#13 Buckeyes Sweep Orange in Season Opener

Saturday, January 23

Columbus, OH

9 AM

Syracuse University

Ohio State

The Orange opened the season at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.

1/23/2021 12:22:00 PM | Tennis

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Syracuse took to the court for the first time in more than 10 months at the ITA Kickoff Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 23. The host and 13th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes shutout the Orange in the opening round, 4-0. Syracuse will play either Tennessee or Virginia in the consolation match on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m.

Ohio State won the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. The squads split the first two matches as Syracuse sophomore Polina Kozyreva and junior Sofya Trescheva defeated Kolie Allen and Kathleen Jones, 6-1, at the No. 2 spot, while Ohio State's Irina Cantos and Lucia Marzal posted a 6-3 win against graduate student Miranda Ramirez and sophomore Zeynep Erman at No. 3. The Buckeyes took the point after Luna Dormet and Lisa Hofbauer posted a 6-3 victory against graduate student Natalie Novotna and freshman Viktoriya Kanapatskaya in the No. 1 spot.

OSU posted wins at No. 3 and No. 5 singles and clinched the match when Marzal defeated Trescheva at No. 4, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). Novotna, who was making her Syracuse debut after transferring from Virginia Tech last spring, and Allen split the first two sets at No. 1 singles and were heading to the third set when the match was called.

The Orange will face either Tennessee or Virginia on Sunday in the consolation match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend.