NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament Preview: Can Ohio State go all the way?
The Ohio State Buckeyes women's tennis team enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 overall seed and is one of the favorites to win it all.
The Ohio State Buckeyes women's tennis program has been one of the country's better programs for over a decade now, though it has had a few down years recently. This year, though, the Buckeyes are definitely a threat to win it all. They're also potentially upset-prone, though.
So let's look at their path in the NCAA Tournament and where the biggest threats are. First of all, let's review how NCAA Tennis works. Each team puts up three doubles pairs, who play a one-set match each.
Whichever team wins two doubles sets gets one point. After that, there are six singles matches (best-of-three sets). Each singles match is worth one point.
So, that makes seven points in total (one doubles, six singles). The first team to four total points wins. Ohio State earned the No.