No. 48 Iowa Falls to No. 3 Ohio State in Home Finale

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The 48th-ranked University of Iowa women’s tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 3 Ohio State on Senior Day at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex. 

Ohio State opened the match by securing the highly-contested doubles point. On court two, No. 13 Hephzibah Oluwadare and Teah Chavez defeated Tereza Dejnozkova and Emma Tothová, 6-2. The Hawkeyes responded at No. 3, where Nikita Vishwase and Pia Kranholdt added a 6-2 victory over Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev and Audrey Spencer.

The Buckeyes clinched the point on court one, where No. 53 Flora Johnson and Luciana Perry edged No. 49 Daianne Hayashida and Mia Mack, 7-6(3).

In singles action, No. 4 Chavez defeated Hayashida, 6-3, 6-1 on court two to extend Ohio State’s lead. On court one, No. 5 Perry added a 6-4, 6-1 victory over No. 52 Mack. The Buckeyes clinched the match on court four, where Nao Nishino defeated Tothová, 7-6(5), 6-0.

The remaining singles matches were left unfinished. At No. 3, Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev led Dejnozkova, 4-6, 6-4, 2-0. On court five, Vishwase held a 6-2, 5-4 lead over No. 114 Spencer. At No. 6, Kranholdt was battling Johnson, 3-6, 6-3, 1-1. 

QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA BOROS
“This is a great senior class. They were the group that got us back to postseason play. They have all been in the national rankings and done historic things to help us as a team. I’m really grateful for them, and they should be proud of the impact they’ve had on our program.”

“Today was a hard-fought match. We left four points on the board. We want to be as positive as possible, but we can’t accept being close when we really need to take that next step. I think playing them in January was really good for us. The more that you get used to playing top-five teams, you can settle in. Obviously, they were better than us today in a few key moments.”

UP NEXT
Iowa (10-11, 4-6) will face Nebraska on April 11 at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center. 

No. 3 Ohio State 4, No. 48 Iowa 0

SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1 - No. 5 Luciana Perry (OSU) def. No. 52 Mia Mack (UI): 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 - No. 4 Teah Chavez (OSU) def. Daianne Hayashida (UI): 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 - Tereza Dejnozkova (UI) vs. Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev (OSU): 6-4, 4-6, 0-2 (unfinished)
No. 4 - Nao Nishino (OSU) def. Emma Tothová (UI): 7-6(5), 6-0
No. 5 - Nikita Vishwase (UI) vs. No. 114 Audrey Spencer (OSU): 6-2, 5-4 (unfinished)
No. 6 - Pia Kranholdt (UI) vs. Flora Johnson (OSU): 3-6, 6-3, 1-1 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 2,1,4

DOUBLES
No. 1 - No. 53 Johnson/ Perry (OSU) def. No. 49 Hayashida/Mack (UI): 7-6(3)
No. 2 - No. 13 Oluwadare/Chavez (OSU) def. Dejnozkova/Tothová (UI): 6-2
No. 3 - Vishwase/Kranholdt (UI) def. Cisse-Ignatiev/Spencer (OSU): 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,3,1