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COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a contest that saw five singles matches go to a third set, the No. 9 Ohio State women’s tennis team fell to No. 13 Northwestern, 4-3, Sunday in consolation play at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in Stillwater, Okla.
The Wildcats won the doubles point and Buckeye senior Luna Dormet tied the match with a straight-set victory on court six. The remaining five matches went to a third set, with four first set wins by the Buckeyes. Ohio State went ahead 3-1, as Irina Cantos Siemers won on court one and Isabelle Boulais was victorious on court two. Northwestern won the final three matches, overcoming first-set losses on courts three, four and five. The team point came down to a third-set tiebreaker on court five.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9-ranked Ohio State women’s tennis team is slated to host nine Big Ten matches, and travel for seven B1G contests, during the 2021 regular season, the conference announced.
The Buckeyes are 2-0 this season after winning twice during ITA Kickoff Weekend to earn a spot at the eight-team ITA National Team Indoor Championship, which will be held Friday through Monday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
After National Indoors, Ohio State is slated for 16 consecutive Big Ten contests. Conference play starts with home matches against Purdue Feb. 13 and Indiana Feb. 14, followed by a road trip for matchups with Maryland and Rutgers Feb. 20-21.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Irina Cantos Siemers, a sophomore on the No. 9 Ohio State women’s tennis team, has been named the UTR ITA Player of the Week, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced Thursday. Cantos Siemers, from Barcelona, Spain, posted three wins to help the Buckeyes advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
Playing court two for the Buckeyes, Cantos Siemers, ranked 78th, posted a three-set win over No. 11-ranked Natasha Subhash of Virginia, tying the team score at two en route to a 4-2 Buckeye victory Sunday. In singles Saturday, Cantos Siemers led No. 121 Viktoriya Kanapatskaya of Syracuse, 6-2, 4-4, when the Buckeyes clinched the 4-0 team victory and her match was suspended.