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Ohio High School Tennis
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2026
It's Time.
It's time for States, and more importantly, it's time to play this video.
Click on the image to the right or click on the link below to go to the draws:
ohiotenniszone.com/draws |
State Tennis Draws - Click to enlarge |
The OTZ Enhanced draws will be updated throughout the day. The normal cycle is that I take a few photos, talk with a few people, get distracted, and update the draws.
Weather conditions look better today than they did earlier in the week. Check with your coach for the latest information. The OHSAA web site will likely also be updated with any changes.
Great job to the coaches and athletic departments for providing the player photos that I did not have. There are photos for all 96 players in the OTZ online draws.
If you have not been to the Lindner Family Tennis Center recently, you are in for a treat. The place is amazing. It is even more amazing that high school players get to compete there.
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Mason-area weather @5:15am on Thursday |
This will be a busy OTZ usage day. To help OTZ run a little faster, older information has been removed from the OTZ home page to enable it to it load faster.
Note that the forecast is from early Thursday morning. I may put on a bit of suntan lotion just in case..
Off to Mason.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026
OTZ "Top Picks for States" Video
It is time for another OhioTennisZone video. This video recognizes the players who are OTZ's top picks for States. The video uses a combination of OTZ action photos and videos that were taken over the last two years. Hope you find it to be interesting and informative. This will also help match a name with a face for those who attend States.
Click for OTZ Top Picks for States - Click for video |
Time frames are always super tight in creating these videos. The plan was to start this video on Sunday, but that did not happen. I doubt that I ever will, but I would like to get to a 95% ok video level, but this one probably comes in at about 85%. This was done in "two-takes", but I really need about "10 takes" to get it smooth. It is really hard to become proficient in something that is done just twice a year, but I will keep trying. I did create my own teleprompter to make the task easier by using a music stand, a picture frame, and strategically placed gaffer's tape. For some reason, it is getting a little harder to read it every year..
For a better viewing experience, please click on the little gear thingy and select 1080p60 HD. The screen can also be enlarged by clicking on the partially completed "square".
Google will likely include advertisements with this and other OTZ videos. I do not have any control over who advertises, nor does OTZ benefit financially from these advertisers.
Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies - there always are and you always do. I do not purposely try to say names incorrectly. Really. I don't. I should establish some sort of prize for the player with the most mangled name. For consideration, please enter a Feedback. Note that Mason's Emma Wagner is going to play for Quinnipiac University next fall.
It is fun to review older videos. Here are a few from both prior girls and boys seasons. Click for Girls 2020, Boys 2021, Girls 2021, Boys 2022, Girls 2022, Boys 2023, Girls 2023, Boys 2024, Girls 2024, Boys 2025, Girls 2025, and Boys 2026. Hopefully you will agree that the production quality has improved at least slightly over the years. At one point, I created "hype" videos for States that included action photos of the players in the State Tournament and the State Team Tournament, but Google eventually prevented professional music from being used. That eliminated my interest. Perhaps with AI generated music, this will be possible again in the future. Here is one from Girls 2019. Tennis fans will recognize a few of these high school players. (In fact, there are a few sisters of current players (Anna Mills, Katie Zerbi, and Saanvi Reddy) included in the 2019 video.
The OTZ-Enhanced State Draws are now complete and they include photos of all of the 96 players in the draws. Thanks to the coaches and athletic departments for filling in the gaps. Really alert readers will discover that the web site loads faster later today. That is because past articles are going to be removed.
Tomorrow's update will be very brief as I travel to States.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2026
OTZ Alumni Report (Sneak Peek)
There is always something going on in the background at OTZ, and a "sneak peak" of a new report is an example of this. It is the OTZ Alumni Report and it provides a quick look at the past players (boys and girls) who have competed on a school team. It also goes beyond this by also showing past team photos and what many of these players are now doing by using LinkedIn.
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Sycamore Alumni Report - Click to team page |
This report currently just shows Sycamore's alumni, but more teams will be released over time. Schools that have purchased team memberships in the past will be done first.
More Linkedin connections to profiles will also be added over time. Help from users may also be solicited for this.
What happens when the LinkedIn links are clicked? Examples are shown with Gabriella Frischer (2023 graduate) and Mark Karev (2022 graduate). (Mark is currently also an assistant coach for Columbus School for Girls, and he is in the team photo.)
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Frischer - Click to enlarge |
Karev - Click to enlarge |
Do you work at a company that needs an engineer? Hopefully another benefit of this report is to help establish connections between past players and those who need to hire good employees.
This report will likely go behind the "paywall" when it is fully released.
Why release this report today? I am about eight hours ahead of time on working on the Top Picks for States video.. The plans are to release the video tomorrow (or possibly tonight).
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026
Mason Beats Centerville for Final Final Four Spot
The field is set for "States" and the State Team Tournament. Mason defeated Centerville yesterday to earn the Southwest District D1 spot. Mason will play Avon in the first round. (First Round: CEN vs NW and NE vs SW. D2 plays first.) To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws. (This is the final update for this report for the season.)
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Southwest D1 State Qualifiers - Click to enlarge |
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Southwest D2 State Qualifiers - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Mason's Emma Wagner defeated Centerville's Mia Trubee; Mason's Harine Karthikeyan beat Centerville's Malaya Edwards; and Mason's Megha Soundar defeated Centerville's Medha Kotte. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Overall, the State Draws look pretty good from a competition standpoint. D1 singles is going to be really tough in each of the quarters, and the eventual champion will really deserve the honor. In D2 singles, the fourth quarter is not as strong as the others. D1 dubs looks really solid. D2 dubs has a clear favorite, and the top half of the draw is going to be especially tough.
The plan is to introduce (actually tease) a new report this week, but that is going to be super tough to do.
Special thanks to Mason's Coach Mike Reid for today's group photos of the Southwest State Qualifiers. Please contact me asap for any incorrect names. (The Finley father provided his daughters' names..)
If any group photos surface for the other Districts, they will be added. They will need to include all of the players from the various teams - not just for one team.
Please contact me now if you would like an OTZ photo of your daughter from States or the State Team Tournament. These are digital images that can be used by you, the grandparents, the school year book, for the Christmas / holiday card, fan club, etc.
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Mason Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
This will obviously be a crazy busy week. More player photos will be requested today for the state draws, and they will be added soon after they are received. There are 13 photos still needed out of the 96 players in the draws. The process to create the "OTZ Top Picks for States" video is about to begin. (Mrs. OTZ becomes less than happy when the OTZ basement is converted into a trip-hazard studio, and the video "green screen" covers the regular TV screen..)
The weather forecast is for the Mason area. Cross your fingers. The State Team tournament weather looks promising, but chilly.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026 3:00PM
State Draws Released
The OHSAA has released the draws. The OTZ Enhanced Draws are now available. Please click on the image below or on the link at the top of the page.
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State Draws - Click to view |
More player photos will be added throughout the day, but many are needed. If your daughter's (or player's) photo is not included by the end of today, please email one to me. Submit a Feedback to get my email address.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026
Ready for the State Draws
The field is set for States. It is uncertain if the OHSAA will prepare the draws today or tomorrow. The District draw results are posted above for all Districts, except for the Southwest.
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Central D1 State Qualifiers - Click to enlarge |
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Central D2 State Qualifiers - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell defeated Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth and Watterson's Ava Scott; Orange's Genevieve Hayden beat Gilmour Academy's Maeryn Ryznar and Laurel's Rida Tahir; Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Ella Workinger defeated Hudson's Anna Li and Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo; and Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao beat Columbus School for Girls' Iva Karagirova.
Sylvania Southview's Elise Vens defeated Notre Dame Academy's Emily Mayhall and Anthony Wayne's Cora Langenderfer; Maumee Valley Country Day's Valentina Buchkova beat Shawnee's Naroor and Columbian's Leah Weingart; Turpin’s Makayla Malone defeated Centerville's Mia Trubee and Oak Hills' Renee Harper; and Oakwood's Mila Gelbart beat Northwestern's Sadie Pilson and Wyoming's Nina Myatt. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Congratulations to all of the State Qualifiers. They are:Central Division I (seed order)
Singles: Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell, Watterson's Ava Scott, Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth, Watkins Memorial's Nora Grennan.
Doubles: New Albany's Valentina Suslova - Claire Siegel, Upper Arlington's Nancy Li - Zoe Lloyd, Olentangy Orange's Aaria Gala - Zoe Haar, Dublin Coffman's Emma Zerbi - Eknoor Kaur.
Central Division II (seed order)
Singles: Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao, Columbus School for Girls' Iva Karagirova.
Doubles: Worthington Christian's Evie Bourgeois - Tori Bourgeois, Columbus School for Girls' Emme Dizon - Hannah Goldberg.
Northeast Division I (seed order)
Singles: Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Ella Workinger, Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo, Hudson's Emma Liu, Hudson's Anna Li, Amherst-Steele's Katelyn Bussard, Strongsville's Mallory Koch.
Doubles: Massillon Jackson's Ashley Helle - Claire Williams, Magnificat's Elizabeth Ammori - Marissa Packer, Rocky River's Lily Crull - Allie Huff, Massillon Jackson's Kamryn Rieder - Halle Smith, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy's Delanie Moore- Grace Saffles, Willoughby South's Cara Nejak - Lindsay Nejak.
Northeast Division II (seed order)
Singles: Orange's Genevieve Hayden, Laurel's Rida Tahir, Orange's Maeryn Ryznar, Ursuline's Maria Meranto, Hathaway Brown's Lucia Holiday.
Doubles: Gilmour Academy's Grier Peckham - Abigail Lynch, Hathaway Brown's Anna Mills - Ava Kamensky, Hawken's Valeria Kislyansky - Emery Grossman, Orange's Melanie Statsevych - Raina Patel, Orange's Ivy Berlin - Adele Tokmazeysky.
Northwest Divison I (seed order)
Singles: Sylvania Southview's Elise Vens, Anthony Wayne's Cora Langenderfer..
Doubles: Toledo St. Ursula Academy's Paige Schlageter - Taylor Kayse, Notre Dame Academy's Hannah Tam - Gigi Zaleski.
Northwest Division II (seed order)
Singles: Maumee Valley Country Day’s Valentina Buchkova, Columbian's Leah Weingart, St. Mary Central Catholic's Rae Roth, Shawnee's Riya Naroor.
Doubles: Shawnee's Lila Brennan - Alivia Mack, Clyde's Ariah Farrar - Kenzlie Guhn, Port Clinton’s Jae Mazur - Shantha Weit, Ottawa Hills’ Olivia Stumbo - Lorena Guardia.
Southeast Division II
Singles: Waverly's Claire Morrison.
Doubles: Marietta's Jaida Perez -Theda Tofoute.
Southwest Division I (seed order)
Singles: Turpin's Makayla Malone, Oak Hills' Renee Harper, Centerville's Elise Hedrick, Centerville's Mia Trubee.
Doubles: Mason's Emma Wagner - Saanvi Reddy, Seton's Elle Finley - Helena Finley, Beavercreek's Ansley Violette - Yuzu Olson, Mason's Harine Karthikeyan - Megha Soundar .
Southwest Division II (seed order)
Singles: Oakwood's Mila Gelbart, Wyoming's Nina Myatt, Northwestern's Sadie Pilson, Mariemont's Lucy Hanser.
Doubles: Oakwood's Niobe Beiersdorfer - Narella Beiersdorfer, Indian Hill's Ella Kim - Elle Mikula, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy's Corinne Labin - Miranda Wang, Mariemont's Allie Tully - Mia Eberlein.
As for the State Qualifier group photos, the Central District D1 State Qualifier photo is very similar to last year's. Click for the 2025 photo. Thanks to Mason's Mike Reid, the Southwest Qualifier group photos, will be posted tomorrow.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026
District Seeding Rounds
The District seeding rounds take place today, but there are still a few State Qualifier spots to be determined in the Northeast and Northwest Districts.
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Upper Arlington - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Upper Arlington. They are coached by Shaun Stamps. They are Team Members, and they are led by Alexa Roth, Kylie Husted, and Carmen Kimmel.
Northeast Division II (alpha order)
Singles: Orange's Genevieve Hayden, Orange's Maeryn Ryznar, Ursuline's Maria Meranto, Laurel's Rida Tahir, TBD.
Doubles: Gilmour Academy's Grier Peckham - Abigail Lynch, Hawken's Valeria Kislyansky - Emery Grossman, Orange's Melanie Statsevych - Raina Patel, Hathaway Brown's Anna Mills - Ava Kamensky, TBD.
Northwest Division II (alpha order)
Singles: Maumee Valley Country Day’s Valentina Buchkova, Shawnee's Riya Naroor, St. Mary Central Catholic's Rae Roth, Columbian's Leah Weingart.
Doubles: Clyde's Ariah Farrar - Kenzlie Guhn, Ottawa Hills’ Olivia Stumbo - Lorena Guardia, Port Clinton’s Jae Mazur - Shantha Weit, Shawnee's Lila Brennan - Alivia Mack.
More links to player profiles will be added later today.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026
Upper Arlington & CSG into Final Four | SW / NE Districts
Congratulations to the players who became State Qualifiers yesterday. They are listed below. In dual match play, Upper Arlington defeated Dublin Jerome and Columbus School For Girls beat Columbus Academy to claim their spots in the State Team Final Four. The last time that CSG was in the Final Four was in 2016. Click for the OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Anderson's Reese Meeker - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players,Oak Hills' Renee Harper defeated Springboro's Alaina Wipperman and Sycamore's Serena Sayles; Hudson's Emma Liu beat Strongsville's Charlotte Grauel and Amherst Steele's Katelyn Bussard; Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Ella Workinger defeated Revere's Sadhvi Kurra and Strongsville's Mallory Koch; Centerville's Elise Hedrick beat Mason's Evie Hu and Turpin's Alyssa Dittmann; Turpin’s Makayla Malone defeated Lebanon’s Cara Marshall and St. Ursula Academy's Becca Wilson; Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth beat Dublin Jerome's Sofia Rivera-Alvarez; Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo defeated Walsh Jesuit's Eva Amourgis and Avon's Ashley DeHaven; Oakwood's Mila Gelbart beat Madeira's Carolina Soto and Summit Country Day's Emily Lammers; Hudson’s Anna Li defeated Padua’s Ana Morgan and Massillon Perry’s Mackenzie Fearon; Centerville's Mia Trubee beat Walnut Hills' Perasa Poompanit and Springboro's Ellie Frost; Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao defeated Columbus School For Girls' Iva Karagirova; Mariemont's Lucy Hanser beat Tippecanoe's Maddy Lieber and Cincinnati Country Day's Reema Arebi; Wyoming’s Nina Myatt defeated Tippecanoe’s Sydney LaBreck and Mariemont’s Ava Millering; and Northwestern's Sadie Pilson beat Archbishop Alter’s Lauren Bigby and Mariemont’s Katie Tully. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Northeast Division I (alpha order)
Singles: Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo, Hudson's Anna Li, Hudson's Emma Liu, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Ella Workinger, TBD, TBD.
Doubles: Magnificat's Elizabeth Ammori - Marissa Packer, Massillon Jackson's Kamryn Rieder - Halle Smith, Massillon Ashley Helle - Claire Williams, Rocky River's Lily Crull - Allie Huff, TBD, TBD.
Southwest Division I (alpha order)
Singles: Oak Hills' Renee Harper, Centerville's Elise Hedrick, Turpin's Makayla Malone, Centerville's Mia Trubee.
Doubles: Beavercreek's Ansley Violette - Yuzu Olson, Mason's Harine Karthikeyan - Megha Soundar, Mason's - Emma Wagner - Saanvi Reddy, Seton's Elle Finley - Helena Finley.
Southwest Division II (alpha order)
Singles: Oakwood's Mila Gelbart, Mariemont's Lucy Hanser, Wyoming's Nina Myatt, Northwestern's Sadie Pilson.
Doubles: Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy's Corinne Labin - Miranda Wang, Indian Hill's Ella Kim - Elle Mikula, Mariemont's Allie Tully - Mia Eberlein, Oakwood's Niobe Beiersdorfer - Narella Beiersdorfer.
After being at matches for the last two days, there is no OTZ Photo Friday today. The sun was waaay too brilliant to get good photos at the Southwest Districts yesterday. Many girls wore hats or visors because it was so sunny, but the hats cast dark shadows across players' faces. Today's featured photo is of Anderson's hatless Reese Meeker. She was ripping a backhand with this stroke.
Speaking of photos, please take charge of getting a group photo to recognize the State Qualifiers in your District. I need them on a per District / Division. Mason's Mike Reid has graciously volunteered to get the Southwest District photos. I will take the photos for the Central District. Click to view past State Qualifier photos for examples. Bonus points are awarded for providing player names.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2026
Central District State Qualifiers | SW / NE D1 Districts Today
The Central District determined their State Qualifiers yesterday. Except for a modest wind that irritated umbrellas, weather conditions were perfect. The State Qualifiers are listed below. The Southwest and Northeast (D1) Districts will determine their State Qualifiers today (except for the NE's 5th / 6th spots)..
In the only dual match, Western Reserve Academy defeated Cathedral Preparatory-PA. To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Sycamore - Click to team page |
Among the top players, Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell defeated Westerville Central's Maya Olmos and Olentangy's Bianca Marin; Watterson's Ava Scott beat Olentangy's Harshini Mallipeddi and Olentangy Liberty's Ella Bright; Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth defeated DeSales' Sanaa Lisath and Worthington Kilbourne's Addi Bennington; Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao beat Columbus School for Girls' Paloma Sanchez and Wellington's Dea Singh; Watkins Memorial's Nora Grennan defeated Hilliard Bradley's Shriya Reddy and Westerville North's Mira Shyamalan; Columbus School for Girls' Iva Karagirova beat Worthington Christian's Elise Bourgeois and Wellington's Paige Thompson; and Western Reserve Academy's Rithi Hegde defeated Cathedral Preparatory-PA's Paige Patsy. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
The current State Qualifiers are:
Central Division I (alpha order)
Singles: Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell, Watkins Memorial's Nora Grennan, Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth, Watterson's Ava Scott.
Doubles: Dublin Coffman's Emma Zerbi - Eknoor Kaur; New Albany's Valentina Suslova - Claire Siegel, Olentangy Orange's Aaria Gala - Zoe Haar, Upper Arlington's Nancy Li - Zoe Lloyd.
Central Division II (alpha order)
Singles: Columbus School for Girls' Iva Karagirova and Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao.
Doubles: Columbus School for Girls' Emme Dizon - Hannah Goldberg, Worthington Christian's Evie Bourgeois - Tori Bourgeois.
Today's featured team is Sycamore. They are coached by Mike Teets. They are Team Members, and they are led by Serena Sayles, Shree Teredesai, and Maddy Levine.
OTZ will be zooming down to the Southwest District in a few minutes. I still have a few OTZ bag tags. Look me up if you would like one.
To determine two more State Team Final Four spots today, Dublin Jerome (H) plays Upper Arlington and the Columbus School for Girls competes against Columbus Academy.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026
Central Districts | End-of-Season Report
The Central District tournament begins today. The Central State Qualifiers will be determined by the end of today. The seeding rounds takes place on Saturday for all of the Districts.
In the State Team Tournament, Avon beat Hudson to secure the D1 Final Four Spot for the Northeast. Per Coach Korey, this is Avon's first Final Four in school history. Congratulations to them. Also congratulations to Toledo St. Ursula Academy and Lima Shawnee. They are the Northwest State Final Four representatives for D1 and D2, respectively. The only spots left to be decided are: Central D1, Central D2, and Southwest D1. Click to view OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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In yesterday's matches, Magnificat defeated Hathaway Brown and Orange beat Western Reserve Academy. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
Among the top players, Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo defeated Hathaway Brown's Anna Mills; Western Reserve Academy's Rithi Hegde beat Orange's Ivy Berlin; Western Reserve Academy's Catherine Cunningham defeated Orange's Navya Kambhampati; and Hathaway Brown's Ava Kamensky beat Magnificat's Maeve Soltesz. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
As the end-of-season approaches, coaches will want to check out the OTZ Season-to-Date Report. While this report can be run at anytime, it is an especially popular memento for players. Some coaches purchase an OTZ Membership specifically to gain access to this report. Users must be signed into OTZ to access it. It is located >>Tennis Statistics / Info >> OTZ Personalized Report >> Season-to-Date. To better utilize OTZ's picture assets, player photos (when available) were added to this report.
The Lindner Family Tennis Center (Cincinnati Sectional) never posted their results for Saturday. Just so that I could have placeholders, I entered all of the scores as 1-0, 0-0. Please email me with any scores that you have.
The Lindner Family Tennis Center will host basketball games today on Center Court. Ohio State plays University of Cincinnati at 3pm and Xavier plays University of Dayton at 5:30. Wish I had time to attend this.
Today's matches include: Western Reserve Academy (H) versus Cathedral Preparatory-PA. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2026
Orange and Oakwood into the Final Four
Orange defeated Gilmour Academy and Oakwood beat Indian Hill to secure the first spots in the State Team Final Four. Orange and Oakwood will represent the Northwest in D2 and the Southwest in D2, respectively. The close, 3-2 matches included: Big Walnut defeated Watkins Memorial and Western Reserve Academy beat Massillon Jackson. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Columbus School For Girls - Click to team page |
Among the top players, Orange's Genevieve Hayden defeated Gilmour Academy's Abigail Lynch; Oakwood's Mila Gelbart beat Indian Hill's Elle Mikula; Watkins Memorial's Nora Grennan defeated Big Walnut's Lane Rothhaar; Gilmour Academy's Grier Peckham beat Orange's Melanie Statsevych; Western Reserve Academy's Rithi Hegde defeated Massillon Jackson's Laila Tadayon; Gilmour Academy's Maeryn Ryznar beat Orange's Raina Patel; St. Joseph Academy's Kate Henry defeated Mayfield's Adithi Narayon; Western Reserve Academy's Catherine Cunningham beat Massillon Jackson's Ralyn Moss; Oakwood's Narella Beiersdorfer defeated Indian Hill's Ella Kim; and Lancaster’s Kenzie White beat Zanesville’s Bella Jarrett.Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today's featured team is Columbus School for Girls. They are coached by Shelby Cheses. They are Team Members, and they are led by Iva Karagirova, Guiliana Underdown, and Paloma Sanchez.
Today's matches include: Western Reserve Academy (H) versus Orange. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2026
OTZ College Report | District Draws
The OhioTennisZone.com College Report is now available. This report lists the Ohio high school tennis players who are competing in college. It is not all-inclusive. If a player was a OTZ-paying member (or playing under a Team Membership), he/she absolutely should be included in this report. If not, she will likely not be included. (Some are included at the bottom of the report.) This is a very time consuming report to create for a number of reasons. They include: kids stop playing college tennis, players switch teams, URL's for teams change, etc.
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College Report - Click to view |
There are 120 college players and four recruits in the report. The breakdown is women with 60% and men at 40%.
The breakdown by class are: Freshman - 31, Sophomore - 27, Junior - 34, Senior - 24, and Red Shirt Senior / Grad Student - 4. The number of recruits (at four) will, of course, increase.
Sources for this information include the players themselves (and/or their parents) and TennisRecruiting.net.
While it is time consuming to create it, it is also time consuming for OTZ users to fully use, but it is still worthwhile. The links are the best part of this report. Player appearance can change quite a bit from high school tennis to college so that is fun to see, and it is interesting to see the college majors the players have chosen. As many would expect, the goals of these players are high. Note that these players are also listed on each OTZ Team Report.
It is also worthwhile to see how many players are on a college team. If there are 20+ players, would your son/daughter get to play? Finances are tight at many D3 colleges, and I suspect that some teams are encouraged to recruit players simply to pay tuition dollars.
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Columbus Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Another consideration.. U.S. D1 college tennis has morphed into benefiting non-U.S. kids more than U.S. kids. Is your U.S. son/daughter on a team to play, or to be the designated "U.S. player" on a foreign team? This is a growing problem for D3 programs as well. There are talks in the legislature about changes.
While there are negatives, there are absolutely many, many benefits to playing college tennis. The coach is going to keep his/her players on task on the court and in the classroom. I doubt that there is a better peer group of friends on campus. Players can improve their tennis games and stay fit. Our son played college tennis and it worked out great for him. While he does not play much tennis anymore, I greatly appreciated his platform tennis skills when we teamed for the Columbus 90+ tournament last winter..
Colleges with the most Ohio high school players include: Otterbein, Ohio Northern, and Ohio Wesleyan.
It has always been a bit weird. to me, because I will have parents who have never been OTZ members, reach out to me and request that their son or daughter be included in this report. The time to support OTZ is while your player is in high school.
Today's matches include: Massillon Jackson (A) versus Western Reserve Academy.
This will be a busy week. OTZ plans are to be at the Central District tournament on Wednesday and the Southwest District Tournament on Thursday. On Saturday, I return for the Central District Seeding round. Please get your cameras (or cellphones) ready to take a group photo of your State Qualifiers.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026
Awaiting District Draws | Sectional Seeding Round Results Posted
Sectional seeding round results are now online for the Central, Northeast, and Southwest (less Lindner Tennis Center and Mason D2 dubs) Districts. It is unknown when the Northwest District will post their results. It is unclear when the all-important District draws will be posted.
There was one dual match posted. Magnificat defeated Cathedral Preparatory-PA.
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Mount Vernon - Click to team page |
Among the top players, Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell defeated Watkins Memorial's Nora Grennan and Watterson's Ava Scott; Hudson's Emma Liu beat Hudson's Li and Walsh Jesuit's Eva Amourgis; Oak Hills' Renee Harper defeated Walnut Hills' Perasa Poompanit and St. Ursula Academy's Becca Wilson; Centerville's Elise Hedrick beat Centerville's Malaya Edwards and Centerville's Mia Trubee; Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo defeated Amherst Steele's Katelyn Bussard and Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Ella Workinger; Orange's Genevieve Hayden beat Central Christian's Miedel and Geneva's Ashlyn Thompson; Oakwood's Mila Gelbart defeated Franklin's Nau and Cedarville's Hamman; Laurel's Rida Tahir beat Elyria Catholic's Latessa and Hathaway Brown's Lucia Holiday; Massillon Perry's Makenzie Fearon defeated Archbishop Hoban's D.Nicole and Wooster's Jung; Worthington Kilbourne's Addi Bennington beat Big Walnut's Lane Rothhaar and Westerville North's Shyamalan; Gilmour Academy's Maeryn Ryznar defeated Ravenna's Watkins and Hawken's Ella Chen; Strongsville's Mallory Koch beat Padua's Morgan and Avon's Ashley DeHaven; Springboro's Ellie Frost defeated Springboro's Lytle and Beavercreek's Watz; and Northwestern's Sadie Pilson beat Tippecanoe's LaBreck and Tippecanoe's Lieber. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today's featured team is Mount Vernon. They are coached by Steve Tier. They are led by Nika Gloriuas, Dede Burcham, and Audrey Rieder.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026
Seeding Rounds Today
All of the Districts will have their seeding rounds today. Weather conditions will be perfect. There were no results submitted from yesterday. Click on Previous Day's Match Results and click for the OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws to see previous results.
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Watterson - Click to team page |
Work is underway on the OTZ College Report. With the reunion planning, extra Findlay farm work, OTZ menu page problems, and new grandchild vists, this fall has been too busy to tackle this report. This report is very time consuming to create because of all of the necessary research.
Also, please note that I hope to do more work on the current menus. I am not happy with how they work, but I need a few hours of time to figure this out.
Today's featured team is Watterson. They are coached by Tyler Johnston. They are Team Members, and they are led by Ava Scott, Chloe McClymont, and Lilly Kasson.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026
Ready for Seeding Rounds | OTZ Photo Friday
Today will be another rain out but weather conditions are expected to be good for tomorrow. There was one match recorded - Upper Arlington defeated Olentangy Liberty. To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Groveport Madison's Lumen Togbonou - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth defeated Olentangy Liberty's Sophia Ferritto; Upper Arlington's Kylie Husted defeated Olentangy Liberty's Ella Bright; and Upper Arlington's Carmen Kimmel defeated Olentangy Liberty's Charvi Rammakagari. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
It is an OTZ Photo Friday and today's featured photo is of Lumen Togbonou of Groveport Madison. This photo was taken during the Upper Arlington Sectionals. Note that I have also updated my favorite girls photos of 2026. Click to view these photos along with my favorite photos from previous years (back to 2014). These photos are visible to everyone. Login and click to view the Most Recently Added Photos.
Today's matches include: Western Reserve Academy (H) versus Cathedral Preparatory-PA.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2026
Central District Sectional Results Online
Conditions were great for Sectionals yesterday. The results for the Central District are now on OTZ. As is often the case, many of the early round matches are one-sided for the seeded players. The draws for Central and several of the other sectional locations are available via the links above.
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Whitehall - Click to enlarge |
Hamilton Twn. - Click to enlarge |
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Granville - Click to enlarge |
Groveport - Click to enlarge |
It is difficult to travel to a bunch of matches. Yesterday provided me with an opportunity to get photos of teams that I normally do not see in action.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026
Upper Arlington Beats Gahanna | NDA Defeats Sylvania Southview
Upper Arlington defeated Gahanna to advance to the Central District Finals against Dublin Jerome. Notre Dame Academy beat Sylvania Southview. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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DeSales - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is DeSales. They are coached by Arturo Sanabria. They are led by Sanaa Lisath, Kate Hemmert, and Lilly Abad.
The Central District Sectionals begin today. The Northeast and Southwest Districts began earlier in the week. Tomorrow's update will be delayed as I enter the Central results.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Hudson Beat Massillon Jackson | Dublin Jerome Defeats New Albany
Hudson defeated Massillon Jackson to advance to the NE D1 District Finals in the State Team Tournament. Hudson will play Avon next. Dublin Jerome beat New Albany to get to the Central D1 Finals. Jerome will play the winner of tonight's UA versus Gahanna match. The close, 3-2 matches included: Reynoldsburg defeated Lancaster; Delaware Hayes beat Canal Winchester; Olentangy Berlin defeated Worthington Christian; Worthington Kilbourne beat Thomas Worthington; Newark defeated Teays Valley; and Franklin Heights beat Madison Christian. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws
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Seven Hills - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Seven Hills. They are coached by Tim Drew. They are led by Bea Kennedy, Sarah Olowokure, and Charlotte Ahn, and they are Team Members.
Today's matches include: Upper Arlington (H) versus Gahanna and Western Reserve Academy (H) versus Toledo St Ursula Academy. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
Sectionals This Week
The State tournament essentially begins this week as players begin the long trek to the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Weather conditions will vary depending on the day of the week on which the District plays. Getting through the first day is super important since so many players compete.
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GCTA Award Winners - Click to enlarge |
More changes were made to the Top Players List. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Last week's menu changes added some complications to navigating the site. It appears to be fine when using mobile devices, but computer users will need to do an additional step. To click on underlying menus, first click on the initial link (i.e. Top Ohio Girls) and then the next link (Central District). Hopefully, I will be able to fix this soon.
The Greater Columbus Tennis Association (GCTA) held its annual awards banquet last Thursday. The junior players of the year were recognized. They are Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell and Olentangy Liberty's Shane Hand. Shane's father, Dave, accepted the award for him since Shane is now playing tennis for Butler University. Also familiar to Chillicothe tennis players is Janet Disbennett. She received the Terri C. Jones Promotion of Tennis Award. I am a long-time GCTA board member and I take photos of the event.When it comes to Sectional tennis results, thanks to a process that has been developed over many years, OTZ will enter the Central District results. For players in other Districts, coaches many submit those results if (and only if) they use the following format (precisely exactly).
9/30/2026
Smith (Mason) def. Jones (Jeffersonville) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
S.Williams-V.Williams (Bloomingburg) def. Jones-Smith (Bishop Sycamore) 6-4, 6-3
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Columbus Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Note that first initials are only required if there are players on the team with the same last name. Again, every space, comma, parentheses, etc. needs to be in the correct spot.
Today's matches include:Dublin Jerome (A) versus New Albany; Hawken (A) versus Orange; and Upper Arlington (A) versus Pickerington Central. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2026
Oakwood Beats Mariemont | Sidwell Friends Defeats WRA
It was a relatively quiet tennis Saturday. Oakwood defeated Mariemont to advance in the State Team Tournament. Western Reserve Academy traveled to Washington D.C. to play Sidwell Friends-DC where WRA got beat in a close match. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Columbus Academy - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Columbus Academy. They are coached by Preston Eberlyn. They are Team Members, and they are led by Ella Tsao, Iris Sun, and Jaya Srini.
My high school (and class), Miami Trace, had its 50th year reunion last night. (Yes, of course, I am going to have a web site for this..) It was great to see everyone. About 60 classmates and 20 guests attended. With this week's menu problems (software, not food) and the reunion, it was a very busy week. With Sectionals, this will also be a busy week, but I am very happy to have the reunion off of my plate..
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026
Oakwood Beats Centerville
In last night’s marquis match, Oakwood defeated Centerville. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. At this stage of the season, not all players are competing because of injuries.
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Oak Hills - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Oak Hills. They are coached by Jeremy Miller. They are Team Members. They are led by Renee Harper, Paige Lint, and Audrey Schnorbus.
The OTZ Menu Crisis of 2026 is not completely resolved, but it is much (much) better. When it was becoming increasingly clear that I would not be getting any Ajatix customer service help before the weekend, I created my own menu. It is not functioning quite as well as I would like and it does not look as good as the Ajatix version, but it works. Without Grok, it would not have been possible to do this. I would have had to research, purchase, and install a menu from another service. Thank you for your patience while this was being resolved. This type of change is something that I would never voluntarily do during a season. Note that there is additional functionality for mobile users. If this is annoying, please let me know via email or Feedback.
Today's matches include: Oakwood (A) versus Mariemont. Western Reserve Academy (A) is going on the road to play Sidwell Friends-DC and The Potomac School-VA.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026
Mason, Columbus Academy, and Anthony Wayne Advance | UA Beats Centerville
It was a busy night for very important matches. In the State Team Tournament, Anthony Wayne beat Notre Dame Academy; Columbus Academy defeated Wellington; and Mason beat Ursuline Academy to advance to their respective District finals. In another huge match, Upper Arlington went on the road and defeated Centerville. The close, 3-2 matches included: North Canton Hoover defeated Revere; Marysville beat Jonathan Alder; St. Joseph Academy defeated Elyria Catholic; Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy beat Archbishop Hoban; and Magnificat defeated Walsh Jesuit. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Big Walnut's Lane Rothhaar - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell defeated Worthington Kilbourne's Addi Bennington; Mason's Emma Wagner beat Ursuline Academy's Burkhardt; Upper Arlington's Alexa Roth defeated Centerville's Mia Trubee; Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo beat Walsh Jesuit's Gardner; Western Reserve Academy's Rithi Hegde defeated Solon's Adriana Friedman; Anthony Wayne's Cora Langenderfer beat Notre Dame Academy's Emily Mayhall; Dublin Coffman's Emma Zerbi defeated DeSales' Sanaa Lisath; Revere’s Sadhvi Kurra beat North Canton Hoover's Avery Dempsey; Massillon Jackson's Laila Tadayon defeated Canfield's Adukia; Archbishop Hoban's Diana Nicolae beat Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy's Delanie Moore; Elyria Catholic’s Elise Latessa defeated St. Joseph Academy's Kate Henry; Centerville's Malaya Edwards beat Upper Arlington's Mia Ganvini; Wellington’s Paige Thompson defeated Columbus Academy's Iris Sun; and Lancaster’s Kenzie White beat Thomas Worthington's Reese Watson. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Yesterday's system problems continue, but not for all Internet browsers. I primarily use Microsoft Edge on my desktop computer and it does not work. My iPad also does not work. My iPhone does work and so does my desktop computer when I use the Firefox browser. For those who like details, I *think* when Adobe Dreamweaver had an update, it affected a software package (Ajatix.com) that I purchased back in ~2014 that provides the menu at the top of all pages. Ajatix did not respond to my messages yesterday and it is unclear if they are still a functioning company. Given that I repurchased their software yesterday (this was the third time), this does not make me happy.. Coaches did not appear to have problems last night reporting scores or they found work-a-rounds. Please enter a Feedback message if you need to discuss work-a-rounds.A great deal more was going to be done for OTZ Photo Friday, but the system problems required my attention for most of the day yesterday. Today's featured photo is of Big Walnut's Lane Rothhaar. Sign-on first and then click on Most Recently Added Photos to view more.
Today's matches include: Massillon Jackson (H) versus Avon. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
Avon Beats Magnificat to Advance | New Albany Defeats Columbus Academy
NOTICE: I AM AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MENU BUTTONS. THIS IS AN ADOBE ISSUE WHERE IT IS NOT BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH THE PROVIDER OF THE MENU SOFTWARE. ARGH. 10:00AM 9/24/26.
