Buckeyes in Motion at ITA All-American Championships

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four members of the Ohio State ladies’s tennis workforce are in Cary, N.C., for the ITA All-American Championships. The match, which incorporates singles and doubles, consists of prequalifying, qualifying and man draw motion.

The All-American Championships are the primary occasion of the yr the place gamers can earn a berth into the NCAA Championships, which can be held this fall. Ten singles gamers (eight foremost draw quarterfinalists and two feed-in comfort finalists) and 4 doubles groups (4 foremost draw semifinalists) will earn a spot. Read more on the Path to the NCAA Championships

Prequalifying Doubles

Audrey Spencer and Nao Nishino have been the No. 3 seed within the doubles prequalifying draw and received two matches in straight units to advance to the qualifying bracket, downing groups from Kansas and Arkansas.

Qualifying, Day One

Audrey Spencer and Nao Nishino each posted a first-round win, with Spencer successful in straight units and Nishino rallying for a three-set victory.

In doubles, the duo of Teah Chavez and Luciana Perry, the No. 2 seed in qualifying, got here from behind for a victory, 0-6, 7-6, 10-8, with the tandem down 3-6 within the match tiebreaker. The tandem of Spencer and Nishino was clipped in a match tiebreaker, 1-6, 6-4, 10-5, towards a duo from Wichita State, the No. 3 seed within the qualifying draw.

ITA All-American Championships

Sept. 20-27 – Cary, N.C.

Prequalifying Doubles (Sept. 20-21)

R1: No. 63 Audrey Spencer/Nao Nishino (OSU) def. No. 85 Meg McCarty/Sandugash Kenzhibayeva (Kansas), 6-3, 7-5

R2: No. 63 Audrey Spencer/Nao Nishino (OSU) def. No. 78 Anet Koskel/Carolina Gomez Alonso (Arkansas), 6-4, 6-2

Qualifying Singles (Sept. 22)

R1: No. 65 Audrey Spencer (OSU) def. No. 115 Jade Groen, 6-2, 6-1

R1: No. 60 Nao Nishino (OSU) def. No. 112 Victoria Osuigwe, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Qualifying Doubles (Sept. 22)

R1: No. 29 Teah Chavez/Luciana Perry (OSU) def. Kavya Karra/Stephanie Yakoff (Yale), 0-6, 7-6 (8), 10-8

R1: No. 31 Giorgia Roselli/Xin Tong Wang (Wichita State) def. Nao Nishino/Audrey Spencer (OSU), 1-6, 6-4, 10-5