Both of the Ohio State tennis teams are attempting to make a run towards a Big Ten Tournament championship, and so far, so good. The No. 1-seeded women were in action on Friday morning and took care of business by beating No. 8 seed Illinois 4-0 to advance to the semifinals.
OSU got the all-important doubles point to go up 1-0 and to get things started off right with victories from Teah Chavez and Hephzibah Oluwadare, and Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer.
Things continued to roll in the singles matches. No. 4-ranked Luciana Perry clinched the first singles point on court one with a 6-3, 6-1 win. That was followed by a win by Hephzibah Oluwadare 6-3, 6-4 on court six to give Ohio State a 3-0 lead. Shortly after that, things were put on ice with a 6-4, 6-2 victory on court two by No. 5 Teah Chavez.
The Buckeyes will now play No. 4 seed UCLA, which got by No. 5 seed Washington by a score of 4-1. The contest is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at the Auer Tennis Complex on the campus of Ohio State in Columbus.
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The Buckeyes started things off in the right way by winning the all-important doubles point with victories from Teah Chavez and Hephzibah Oluwadare, and Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer to go up 1-0.
We'll continue to follow along as the women try to advance to the finals on Saturday afternoon.
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