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.
The Big Ten regular season champion Buckeyes end the season 21-6 and in the second round of the NCAA Championship with a 4-2 loss to Vanderbilt today.
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“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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