In the biggest matches yesterday, Avon defeated Magnificat to advance to the Finals of the NE District in the State Team Tournament. New Albany beat Columbus Academy. The close, 3-2 matches included: Archbishop Hoban defeated Revere; Olentangy beat Dublin Coffman; Olentangy Berlin defeated Gahanna; and Worthington Kilbourne beat Delaware Hayes. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Centerville - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Centerville. They are coached by Mike Laughlin. They are Team Member, and they are led by Elise Hedrick (Colgate recruit), Mia Trubee, and Malaya Edwards.
Tomorrow will be an OTZ Photo Friday, but there is an issue with the menu system that needs to be addressed. This falls into the "there's always something" category.
Today's matches include: Centerville (H) versus Upper Arlington; Solon (H) versus Western Reserve Academy; and Worthington Kilbourne (H) versus Olentangy Berlin. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2026
Centerville Beats Beavercreek | Coffman Defeats Kilbourne
There was more rain yesterday but at least there is going to be more rain today.. Centerville defeated Beavercreek and Dublin Coffman beat Worthington Kilbourne. Franklin Heights defeated Westerville South in a close, 3-2 match. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Thomas Worthington - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Thomas Worthington. They are coached by Kathleen Garber. They are Team Members. They are led by Reese Watson, Nina Johnson, and London Andersen.
All of the Southwest District draws are posted.
I had hoped to go out and drill in platform tennis this morning, but the rain may nix those plans. When the rain zaps my platform tennis plans, then it starts to get personal..
Today's matches include: Hawken (H) versus Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin; Western Reserve Academy (A) versus Strongsville; and Reynoldsburg (H) versus Marysville. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026
North Canton Hoover Beats Louisville
It was a complete rain out yesterday. In the only match recorded, North Canton Hoover defeated Louisville. To view the graphical results from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the freshly updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws. (If you focus and you put your nose close to your monitor, you can detect that subtle mimeographed smell..)
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Mariemont - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Mariemont. They are coached by Doug Spreen. They are led by Lucy Hanser, Katie Tully, and Ava Millering.
The Sectional Draws are now available for the Northeast District. All but the Troy location are posted for the Southwest. Click the links above.
Today's matches include: Centerville (H) versus Beavercreek; Columbus Academy (H) versus Upper Arlington; and Western Reserve Academy (H) versus St. Joseph Academy. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
Sectional Draws
The Central District Draws were released last night. The Southwest's Mason Sectional also posted theirs. Links to the draws will be listed above for the rest of the season. Watch for more to be released on this date.. Ba-dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya.
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CDAB Draws - Click to draws |
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Columbus Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Mason has their top players in doubles. They include: Emma Wagner, Harine Karthikeyan, and Saanvi Reddy. This gives the other Southwest District teams' D1 singles players a better opportunity to reach States.
This week's weather remains damp, but it will not be Gallium-metal-melting hot.
Today's matches include: Centerville (H) versus Indian Hill and Upper Arlington (H) versus Dublin Coffman. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026
Sectional Draw Day | Mason Wins GCTCA Tournament
Yesterday was a big tournament day. Mason won the world's longest tournament name tournament, the Greater Cincinnati Tennis Coaches Association Coaches Classic, and Centerville came in second. Anthony Wayne edged out Upper Arlington in the New Albany tournament. (UA did not have all of their players competing.)
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Olentangy - Click to team page |
Today is the Sectional Draw. The Central District normally provides their draws first, followed by the Southwest, then the Northeast, and finally, the Northwest, eventually. Watch for all of the Central draws and some of the Southwest draws to be out today. Links to the draws will be at the top of this page.
Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today's featured team is Olentangy. They are coached by Mark Latham. They are led by Harshini Mallipeddi, Hasini Bhonagiri, and Bianca Marin. All three are seniors. There was a senior night party so everyone was included in the photo.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
Avon Beats SJA | Jerome Defeats Berlin
Avon defeated St. Joseph Academy and Dublin Jerome beat Olentangy Berlin in yesterday's play. One close, 3-2 match included was St. John School defeated Beachwood. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the OTZ State Team Tournament Draws.
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Dublin Jerome - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Dublin Jerome. They are coached by Robert Carlson. They are Team Members, and they are led by Sofia Rivera-Alvarez, Gowri Nair, and Nainika Sahai. All will be returning next season.
Marysville has a big tournament today. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
Mason Beats Sycamore | Liberty Defeats Orange
Yesterday featured more hot temperatures and more rain. Mason defeated Sycamore and Olentangy Liberty beat Olentangy Orange. The close, 3-2 matches included: Newark defeated Lancaster; New Albany beat Westerville Central; and Indian Hill defeated Wyoming. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Big Walnut - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Big Walnut. They are coached by Lillia Walter. They are led by Lane Rothhaar, Ella Valenzuela, and Lauren Place. Here's are a couple of high school photos of Coach Walter when she competed for Watkins Memorial - one in competition and the other being rather happy. After a successful HS career, she contributed to Otterbein's tennis success. It is great to see past tennis stand-outs now in the coaching profession.
As expected, there is no photo Friday today. Traffic in Cincinnati is horrible.. Yesterday included: visiting our brand new (cute) granddaughter near Mason; leaving in time to get to the 12:40 Reds game 45 minutes early; arriving at the game 35 minutes late; leaving in time to get to the Mason / Sycamore match at Sycamore; taking back streets to avoid traffic delays and then finding out we were close to Seven Hills; attending the Seven Hills versus Mariemont match; taking Route 22 to avoid more I-71 traffic; stopping / eating in a Washington CH restaurant and seeing fellow classmates to discuss our 50th Class reunion next week. We also worked in Findlay on Wednesday. So yes, it was a busy week.
Today's matches include: Newark defeated Lancaster; New Albany beat Westerville Central; and Indian Hill defeated Wyoming. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
Mason Defeats Oak Hills
Mason defeated Oak Hills in yesterday's play. The close, 3-2 matches included: Canal Winchester defeated Newark; Olentangy beat DeSales; St. Joseph Academy defeated Highland; and Westerville Central beat Big Walnut. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Westerville Central - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Westerville Central. They are coached by Bradley Baker. They are led by Maya Olmos, Anna Turney, and Peace Odife.
There have been a number of sign-ups recently that do not include an associated school name. I am so pressed for time that I have simply been ignoring those, rather than authorizing them. There have also been no payments associated with these sign ups. Please submit a Feedback message with any questions.
Today's matches include: Massillon Jackson (H) versus Hudson and Sycamore (H) versus Mason. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026
Gilmour Academy Beats Magnificat | UA Defeats Coffman
Gilmour Academy defeated Magnificat and Upper Arlington beat Dublin Coffman in toasty conditions. The close, 3-2 matches included: Columbus Academy defeated Columbus School For Girls; Canal Winchester beat Lancaster; Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy defeated Walsh Jesuit; and Hilliard Darby beat Thomas Worthington. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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St. Ursula Academy - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is St. Ursula Academy (in Cincinnati). They are coached by Linda Stafford. They are led by Becca Wilson, Abby Jagers, and Millie Wuellner.
Today's matches include: Hawken (A) versus Orange; Solon (H) versus Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin; and Magnificat (H) versus Hathaway Brown. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
Mason Beats Springboro | WRA Defeats Hathaway Brown
Weather conditions were ideal yesterday and many teams competed. The most noteworthy were: Mason defeated Springboro and Western Reserve Academy beat Hathaway Brown. The close, 3-2 matches included: Western Reserve Academy-B defeated North Canton Hoover; DeSales beat Lancaster; Hilliard Bradley defeated Hilliard Davidson; Seven Hills beat Mount Notre Dame; Granville defeated Worthington Kilbourne; and Westerville Central beat Watkins Memorial. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Top Players - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Mason's Harine Karthikeyan defeated Springboro's Ellie Frost; Centerville's Mia Trubee beat Seton's Elle Finley; Western Reserve Academy's Rithi Hegde defeated Hathaway Brown's Anna Mills; Watkins Memorial's Nora Grennan beat Westerville Central's Maya Olmos; Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao defeated Watterson's Chloe McClymont; New Albany's Valentina Suslova beat Gahanna's Presley Porcher; Worthington Christian's Elise Bourgeois defeated Grandview's Ella Knouff; Seven Hills' Bea Kennedy beat Mount Notre Dame's Sarah Habagger; Big Walnut's Lane Rothhaar defeated Marysville's Sami Haigh; Walsh Jesuit’s Eva Amourgis beat St. Joseph Academy's Kate Henry; DeSales’ Sanaa Lisath defeated Lancaster’s Kenzie White; and Hilliard Bradley’s Shriya Reddy beat Hilliard Davidson's Aarini Patel. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
A major OTZ goal is to recognize high school tennis players and to do this in a way that creates a "time capsule" as these graphics are viewed in the future. The players in today's animated gif are among the most skilled in the state, but upperclassman tend to be favored. While some Districts have more players than others in this graphic, there is an attempt to include players from all Districts.
As for some "behind the scenes" info on OTZ.. The animated gif graphic shown today is normally created at the beginning of the season, but that has not happened for the last couple of seasons.. The Adobe software that is for used for OTZ is very expensive (about a $1K/year). Because it is expensive, Adobe tightly locks down usage. This means that whenever a computer uses their software, it has to communicate back to Adobe to insure that it is permitted to do so. This all works pretty seamlessly until a new computer replaces an old computer. It gets even more complicated when Adobe discontinued software (Adobe Fireworks) that is necessary to create this graphic. Since it is discontinued, it cannot communicate to Adobe and get permission to use it. I finally found a work-a-round that may work in the future. Needless to say, there are a lot of moving parts to OTZ that require the purchase of and the knowledge to use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Fireworks.. Argh.. Thankfully, Grok (X's AI tool) has been very helpful this year, and it serves as my primary customer support tool.
Today's matches include: Hawken (H) versus Beachwood; Western Reserve Academy (H) versus Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin; and Dublin Coffman (A) versus Upper Arlington. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
Sectional Draw on Sunday
Ohio high school tennis gets a break from the weather for at least a few days this week. Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday will have great weather conditions.
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Massillon Jackson - Click to team page |
The OTZ goal is to always have all of the OTZ Player Profiles setup in time for the Sectional Draws. If you have purchased an Individual or Team Membership and your player's profile is not setup, please submit a Feedback tomorrow.
Today's featured team is Massillon Jackson. They are coached by Brett Marlowe. They are led by Claire Williams, Ashley Helle, Halle Smith, and Laila Tadayon. They are OTZ Team Members.
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Columbus Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Today's matches include: Centerville (A) versus Oakwood; Beachwood (H) versus Laurel; and North Canton Hoover (A) versus Western Reserve Academy. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026
Mason, Upper Arlington and Western Reserve Academy Get Wins
Yes, there was more rain, and there were just three matches recorded from yesterday. Mason defeated Toledo St. Ursula Academy; Upper Arlington beat Olentangy Orange; and Western Reserve Academy defeated Notre Dame Academy. Click to view the graphical results from the Previous Day's Match Results.
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Western Reserve Academy - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Western Reserve Academy. They are coached by Doug Wenger. They are Team Members. They are led by Rithi Hegde, Catherine Cunningham, and Dorothy Mendelson. Western Reserve Academy is a boarding school in the NE District. They have historically been a very strong team, and they play against strong competition. They are not; however, OHSAA members, and they are not included in the State Team Tournament. If they were in the Team Tournament, they would be ranked on OTZ.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
UA Beats Watterson | Oakwood Defeats Springboro
In yesterday's biggest matches, Upper Arlington defeated Watterson and Oakwood beat Springboro. The close, 3-2 matches included: Worthington Kilbourne defeated Olentangy Orange and Avon beat Strongsville to advance in the State Team Tournament. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the OTZ State Team Tournament Draws.
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Avon - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Avon. They are coached by Eric Korey. They are led by Ashley DeHaven, Nora Fiest, and Sam Jackson.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (H) versus Anthony Wayne; Notre Dame Academy (A) versus Hathaway Brown and Western Reserve Academy; and Western Reserve Academy (H) versus Hathaway Brown. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches. Rain is in the forecast today for most of the state (shocker).
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
Orange Beats Gilmour Academy | Mag Defeats Hawken
The top ranked teams in the Northeast District (and the state) competed yesterday. Orange defeated Gilmour Academy and Magnificat beat Hawken. The close, 3-2 matches included: Avon defeated North Canton Hoover and Thomas Worthington beat Marysville. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for updated OTZ State Team Tournament Draws.
