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Fall Tennis 2k22

Ohio State hosts

By Winners OnlyPublished 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 2 min read
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Kolie, Imani, Florence & Jaedan

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At noon, Ohio State will host Penn State, Xavier, Michigan and Kentucky in NCAA collegiate tennis action. The teams will face each other throughout the weekend at the Buckeye Invitational. Here is a look at the schedule.

Friday (noon) : Ohio State vs. Penn State , Michigan vs. Kentucky , Xavier vs. Ohio State/Penn State

Saturday (11 a.m.): Ohio State vs. Michigan , Penn State vs. Xavier , Kentucky vs. Ohio State/Penn State

Sunday (11 a.m.): Ohio State vs. Xavier , Kentucky vs. Penn State , Michigan vs. OSU/PSU

Ohio State's Kolie Allen is a fifth-year player. From Lombard, Illinois and standing at the height of 5-11, Allen, went 12-7 in singles play during the spring. During the entire 2021-22 season she went 16-12, which was her most successful year since her freshman campaign in 2018-19 when she finished 21-7. Overall, Allen is 61-41 as a singles competitor at Ohio State. She has an impressive 23-11 record in Big Ten action during her career as well.

Sophomore Sydni Ratliff was last season's Big Ten Freshman of the Year. The Ohio State budding star was also the ITA Midwest Rookie of the Year. A 5-6 sophomore, from Columbus, Ohio, Ratliff went 28-11 as a singles competitor, including 8-2 in the Big Ten. In doubles action she was 25-18.

Ohio State's Isabelle Boulais, a grad student from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is a three-time All-Big Ten competitor. She earned all-conference honors last season after going 17-12 in singles and 22-10 in doubles. In conference play Boulais was 7-2 in both singles and doubles competition. The 5-9 player started her career earning Big Ten Freshman of the Year and ITA Midwest Region Rookie of the Year honors in 2019.

Imani Graham is a junior at Xavier. From St. Johns, Florida, Graham stands at 5-11. She competed in doubles action at the ITA All-American Championship in Cary, North Carolina, at the beginning of the month, where she and teammate Kat Lyman advanced the quarterfinals. Graham earned All-Big East honors after recording a 14-6 record in dual play.

Michigan's Jaedan Brown was an All-Big Ten selection during the 2021-22 season. During her sophomore campaign she was the Big Ten Tournament MVP. Over her first two seasons she has gone 23-1 in conference play as a singles competitor. Her overall record is 47-18 in singles. On Oct. 9, she and teammate Kari Miller advanced to the ITA All-American doubles final. The duo toppled teams from North Carolina, Wake Forest, Texas A&M and Virginia before falling in the finals to Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki of North Carolina State. Brown also earned a win over Carmen Corley of Oklahoma in singles play.

Kentucky's Florence Urrutia is a 5-4 junior from Santa Fe, Argentina. Previously competing at University of Miami, Urrutia led Kentucky with a 14-10 record in her first season as a Wildcat. She also finished 11-8 in doubles action. She shined during the first round of the SEC Tournament with a win over Safiya Carrington of LSU. In two seasons at Miami, Urrutia complied a 21-11 singles record and was 22-12 in doubles play.

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