EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State women’s tennis battled hard but could not fend off No. 7 Ohio State, falling to the Buckeyes 4-1 at the MSU Outdoor Tennis Center on Friday evening. The loss drops MSU to 8-13 (1-9 Big Ten) while Ohio State moves to 16-5 (8-0 Big Ten) this spring.
“It was a tremendous effort,” said head coach Kim Bruno. “We have had opportunities and I see a path to victory in every match but we just have not been able to play a complete match. We are a really good team and we just have to regroup.”
Battling the evening heat, both teams came out looking to make strong impressions in the doubles portion, trading blows at the No. 2 and No. 3 slots. The Buckeyes would take an early advantage at the No. 2 court as the duo of Danielle Willson and Kolie Allen defeated MSU’s Issey Purser and Marley Lambert, 6-2. However, the Spartans would take a quick lead at the No. 3 position and never look back as Spartans Juliette Nask and Dagmar Zdrubecka dispatched OSU’s Shelly Bereznyak and Isabelle Boulais, 6-3.
The Spartans would clinch the doubles point in dramatic fashion as the pairing of Ayshe Can and Liisa Vehvilainen earned their 10th victory as a pair this spring, rattling off five-straight game wins to defeat the Buckeyes’ Sydni Ratliff and Irina Cantos Siemers, 7-5.
In singles, the Buckeyes would jump out to first set leads on the even courts, putting the Spartans at an early disadvantage. Ohio State would claim the first singles point as Cantos defeated MSU’s Purser with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at the No. 2 slot. The Buckeyes would then take the lead at the No. 4 slot as OSU’s…
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