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CSG's Iva Karagirova - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Orange's Genevieve Hayden defeated Gilmour Academy's Abigail Lynch; Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo beat Hawken's Valeria Kislyansky; Gilmour Academy's Grier Peckham defeated Orange's Melanie Statsevych; Western Reserve Academy's Catherine Cunningham beat Cathedral Preparatory-PA's Paige Patsy; Massillon Jackson's Claire Williams defeated Walsh Jesuit's Eva Amourgis; Dublin Coffman's Emma Zerbi beat Hilliard Davidson's Aarini Patel; North Canton Hoover's Avery Dempsey defeated Avon's Ashley DeHaven; Westerville Central's Maya Olmos beat Gahanna's Presley Porcher; Magnificat's Elizabeth Ammori defeated Hawken's Emery Grossman; Gilmour Academy's Maeryn Ryznar beat Orange's Raina Patel; and Thomas Worthington's Nina Johnson defeated Marysville's Sami Haigh. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today is an OTZ Photo Friday. Today's featured photo is of Columbus School For Girls's Iva Karagirova. Sign-in first and then click on Most Recently Added Photos. There were more photos added to Smugmug for review and to (hopefully) purchase.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (H) versus St. Joseph Academy; Oakwood (A) versus Springboro; and Upper Arlington (H) versus Watterson. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
Sycamore Beats SUA | Watterson Defeats Olentangy Orange
In last night’s most competitive matches, Sycamore defeated St. Ursula Academy. Sycamore won 40 games and SUA won 38. It took three 3-setters for Watterson to beat Olentangy Orange. Orange won 57 games to Watterson’s 54. In the other close, 3-2 matches included: Dublin Scioto beat Marysville and Turpin defeated Seven Hills. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Grandview - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Grandview. They are coached by Doug Page. They are Team Members, and they are led by Ella Knouff, Millie Chrstos, and Dylan Scono.
There will be an OTZ Photo Friday tomorrow.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (H) versus Hawken; Solon (H) versus Hathaway Brown; and Upper Arlington (A) versus Olentangy Orange. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
Massillon Jackson Beats Hathaway Brown | WRA Defeats Mag
In yesterday's marquis matches, Massillon Jackson defeated Hathaway Brown and Western Reserve Academy beat Magnificat. The close, 3-2 matches included: Canal Winchester defeated Teays Valley; North Canton Hoover beat Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy; Big Walnut defeated Worthington Kilbourne; Dublin Coffman beat Olentangy Orange; and Beachwood defeated Willoughby South. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Hudson - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Hudson. They are coached by Tim Morgan. They are Team Members. They are led by Emma Liu, Anna Li, and Angelique Pinson.
In US Open competition, Gahanna's (and Ohio State's) Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin got beat in a very close 3-set match in Round 3 of the doubles competition by Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. Ram. Ram and Salisbury have won four Grand Slams together.
Today's matches include: Dublin Coffman (H) versus Columbus School For Girls; St. Joseph Academy (A) versus Avon; and Notre Dame Academy (A) versus Findlay. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
Half-way Point | OTZ Photos on Smugmug
Everyone is ready for better weather as the second half of the season kicks into gear. Hopefully the brutally hot temps are over. Many teams will start having back-to-back-to-back matches to get their matches played.
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OTZ Photos on SmugMug - Click to SmugMug |
Photos have been loaded into Smugmug for viewing. Please check them out. I like going to matches but I need more photos to be purchased to help cover travel expenses. They are sorted by reverse chronological order, and the match / tournament name is included. Unlike other services, I do not allow purchasers to buy / download directly from Smugmug. I do not think it is a good idea to allow just anyone to purchase photos. To order, provide me with the photo's file name in a Feedback message or via an email. The finished photo will be color-corrected, cropped, etc. and emailed to you. There are quantity discounts that apply throughout the season so a photo purchased now goes toward photos purchased later. These are digital photos that can be used in many different ways, including in the school year book.
For more details, click on Buy an OTZ Photo.
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Columbus Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Today's matches include: Magnificat (A) versus Western Reserve Academy; Massillon Jackson (H) versus Hathaway Brown; and Dublin Coffman (H) versus Olentangy Orange. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2026
Ohio High School Players in the US Open
No high school matches were played yesterday, but there is still one previous Ohio high school player competing. Gahanna's Brandon Carpico (OTZ Profile) and his partner and OSU teammate, Nikita Filin, are still in the US Open doubles draw after winning their first two matches. Carpico and Filin earned the wild card to compete in the US Open by winning the American Collegiate Player Wildcard Playoff. Carpico was the D1 State Singles champion in 2021 and 2023, and he was the finalist in 2022. Carpico is a red-shirt senior at OSU.
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Brandon Carpico - Click to enlarge |
Robert Cash - Click to enlarge |
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JJ Wolf - Click to enlarge |
Vignesh Gogineni - Click to enlarge |
New Albany's Robert Cash reached the second round of the US Open in Men's Doubles. He was the D1 State Singles champion in 2018 as a junior.
Cincinnati Country Day's JJ Wolf got beat in the first round of the US Open. Wolf is coming back from an injury. Wolf competed in high school tennis as a freshman where he was a D2 State singles finalist in 2014.
While Mason's Vignesh Gogineni (OTZ Profile) did not compete in the US Open, he recently received a coveted wild card qualifying spot in the Cincinnati Open. Gogineni won D1 States in 2022 (when Carpico was a finalist). Gogineni just graduated from Yale.
Some players (girls and boys) feel that they should not compete in high school tennis. For Blue Chip and Five Star players, who are not getting competitive high school matches, there could be some validity for doing this. That's not the case for 99.9% of the players. Cash, Wolf, Carpico, and Vignesh Gogineni played at least one year of high school tennis. Carpico and Gogineni played high school tennis for all four years.
Back when there was more time available, OTZ interviewed some of the top Ohio HS senior boys. Click for the OTZ interviews with Brandon Carpico (OTZ interview) and Vignesh Gogineni (OTZ interview).
Per Grok, Carpico and Filin will play Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury next at 5pm on Tuesday.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2026
Sycamore Beats Springboro
Sure, it may seem that today's OTZ update is a few minutes late, but the Big Ten stopped all clocks at 8:00am to allow OTZ to make the deadline. Special thanks to them.. Sycamore defeated Springboro and Magnificat beat Maumee Valley Country Day yesterday. To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Whetstone - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Whetstone. They are coached by Bucky Walters. They are led by Bridgette Nelson, Everly McNamara, and Bri Gay.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
Ursuline Academy Beats Sycamore | Jackson Defeats NDA
If the state survives today's rain, players will get a small break from the heat next week. In yesterday's play, Ursuline Academy defeated Sycamore and Massillon Jackson beat Notre Dame Academy. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Olentangy Orange - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Olentangy Orange. They are coached by Emily Samples. They are led by Aaria Gala, Zoe Haar, and Ella Reid.
We thankfully (somehow) avoided the rain in Findlay yesterday to get our work done. That will leave more time to get things caught up with OTZ over the holiday weekend. As for now, it is time to turn off the computer until the thunderstorm passes.
Today's matches include: Dublin Coffman (H) versus Perrysburg; Sycamore (H) versus Springboro; and Magnificat (H) versus Maumee Valley Country Day. Highland has their tournament today as well. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
Mag Beats NCH to Advance | OTZ Photo Friday
Under hot conditions, Magnificat defeated North Canton Hoover to advance in the State Team Tournament. Massillon Jackson also beat Revere. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Logan Elm's Evelyn Hess - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Sycamore's Serena Sayles defeated Lakota East's Saunders; Magnificat's Adriana Guillermo beat North Canton Hoover's Avery Dempsey; New Albany's Valentina Suslova defeated Grove City's Liv OBryan; Massillon Jackson's Claire Williams beat Revere's Sadhvi Kurra; Westerville Central's Maya Olmos defeated Pickerington North's Debold; and Dublin Jerome's Gowri Nair beat Marysville's Sami Haigh. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today is an abbreviated Photo Friday. Eight more photos were added to the Most Recently Added Photos area. Please sign-in first to review. There were also several matches of photos added to Smugmug to view and to hopefully have a few wonderful tennis parents order. (To order, check out Buy an OTZ Photo.)
The photo of Logan Elm's Evelyn Hess is certainly one of my best high school photos. It has action (both feet off of the ground), great eye-on-ball, pleasant background (no porta jons), and good lighting. The OTZ goal is to always get photos of the Court 1 singles players. The other Court 1 players had played earlier. I stayed at the Grandview tournament an extra 20-30 minutes to get her photo, and I am glad that I did.
Today's matches include: Massillon Jackson (H) versus Notre Dame Academy and Sycamore (A) versus Ursuline Academy. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
Hot
High temperatures were the topic of conversation yesterday. There were a few matches that were played. They included: North Canton Hoover defeated Massillon Perry and Revere beat Mayfield. The close, 3-2 matches included: Worthington Kilbourne defeated Pickerington North and Franklin Heights beat Buckeye Valley. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Gahanna - Click to team page |
Among the top players, Worthington Kilbourne's Addi Bennington defeated Pickerington North's Debold; Massillon Perry's Makenzie Fearon beat North Canton Hoover's Avery Dempsey; Massillon Jackson's Claire Williams defeated Canton McKinley's Corrin; Solon's Isabella Chang beat Brecksville's Taran; Avon’s Ashley DeHaven defeated Elyria’s Danica Knepper; Notre Dame Academy's Emily Mayhall beat Clay-Oregon's Haynes; and Grandview's Ella Knouff defeated Bloom-Carroll's Marley Sheehan.Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today's featured team is Gahanna. They are coached by Chris Schwinnen. They are led by Presley Porcher, Caroline McAuley, and Ashleigh Witham. All our juniors.
Our plan yesterday was to check out the Mason versus Indian Hill match and then see our first grandchild. We had a nice visit but the match was cancelled due to the 95 degree temperature and high humidity.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (A) versus North Canton Hoover; Worthington Christian (H) versus Columbus School For Girls; and Notre Dame Academy (A) versus Maumee Valley Country Day. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2026
Mag, Watterson, and WRA Get Wins
In the three hottest matches last night, Magnificat defeated Solon; Watterson beat New Albany; and Western Reserve Academy defeated Revere. In fact, they were all hot, and today's high temperatures are expected to be worse with Columbus - 95, Cincinnati - 97, Toledo - 92, and Cleveland at 88. The close, 3-2 matches included: Reynoldsburg defeated Teays Valley; North Canton Hoover beat Walsh Jesuit; and Delaware Hayes defeated Westerville North. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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New Albany - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is New Albany. They are coached by Erin Thomas. They are Team Members, and they are led by Valentina Suslova, Claire Siegel, and Hiya Chavan.
Today's matches include: Columbus Academy (A) versus New Albany; Magnificat (H) versus Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin; and North Canton Hoover (H) versus Massillon Perry. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
Mason, Hudson, and Watterson Win
There were several really interesting match-ups yesterday. #1 Mason defeated #3 Centerville; Hudson beat #4 Magnificat; and Watterson defeated Dublin Jerome. Mag and Hudson may meet again in the finals of the NE District State Team Tournament. Other close, 3-2 matches included: Canal Winchester defeated Hartley; Highland beat Revere; and Columbus Academy defeated Olentangy Orange. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the State Team Tournament Draws.
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Solon - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Solon. They are coached by Fredrik Nyborg. They are Team Members, and they are led by Olivia Cruise, Norah Fried, and Gabi Rivitz.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (A) versus Solon; Worthington Kilbourne (H) versus Dublin Scioto; and Dublin Jerome (A) versus Olentangy Orange. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2026
Ready for a Big Week
The girls season goes by quickly, and we are nearing the halfway point. To view all of the results recorded from last week, click on Previous Day's Match Results. This is be a big week for matches and weather conditions will be hot..
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Olentangy Berlin - Click to team page |
The OTZ Top Ohio Players were adjusted yesterday. A few more players were added to the Watch List. More players will be added to both list as the season progresses. Some players still have no matches recorded. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
In previous years, scores were added from the Miami Valley Coaches Association web site. That level of detail is no longer available, so those players cannot be recognized on OTZ. OTZ can and does accept scores from Coach and Team Members.
