Women's Tennis Heads to Columbus to Face Ohio State

Saturday, March 12

Columbus, Ohio

3 PM

Xavier University

Ohio State

Women's Tennis Heads to Columbus to Face Ohio State

03.11.22 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers and the Buckeyes face off at 3:00 p.m.

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis heads up I-71 on Saturday to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes at 3:00 p.m.

Following the match with Ohio State, Xavier heads to Louisville to take on the Cardinals on Friday, March 18.

OHIO STATE

Ohio State enters the match at 7-3 with wins over Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Pepperdine and Penn State, entering the match with Xavier on a five-match win streak.
The Buckeyes went 23-4 overall, playing to 15-1 in a Big Ten only regular season and earning a top-10 national ranking.
Ohio State went on to beat Michigan State, Iowa and Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament to win the title and an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship.
The Buckeyes took wins over UIC (4-0) in the first round, and Vanderbilt (4-3) in the second round before falling to Texas (4-1) in the Round of 16.
The two programs last faced off in 2015-16, a 6-1 win for the Buckeyes in Columbus.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After picking up a sixth singles win for the season last weekend, sophomore Imani Graham was named the BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week by the conference on Thursday.
Graham, originally from St. Johns, Fla., picked up a victory in No. 1 singles this past week against Saint Francis.
The sophomore defeated Dominique Yeo, 6-1, 6-4 to help the Musketeers to a 7-0 team victory. Graham is now 6-3 overall on the season, including a 4-1 mark in the No. 1 singles slot.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's tennis picked up a 7-0 sweep of Saint Francis on Saturday.
In doubles play, Anna Roggenburk and Imani Graham took the first decision, a 6-1 win on the No. 1 court, and Ahmeir Kyle and Emily Thomas clinched the point on the No. 1 court with a 6-2 win. Natalie Moyer and Kat Lyman trailed 5-3 on the No. 3 court when the point was decided.
Blessing Nwaozuzu picked up the first singles decision, winning 6-3, 6-1 on the No. 4 court. Xavier stretched it to a 3-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win on the No. 2 court for Kat Lyman.
Anna Smith clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-1 win on the No. 3 court, putting Xavier ahead 4-0.
Imani Graham took the No. 1 court, 6-1, 6-4, Anne-Sophie Courteau picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win on the No. 5 court and Bella Kirby won on No. 6, 6-1, 6-4, to make it a 7-0 Xavier sweep.

THE MUSKETEERS

Xavier returned seven letterwinners from last season's BIG EAST Championship squad, including Ahmeir Kyle and Anna Roggenburk, who were were unanimous selections to the All-BIG EAST First Team.
Roggenburk also earned the nod as Freshman of the Year for the conference while Kyle became the first Musketeer to qualify for the NCAA DI Singles Championship.
The Musketeers also return all-conference honoree Kat Lyman, who earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team.
Xavier added a pair of newcomers as well in graduate transfer Anna Smith, joining the Musketeers from Marshall, as well as freshman Bella Kirby.
The Musketeers also added a mid-year transfer in graduate student Anne-Sophie Courteau. She comes to Xavier from West Virginia, where she collected over 75 combined wins in four seasons, including 44 singles wins and 34 doubles wins.