut a three-match homestand and its common season dwelling slate with two Large Ten matches. The Buckeyes will tackle Nebraska at 4 p.m. Friday and Iowa at midday Sunday. 5 Buckeyes– Kolie Allen, Isabelle Boulais, Kathleen Jones, Lucia Marzal and Danielle Willson – might be acknowledged Sunday on Senior Day.

Admission and parking are free to all Ohio State common season dwelling matches. The matches are scheduled to be performed exterior on the Auer Tennis Complicated however might be moved contained in the Ty Tucker Tennis Heart within the occasion of inclement climate. Examine the ladies’s tennis social media feeds on Fb and Twitter on match day for location info.

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In Doubles

• Kentucky took the doubles level, with courtroom three and courtroom one wins.
• On courtroom 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 had been down early however received 5 video games in a row en path to the victory.
• The Wildcats clinched the purpose, as No. 44-ranked Elizabeth Stevens and Carolota Molina got here again from down 1-4 to win 6-4 towards No. 19-ranked Irina Cantos Siemers and Sydni Ratliff.

In Singles

• Irina Cantos Siemers, ranked twenty first, dropped simply two video games in every set to high Ellie Eades on courtroom two, 6-2, 6-2, tying the group rating at one.
• Lucia Marzal adopted with a straight-set victory over Zoe Hammond on courtroom 5. She received the primary set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (1). Within the second, Marzal was down early however received 5 video games in a row for a 5-3 lead and closed it out, 6-4.
• The courtroom six match additionally went the Buckeyes’ means, with a tiebreak within the first set and 6-4 rating within the second. Danielle Willson received the first-set tiebreak, 7-5. Within the second, Makayla Mills was up 3-0 earlier than Willson went on a four-game run to go forward 4-3. After Mills broke again, Willson added one other break after which held for the match and a 3-1 Ohio State lead.
• The ultimate three matches went to a 3rd set.
• The Wildcats’ Lidia Gonzalez received vs. Kolie Allen on courtroom 4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, to make it a 3-2 group rating.
• On courtroom one, No. 33-ranked Sydni Ratliff confronted UK’s Elizabeth Stevens. The Wildcat took the primary set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (2). Ratliff rolled within the second, 6-1. Within the third, Stevens opened with a break and a maintain earlier than Ratliff received three in a row. The Wildcat held for a three-all match however Ratliff received the following three to seal the match and the group win.
• The courtroom three match was left unfinished with UK’s Carlota Molina main Buckeye Shelly Bereznyak within the third set.
• Marzal is on a nine-match profitable streak. She and Bereznyak lead the squad with a 12-1 report in twin matches. Cantos Siemers is 9-4, with Ratliff 8-5 and Willson 4-0.