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Columbus-Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Today's featured team is Olentangy Berlin. They are coached by Richard Hunt. They are Team Members. They are led by Soleil Cordell, the defending State Singles Champion and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville recruit. Other key contributors include Anaiya Jaiswal and Berkeley Wallace.
Today's matches include: Centerville (H) versus Mason; Dublin Jerome (H) versus Watterson; and Magnificat (A) versus Hudson. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2026
Oakwood Beats Columbus Academy
Conditions were perfect yesterday as numerous teams went on the road. Oakwood defeated Columbus Academy in one of the most interesting matches of the day. The close, 3-2 matches included: Marysville defeated Lancaster; Delaware Hayes beat Lexington; Sycamore defeated Notre Dame Academy; and Magnificat beat Notre Dame Academy. Avon defeated Canton McKinley to advance in the State Team Tournament. Whetstone won the Grandview Tournament. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Westerville North - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Westerville North. They are coached by Jim Chellis. They are led by Mira Shyamalan, Andrea Mena, and Addie Whiting.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2026
Orange Beats Beachwood to Advance
Last night, Orange defeated Beachwood to advance in the State Team Tournament draw. Bexley defeated Watkins Memorial and St. Joseph Academy beat Beaumont. Some high schools are having Homecoming early so that further reduces the number of teams playing. To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Reynoldsburg - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Reynoldsburg. They are coached by Les Somogyi. They are led by Riley Elliott, Kayla Kitchen, and Kasey Miller. They are Team Members.
Oakwood is traveling to Columbus today to play against Columbus Academy (H). Magnificat (A) goes on the road to play against Toledo St Ursula Academy and Notre Dame Academy. Sycamore (A) is also traveling today to NW Ohio to play Toledo St Ursula Academy and Notre Dame Academy. Grandview (T) has its tournament, and it will include Whetstone and Logan Elm. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026
SJA, Berlin, and North Canton Hoover Get Wins
In the more notable wins, St. Joseph Academy defeated Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy; Olentangy Berlin beat Dublin Coffman; and North Canton Hoover defeated Solon. The close, 3-2 matches included: Amherst Steele defeated Orange and Gahanna beat Reynoldsburg. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the OTZ State Team Tournament Draws.
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Amherst Steele - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Steele. They are coached by Kyle Hougland. They are led by Katelyn Bussard, Sienna Nagy, and Haley Huffman. They are Team Members.
Today's matches include: Beachwood (H) versus Orange; St. Joseph Academy (A) versus Beaumont; and Upper Arlington (H) versus Olentangy. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026
Magnificat Beats Massillon Jackson | Centerville Defeats Sycamore
There were too many great matches to list but here are two anyway. Magnificat defeated Massillon Jackson and Centerville beat Sycamore in yesterday’s play. The close, 3-2 matches included: New Albany beat Dublin Coffman; Amherst Steele defeated North Ridgeville; and Olentangy Berlin beat Big Walnut. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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North Canton Hoover - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is North Canton Hoover. They are coached by Kay McHolm. They are Team Members and they are led by Avery Dempsey, Layna Seacrist, and Molly Nadel. All are underclassmen.
More team photos are being emailed into OTZ. Please make sure that they are high-resolution images (>1MB). Smaller images may look good on a cellphone, but high-resolution images are necessary for the web.
Today's matches include: North Canton Hoover (A) versus Solon; St. Joseph Academy (H) versus Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy; and Upper Arlington (H) versus New Albany. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2026
NDA Beats Ottawa Hills | Jerome Defeats Coffman
It was yet another great night for tennis. In the marquis matches, Notre Dame Academy defeated Ottawa Hills and Dublin Jerome beat Dublin Coffman. To advance in the State Team Tournament, Magnificat defeated Highland and New Albany beat Olentangy. The close, 3-2 matches included: Reynoldsburg defeated Canal Winchester; Franklin Heights beat Central Crossing; Turpin defeated St. Ursula Academy; Lancaster beat Teays Valley; Seven Hills defeated Summit Country Day; and Hudson beat Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results. Click for the updated OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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Worthington Kilbourne - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Worthington Kilbourne. They are coached by Stephen Metzmaier. They are Team Members. They are led by Addi Bennington, Ella Bennington, Elizabeth Timcho, and Avery Bates.
The OTZ invoices are out. More work was done for my upcoming Miami Trace class reunion. Today will be spent setting up OTZ Player Profiles.
Today's matches include: Centerville (A) versus Sycamore; Massillon Jackson (A) versus Magnificat; and Upper Arlington (A) versus Columbus School For Girls. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026
Western Reserve Academy Beats Hoban | Strongsville Defeats SJA
In the two biggest matches of the evening, Western Reserve Academy defeated Archbishop Hoban and Strongsville beat St. Joseph Academy. The close, 3-2 matches included: Worthington Christian defeated Wellington and Delaware Hayes beat Reynoldsburg. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Dublin Coffman - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Dublin Coffman. They are coached by Gina Urwin. They are Team Members. They are led Emma Zerbi, Eknoor Kaur, and Catherine Wolf.
Most, but not all, of the invoices have been emailed. The rest will go out today. When considering that they are normally emailed by the end of July, that is a good indication of how far behind things are..
Can we have two nice days in a row? Today's matches include: Dublin Coffman (H) versus Dublin Jerome; Hawken (A) versus Solon; and Magnificat (H) versus Highland. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2026
Good Weather! Really?
This could just possibly be the first good weather week of the season. Or, I just jinxed it..
The State Team Tournament has progressed quite well despite the weather conditions. Click to view at OTZ Enhanced State Team Draws.
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By-Court Report - Click to report |
Now with more matches being played, it is time to look at one of the most informative OTZ reports. The By-Court Report provides information on how players perform on their specific court on a state-wide basis. While the Court 1 Singles players get plenty of recognition, a win on Court 1 counts the same as a win on Court 3. This report provides recognition for all players. Plus, this is a great report to understand a team's depth. This report is very helpful to OTZ to identify players who should be on the OTZ Top Players / Watch List. As always, the competition that players face is a huge factor.
Today's matches include: Hawken (A) versus Laurel; Oakwood (H) versus Beavercreek; and Western Reserve Academy (A) versus Archbishop Hoban. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
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Columbus-Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
The weather in the Columbus-area looks really solid this week.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2026
Massillon Jackson Beats New Albany | Watterson Defeats NDA
Rain impacted more matches - again. In two of the better matches, Massillon Jackson defeated New Albany and Watterson beat Notre Dame Academy. Watkins Memorial defeated Delaware Hayes in a close, 3-2 match. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Canal Winchester - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Canal Winchester. They are coached by Leyton Mathias. Leading Canal is Kate Payn, Brooklyn Todd, and Lidya Abiy. They are Team Members.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026
Massillon Jackson Beats Hilliard Davidson | Amherst Steele Defeats Avon Lake
With the high school football season beginning, it was a quiet night for tennis. Among the better teams, Massillon Jackson defeated Hilliard Davidson and Amherst Steele beat Avon Lake. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Grove City - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Grove City. They are coached by Joshua Chandler. They are lead by Lib O'Bryan, Zoey Wolford, and Ella Sharp.
Massillon Jackson traveled to Columbus and played Hilliard Davidson yesterday. They will play Columbus Academy and New Albany today. Notre Dame Academy also plays Watterson at Wickertree. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2026
Centerville and Columbus Academy Win | OTZ Photo Friday
Among the best teams in the state, Centerville defeated Springboro and Columbus Academy beat Worthington Christian. The close, 3-2 matches included: Hilliard Davidson defeated Pickerington North; St. Joseph Academy beat Twinsburg; Worthington Kilbourne defeated Olentangy; Ready beat Madison Christian; and Seven Hills defeated Roger Bacon. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Marta Kostyuk - Click to enlarge |
Among the top players, Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell defeated New Albany's Valentina Suslova; Worthington Kilbourne's Addi Bennington beat Olentangy's Harshini Mallipeddi; Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao defeated Worthington Christian's Elise Bourgeois; Centerville's Malaya Edwards beat Springboro's Ellie Frost; Dublin Coffman's Emma Zerbi defeated Dublin Scioto's Mananjan Deol; Beachwood's Julia Miller beat Chagrin Falls' Claire Rubin; Seven Hills’ Bea Kennedy defeated Roger Bacon’s Hutzel; Dublin Jerome's Gowri Nair beat Pickerington Central's Erika Stitt; Twinsburg’s Olivia Prevette defeated St. Joseph Academy’s Kate Henry; Canal Winchester's Kate Payn beat Grove City's Liv OBryan; and Delaware Hayes' Abbie Brown defeated Marysville's Sami Haigh. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
This is the first OTZ Photo Friday of the season. On the bright side, weather conditions have been cloudy enough so that the girls are not wearing their visors. A bit of sun; however, creates a much better photo. A few Cincinnati Open photos will be added along with the images of Ohio high school players. Today's featured photo is of Marta Kostyuk, who was Mason's Peyton Stearns' doubles partner. It is a good photo but it would have really "popped" if there had been a tiny bit of sun light. Sign-in first and then click to view Most Recently Added Photos.
Now that the high school football season has started, the number of Friday girls tennis matches will be reduced. Today's matches include: Dublin Jerome (H) versus Big Walnut and Massillon Jackson (A) versus Hilliard Davidson. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026
New Albany and Amherst Steele Earn Victories | Tennis Channel Video about Mason
The Tennis Channel created a great video about Mason (and the Midwest) for the Cincinnati Open. It includes Mason High School’s boys coach, Brendan Reedy, as well as Saanvi Reddy, Chloe Zhang, Emma Wagner, and Ryan Buckingham. To watch, just click on this link and then the video. Again, it is an extremely well-done, feel-good piece. It intermingles videos of pros, the players mentioned above, and of the Mason area. Make sure that you watch this – twice. It is a three-minute video. There is not a better way to start the day.
On yet another rain soaked day for much of the state, New Albany defeated Hilliard Davidson and Amherst Steele beat Elyria. The close, 3-2 matches included: Ready defeated Westland and Revere beat Twinsburg. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Mason's Wagner in Tennis Channel Video - Click to view |
Among the top players, Amherst Steele's Katelyn Bussard defeated Elyria's Danica Knepper; North Canton Hoover's Avery Dempsey beat Green's Chloe Heim; Revere’s Sadhvi Kurra defeated Twinsburg’s Olivia Prevette; New Albany's Valentina Suslova beat Hilliard Davidson's Aarini Patel; and Massillon Jackson’s Ashley Helle defeated Lake-Uniontown’s Hannah Bauer. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
The Cincinnati Open is my version of Walt Disney World. Yesterday’s play was outstanding. Some of the photos that I took will be included in tomorrow’s OTZ Photo Friday. Please keep in mind that Wednesday is a great day to go to the tournament because of the large number of higher-ranked pros competing.
Today's matches include: Worthington Christian (H) versus Columbus Academy; Marysville (H) versus Delaware Hayes; and Dublin Scioto (H) versus Dublin Coffman. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026
Orange, Solon, and Columbus Academy Get Wins
From a match perspective, yesterday was the first really good day of the season. There was a good combination of great match-ups and close contests. Among the top teams, Orange defeated Indian Hill and Solon beat Gilmour Academy. In the close, 3-2 contests, Cincinnati Country Day defeated Seven Hills; Columbus Academy beat Dublin Coffman; Sycamore defeated Ursuline Academy; Thomas Worthington beat Delaware Hayes; Grandview defeated Canal Winchester; DeSales beat Marysville; and Worthington Kilbourne defeated Hilliard Darby. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Notre Dame Academy - Click to team page |
Among the top players, Gilmour Academy's Abigail Lynch defeated Solon's Olivia Cruise; Sycamore's Serena Sayles beat Ursuline Academy's Josie Fitzpatrick; Worthington Kilbourne's Addi Bennington defeated Hilliard Darby's Madison Morris; Orange's Ivy Berlin beat Indian Hill's Elle Mikula; Columbus Academy's Ella Tsao defeated Dublin Coffman's Emma Zerbi; New Albany's Valentina Suslova beat Olentangy Liberty's Sophia Ferritto; Notre Dame Academy's Emily Mayhall defeated St. Joseph Academy's Kate Henry; Worthington Christian's Elise Bourgeois beat Bexley's Vivian Gockstetter; North Canton Hoover's Layna Seacrist defeated Lexington's Hannah Remy; Cincinnati Country Day’s Elena Gregorsok beat Seven Hills’ Bea Kennedy; and Grandview's Ella Knouff defeated Canal Winchester's Kate Payn. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today's featured team is Notre Dame Academy. They are coached by Kim Pacella. They are Team Members. They are led by Emily Mayhall, Hannah Tam, and Gigi Zaleski.
Amazingly, I am still keeping up with the posting of team photos. Today and tomorrow will be for setting up OTZ Player Profiles. Adding photos to player profiles will be done after that.
Today's matches include: Upper Arlington (A) versus Olentangy Orange; Columbus Academy (H) versus Olentangy Liberty; and Canal Winchester (A) versus Thomas Worthington. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2026
OTZ-Enhanced Girls State Team Draws | Massillon Jackson and Centerville Get Wins
Wet weather continues to slow the launch of the season. In yesterday's matches, Massillon Jackson defeated North Canton Hoover and Centerville beat Loveland. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
Among the top players, Centerville's Mia Trubee defeated Loveland's Payton Geraci; Amherst Steele's Katelyn Bussard beat Olmsted Falls' Madi Milota; Beachwood's Julia Miller defeated West Geauga's Caroline Yeager; and Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy’s Delanie Moore beat Padua’s Morgan. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
The OhioTennisZone.com Enhanced State Team Tournament Draws are now available. The goal is to keep these updated through-out the season by giving fans an easy way to provide updates.
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State Team Draws - Click to draws |
A link to the draws is available at the top of this page and it will remain there throughout the season. As with everything else on OTZ, the goal is to enable high school tennis fans to quickly obtain the information they need rather than to maximize OTZ clicks and page views. For those new to this report, make sure that you are familiar with the information / tools listed in the red call-outs. For the best experience, sign-in to OTZ first.
There are 108 teams this year competing in comparison to last year's 113 teams and 110 teams in 2024.
Southwest (29) and Northeast (38) Districts have the most teams participating and Central has the least (20). Out of the 364 (373 last year) OHSAA girls tennis teams, 29.6% of the teams are competing in this tournament.
This year, the Central District teams will play the Northwest teams in the first round of the State Team Tournament, while the Northeast will play the Southwest. If there are insufficient courts available for all teams to play (likely), Division II will go on court first. The tournament site has not yet been selected. It was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center last fall after a generous benefactor helped with the funding.
Today's matches include: Columbus Academy (H) versus Dublin Coffman; North Canton Hoover (H) versus Lexington; Solon (H) versus Gilmour Academy; and St. Joseph Academy (A) versus Notre Dame Academy. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026
#1 Mason Beats #1 Orange
When it is a Monday and it is raining, then this update must include a link to this Karen Carpenter video. It’s an OTZ law. Hopefully there will be no major power outages this week with Columbus still in clean-up mode from last Tuesday’s storm.
There was not only good weather at the Cincinnati Open yesterday, but also for the Mason versus Pepper Pike Orange match. #1 D1 Mason defeated #1 D2 Orange in a close, 3-2, match. To view the graphical results from yesterday's match, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Mason - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Mason. They are coached by Mike Reid. They are led by Emma Wagner (State Dubs Champ 2023-24, super-duper jump roper at 2:10 mark, and Quinnipiac recruit), Harine Karthikeyan, Saanvi Reddy (State Dubs Champ - 2025), and Megha Soundar. They are OTZ Team Members.
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Columbus-Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Today's matches include: North Canton Hoover (A) versus Massillon Jackson; Worthington Kilbourne (H) versus Dublin Jerome; and Beachwood (A) versus West Geauga. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026
Rain
The day looked somewhat promising—then it started to rain. And then it rained more. In central Ohio, both the New Albany and Columbus School for Girls tournaments were rained out. It is especially unfortunate when considering the amount of effort that it takes to run and to attend these tournaments. On the somewhat brighter side, team photos were taken of New Albany, Anthony Wayne, Hudson, Olentangy Orange, Sycamore, and Oak Hills at the NA tournament before the rain started to fall. (Magnificat also competed but I took their photo earlier in the week.) The action photos, which will be posted soon, included rain drops.
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Worthington Christian - Click to team page |
There was one dual match played. In that match, Mariemont defeated Worthington Christian. To view the graphical results from that match, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
Among the top players, Mariemont's Lucy Hanser defeated Worthington Christian's Evie Bourgeois and Mariemont's Katie Tully beat Brianna Woodruff. Click to view the Top Ohio Players for Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest.
Today's featured team is Worthington Christian. They are coached by Susie Winfree. They are led by Elise Bourgeois, Brianna Woodruff, and Sophie Gullion. They are Team Members.
With today's weather conditions not looking great for much of the state, this could be a good day to waste time on X.com (once known as Twitter). Click for the OTZ X postings. These postings provide information that is not always on the web site.
All—yes, all—of the team photos emailed to OTZ or taken by OTZ have been posted online. For those with OTZ Team Memberships, the individual photos will be cropped out of these images for the OTZ Player Profiles. If you have provided me with a team photo and it is not posted, please let me know.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026
Upper Arlington, Magnificat, Hathaway Brown Get Wins
In some great early season matches, Upper Arlington defeated Oak Hills; Magnificat beat St. Ursula Academy; and Hathaway Brown defeated New Albany. St. Joseph Academy defeated Amherst Steele and Columbus School For Girls beat Marietta in the State Team Tournament. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Beachwood - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Beachwood. They are coached by Caren Kirchick. They are Team Members. They are led by Julia Miller, Ella Zoller, and Sarah Zhou.
Today's matches include: Upper Arlington (H) versus Sylvania Southview and Worthington Christian (H) versus Mariemont. New Albany and CSG are also hosting tournaments. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026
Magnificat Beats New Albany | Hawken Defeats CVCA
Yesterday was a great weather day. Today? Maybe not so much. In the biggest matches from yesterday, Magnificat beat New Albany on its way down to Cincinnati. Hawken defeated Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy. The close, 3-2 matches included: Orange defeated Beachwood; Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin beat St. Joseph Academy; and Ready defeated Whitehall. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Magnificat - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Magnificat. They are coached by Chris Johnson. They are Team Members. They are led by Adriana Guillermo, Elizabeth Ammori, and Marissa Packer.
Other than going to the NA vs. Mag match, time was spent slogging through the long backlog of OTZ beginning-of-season tasks. Graduates from 2026 were remove from the system yesterday. More will be done today.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (A) versus St. Ursula Academy; Solon (H) versus Copley; and North Canton Hoover (A) versus Brecksville. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2026
Weather Disrupting Play
The girls season is resembling the boys with all of the rain disruptions. It appears that most of the state's weather will finally be good for tennis today. In yesterday's action, Hilliard Bradley defeated Delaware Hayes and Avon beat Olmsted Falls. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
The good news is that our electricity bill will be lower for the last day and a half, but I would rather have electricity than not. The OTZ power was restored yesterday. After driving through the area one-half mile north of us, it is clear that we were very fortunate. Mature trees were ripped out of the ground. A straight-line can be drawn from the wind (tornado?) north of us to the wind that flipped the car in this video. Today is an OTZ catch-up today.
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Marysville - Click to team page |
Today's featured team is Marysville. They are coached by William Romine. They are Team Members. They are led by Sami Haigh, Grace Burhanna, and Mae Archy.
Today's matches include: Magnificat (A) versus New Albany; Beachwood (A) versus Orange; Solon (H) versus Shaker Heights; and St. Joseph Academy (A) versus Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026
No Power at OTZ
Yesterday was expected to be a major catch-up day for OTZ. That did not turn out to be the case. Columbus got hit hard at 10am by the storm, and the main computer is needed to make significant changes to the site. AEP is predicting that our power will be restored by noon on Friday. Argh.
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Oakwood - Click to team page |
Since nothing could be done OTZ-wise, we zoomed down to the Cincinnati Open. Unfortunately, they also got hit by a storm so we did not get to see any tennis. We did get to talk with a few high school players, which was nice. (I need to remember to take OTZ bag tags next time that I attend though.)
OTZ is still accessible but yesterday's match results are not online. Hopefully that will be resolved tonight. Coaches may still submit scores.
Today's featured team is Oakwood. They are coached by Christy Heppner. They are Team Members. They are led by Mila Gelbart, Niobe Beiersdorfer, and Annabelle Neumeister.
To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026
Orange - #1 Pre-Season Division II (beta release)
Before jumping into the D2 rankings, there were several teams that avoided the storms yesterday. Sycamore defeated Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin; North Canton Hoover beat Ashland; and
Avon defeated North Ridgeville. To view all of the results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
Among the top players, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Ella Workinger defeated Sycamore's Serena Sayles; North Canton Hoover's Avery Dempsey beat Ashland's Birkes; Avon‘s Gracie Gedeon defeated North Ridgeville’s Maddie Chinchar; and St. Joseph Academy’s Kate Henry beat Bay’s Blaire Glass.
Now the rankings..
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| 2. Gilmour Academy◄TEAM | |
| 3. Oakwood ◄TEAM | |
| 4. Hawken◄TEAM | |
| 5. Laurel◄TEAM | |
| 6. Hathaway Brown | |
| 7. Indian Hill◄TEAM | |
| 8. Columbus Academy◄TEAM | |
| 9. Columbus School for Girls◄TEAM | |
| 10. Mariemont | |
◄TEAM - Denotes Team Membership so extensive OTZ information is available | |
Division II
#1 Orange starts the season right where they finished - at number one. They return the State Singles Champion, Genevieve Hayden. Also returning are Melanie Statsevych and Ivy Berlin. They lost just one player from last year's team, Lily Guiler, to graduation. Orange also picks up two 2-star sisters, Isha and Navya Kambhampati.
#2 Gilmour Academy returns their top three singles players. They include Abigail Lynch (State Singles - 3rd place) and last year's 2X State Doubles Champions, Grier Peckham and Caroline Koch. They lost Savannah Drew and Gianna Francisco to graduation. Gilmour picks up, Maeryn Ryznar, a 3-star freshman.
#3 Oakwood had a great team last year and their top three singles players return. They are: Mila Gelbart (State Singles Qualifier), Niobe Beiersdorfer, and Annabelle Neumeister. They also pick up 2-star sister, Narella Beiersdorfer. They lost one player to graduation - Evie Davis.
#4 Hawken lost Dani Forte and Anya Simpfendorfer to graduation. Returning are Valeria Kislyansky (State Doubles Finalist), Emery Grossman, Rhianna Siscu, and Raina Sethi. Will Hawken's depth beat Laurel's 1-2-3?
#5 Laurel returns their top three singles players from last year. They are Sophia Nguyen Huynh (State Singles - 4th place), Rida Tahir (State Singles Qualifier), and Lulu Hoffer. They lost Blake Zollar to graduation.
#6 Hathaway Brown returns its top three singles court players: Anna Mills, Ava Kamensky, and Lucia Holiday. They lost Elizabeth Chen and Madeline Everest to graduation.
#7 Last year's Southwest District Champion, Indian Hill, will start at number seven. After losing State Singles Finalist, Martha (Sophia) Thompson, and Ayla Daoud and Grace Nguyen, to graduation. This appears to be a rebuilding year for IH. Returning players include Geneieve Chasar, Elle Mikula, and Reese Hazen.
#8 Columbus Academy lost two strong doubles players to graduation - Sophie Wu and Isabella Wood. Returning for CA are Ella Tsao, Gabrielle Stewart, Iris Sun, and Ela Koksal.
#9 Columbus School for Girls had a great team last year, but unfortunately three key players graduated. They included: Priya Mehta, Victoria Dizon, and Yinan Chen. Returning for CSG are Iva Karagirova (State Singles Qualifier), Anna Papadakis, Hannah Goldberg, and Guiliana Underdown.
#10 Mariemont returns most of its strong team. They include: Lucy Hanser, Katie Tully, and Ava Millering. They lost Lauren Gaughan to graduation.
Other teams to watch out for include: Worthington Christian, Maumee Valley Country Day, and Seven Hills.
Feel free to submit a Feedback if you believe that a team was overlooked or if your team is ranked too high. Please provide specific reasons why.
There are still numerous girls season OTZ prep tasks that need to be done..
In tonight's matches, Centerville (A) versus Oak Hills; Worthington Kilbourne;(H) versus Worthington Christian; and Solon (A) versus Massillon Jackson.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026
Cincinnati Open | Coaching Changes
Not only does the girls season ramp up quickly, but it coincides with the start of the Cincinnati Open in Mason. This is great for non-Southwest District teams who want to compete against teams in the Cincinnati-area while also attending the Open. Being able to do this, prior to the start of school is another benefit for the teams.
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| Big Walnut | Lillia Walter | Girls |
| Centerville | Mike Laughlin | Girls |
| Centerville | Jason Bradenberry | Boys |
| Dublin Jerome | Robert Carlson | Girls |
| Dublin Scioto | Randy Wilson | Girls |
| Olentangy | Mark Latham | Girls |
| Olentangy Liberty | Michael Day | Girls |
| Olentangy Orange | Emily Samples | Girls |
| Thomas Worthington | Kathleen Garber | Girls |
| Worthington Christian | Susie Winfree | Girls |
There are numerous coaching changes this season. Watch for updates to the table throughout the season. (Two more coaches were added since this list was first released.)
Matches today include the following: Beachwood (H) versus Chardon; Delaware Hayes (H) versus Jonathan Alder; Dublin Jerome (H) versus Big Walnut; Grandview (H) versus Teays Valley; and St. Joseph Academy (A) versus Bay. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
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Mason-Area Weather - Click to enlarge |
Making things more complicated this year for the Cincinnati Open is the potential for rain. For the past two years, Ohio has experienced drought conditions. The weather forecast below is for the Mason area.
If you are aware of additional coaching changes, please submit a Feedback. If known, please also provide the coach's email address and cell phone number. This information is shared with other coaches.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2026
Delaware Hayes and Gahanna Win Tournaments | Centerville Beats Ursuline Academy
Yesterday was a big tournament day. Delaware Hayes narrowly edge Worthington Kilbourne to win the Delaware Hayes Invitational. Other teams participating were: Westerville North, Marysville, Buckeye Valley, and Jonathan Alder. Gahanna was first Westerville Central was second in the Reynoldsburg Doubles tournament. In dual match play, Centerville beat Ursuline Academy. To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Delaware Hayes - Click to team page |
Among the top players, Centerville's Mia Trubee defeated Ursuline Academy's Josie Fitzpatrick.
Today's featured team is Delaware Hayes. They are coached by Dianna Hibinger. They are Team Members. They are led by Abbie Brown, Annie Waltz, and Reese Fellenger.
After going to the Delaware Hayes Tournament, we zoomed on up to Findlay to work at the farm.
More behind-the-scenes OTZ tasks will be done today after we finish running our final PickleballZone.com tournament of the season.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026
Damp Start to Season | Centerville and Seton Get Wins
Much of the state received rain yesterday. There were just two matches recorded. Centerville defeated Notre Dame Academy and Seton beat Loveland . To view the graphical results recorded from yesterday, click on Previous Day's Match Results.
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Centerville's Mia Trubee got a nice win over NDA's Emily Mayhall and Seton's Finley twins (Helena and Elle) earned wins over Loveland's Payton Geraci and Addi Bryon, respectively.
This is the ugly duckling stage of the season for OTZ. Last year's data has been moved aside and the service will look rather sparse for the next few days. OTZ will also be removing last year's graduates in another day or two.
Today's featured team is Newark. They are coached by Rob Hays.
Today, I'm off to the Delaware Hayes tournament and then up to Findlay to work. To view all of the matches scheduled, click List of Upcoming Matches.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026
Mason Starts Season as #1 in Division I (beta release)
Match play begins today for the Girls 2026 Season. Weather conditions will be hot, humid, and damp.
Today, the Division I teams are ranked. The Division II rankings will be posted on Monday. Mason is a favorite, but not as by much in the past.
The rankings and the rational behind the rankings are listed below. They are all subject to tweaking if players decide not to play Ohio high school tennis this fall.
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| 2. Upper Arlington◄TEAM | |
| 3. Centerville◄TEAM | |
| 4. Magnificat◄TEAM | |
| 5. Oak Hills | |
| 6. Beavercreek | |
| 7. Sycamore◄TEAM | |
| 8. New Albany◄TEAM | |
| 9. Massillon Jackson◄TEAM | |
| 10. Strongsville | |
| HM: Anthony Wayne, Dublin Coffman, Hudson | |
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The TennisRecruiting.net star rankings are included for many of the top incoming freshmen. Click for the complete list of top incoming freshmen that was recently published.
Click on player names for their OhioTennisZone Player Profiles. (Also note that if your daughter does not have an OTZ Player Profile, it is easy to obtain one by becoming an OTZ member. Please check to see if your team has an OTZ Team Membership first though before purchasing a membership.)
Division I
#1 Mason is the defending Division I champion. They return Emma Wagner (State Dubs Champion), Saanvi Reddy (State Dub Champion), and Megha Soundar. Mason picks up one of the top Incoming freshman players - Harine Karthikeyan (4-star). Mason lost numerous key players to graduation. They include: Addison Cassidy, Pratyusha Chaudhuri, Adriana Moreno.
#2 Last year's Central District champion and #2 finisher in the Final OTZ ranking, Upper Arlington will start the season at the #2 spot. Returning for UA are Alexa Roth (State Singles Qualifer), Kylie Husted, and Carmen Kimmel. UA also picks up 2-star freshman, Mia Ganvini. They lost Danielle Ball and Sylvie Lederer to graduation. Kimmel's photo was my favorite high school girl's image from last year. See OTZ Top Photos video sldeshow. (Remember, OTZ does not benefit from the advertisements.)
#3 Centerville has two strong freshman joining the fray along with strong returning players. Returning are: Elise Hedrick (Bad Draw in Districts), Norah Chupp, Medha Kotte. The freshman are Mia Trubee (3-star) and Celina Fang (2-star). Their graduates include Noelle Abend and Emma Morr.
#4 Magnificat returns their top three singles players from last year's Northeast District Champion team. They are Elizabeth Ammori, Adriana Guillermo, and Maeve Soltesz. Also returning are several dubs players (i.e. Marissa Packer). Graduates include Margaret Williams and Maggie Steen.
#5 Oak Hill broke into the rankings last year. They return last year's strong team of Renee Harper (State Singles Qualifer), Paige Lint, and Ella Herrmann. Brooke Lint graduated.
#6 Beavercreek is new to the rankings. They return their top three singles players, including Ansley Violette (State Singles Qualifer), Khloe Jang, and Mia Watz. They also pick up 4-star, Yuzuki Olson.
#7 Sycamore lost five starters from last year's strong team to graduation including Allison Sayles and Lisa Kai. Serena Sayles, Maddy Levine, and Shree Teredesai will return.
#8 New Albany lost most of its key players to graduation. They include Nayana Thakkar, Ella Smith, and Katie Vadala. Returning for NA are Valentina Suslova, Claire Siegel, Hiya Chavan, and Anna Wilcoxon. They pick up freshman, Tess Anders.
#9 Massillon Jackson returns Claire Williams (State Singles Qualifer), Ashley Helle, Halle Smith, and Laila Tadayon. They lost Grace Kargel and Avery OByrne to graduation.
#10 Strongsville is also new to the rankings. They return their top three singles players. They are Mallory Koch (State Singles Qualifer), Charlotte Grauel, and Aliyah Yusto.
In honorable mention are Anthony Wayne (State Singles Qualifier - Jillian To), Hudson (State Singles Finalist - Emma Liu), and Dublin Coffman.
Feel free to submit a Feedback if you believe that a team was overlooked or if your team is ranked too high. Please provide specific reasons why.
Let's make the Pre-Season Top Ten Rankings the same as the OTZ Final Rankings. Do your part. Correctly win and lose based on these rankings. It is your destiny..
THURSDAY,
Girls Match Play Starts Tomorrow
Well, that was a fast summer. Today's posting includes a variety of items. It provides: the key dates for the season; OTZ member information; why Top 10 teams are encouraged to be OTZ Team Members; and why graduates are still included on team rosters.
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| Aug. 1 (Sa): First Day of Coaching |
| Aug. 7 (F): Regular Season Begins |
| Aug. 8-16 (Sa-Su): Billie Jean King Girls 16/18s |
| Aug. 22 (Sa): SAT Test Date |
| Sep. 1 (Tu): OhioTennisZone Payment Due |
| Sep. 2 (W): Non-Interscholastic Date |
| Sep. 11-13 (F-Su): Rosh Hashanah |
| Sep. 14 (?) (M): Waiver Extension Ends |
| Sep. 19 (Sa): ACT Test Date |
| Sep. 20 (Su): Sectional Tournament Draw |
| Sep. 20-21 (Su-M): Yom Kippur |
| Sep. 28-Oct. 3 (M-Sa): Sectional Tournament |
| Oct. 3 (Sa): SAT Test Date |
| Oct. 6-11 (Tu-Sa): District Tournament |
| Oct. 15-16 (Th-F): State Tournament |
| Oct. 17 (Sa): State Team Tournament |
| Oct. 17 (Sa): ACT Test Date |
| Oct. 25 (Su): Season Ends |
The key dates for the season are included in the table. It also includes testing dates, holidays, and, of course, the key OHSAA dates. This calendar will remain in the right-side navigation bar during the entire season. Note that this is not the official schedule -- always check with your coach on the most important dates.
If you are currently an OTZ Member, there is no need to go through the sign-up process again for OhioTennisZone. Please just mail or PayPal your payment to OhioTennisZone.com. Click the link for the OTZ PayPal info.
OTZ will soon post its Pre-Season Top 10 Team lists after it is clear where players are going to attend school and which girls are playing high school tennis.
It is highly encouraged that the OTZ Top 10 teams become OTZ Team Members. OhioTennisZone provides the teams in the Top 10 with a great deal of recognition and coverage. This recognition is very helpful to teams because many middle school kids follow OTZ and they want to be a part of a program which has a winning tradition. It is a complete no-brainer for private schools to be team members because attracting strong tennis players also means more tuition dollars for the school, but it also makes sense for public schools, too. Consider an OTZ Team Membership as the cheapest and most effective advertisement that you can buy, plus it is focused on the absolute perfect audience for your program. Click on Join OTZ for more information about being a team, coach, or individual OTZ member. Note that Individuals do not need to purchase a membership if the team acquires an OTZ Team Membership.
There are numerous Ohio high school players competing in the Girls USTA National Championships. They are Orange's Genevieve Hayden, Olentangy Berlin's Soleil Cordell, Gilmour Academy's Grier Peckham, Sylvania Southview's Elise Vens, and Laurel's Sophia Nguyen-Huynh. There are also several players who are alternates. In the Boys Kalamazoo event are Bexley's Henry and Harrison Lessard, St. Xavier's Nihal Narisetty, Sylvania Southview's Landon Vens, Columbus Academy's Nason Lo, and Indian Hill's Gareth Kurowski. Click for the link to the Boys National Champions.
Note that graduates are still included on rosters. Many fans like to see which players have graduated. Graduates are "bolded" on the rosters. Note to coaches - OTZ will remove the graduates as match play begins. It is unnecessary for coaches to remove them.
MONDAY,
Top Freshman Girls - Class of 2030
Below is a list of the top freshman players anticipated to compete in high school tennis this fall. This list primarily sources data from TennisRecruiting.net, with district and school details supplemented by existing knowledge and contributions from tennis enthusiasts. Once the players' high schools are confirmed, this information will be integrated into OTZ's Pre-Season Top Ten Team rankings.
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| Maveryck Banker - 2 | Sylvania (NW) | |
| Narella Beiersdorfer - 2 | Oakwood (SW) | Oakwood |
| Ella Bennington - 1 | Columbus (C) | Worthington Kilbourne |
| Maia Currin - 5 | Madeira (SW) | |
| Malaya Edwards - 2 | Dayton (SW) | |
| Celina Fang - 2 | Dayton (SW) | Centerville |
| Elle Finley - 3 | Cincinnati (SW) | Seton |
| Helena Finley - 4 | Cincinnati (SW) | Seton |
| Mia Ganvini - 2 | Columbus (C) | Upper Arlington |
| Saanvi Jagtap - 2 | Dublin (C) | |
| Anna Li - nr | Hudson (NE) | Hudson |
| Isha Kambhampati - 2 | Chagrin Falls (NE) | Orange |
| Navya Kambhampati - 2 | Orange (NE) | Orange |
| Defne Karatas - 2 | Dayton (SW) | |
| Harine Karthikeyan - 4 | Mason (SW) | Mason |
| Medha Kotte - 2 | Dayton (SW) | Centerville |
| Sarah Mbaraga - 3 | Franklin (SW) | |
| Dorothy Mendelson - 2 | Hudson (NE) | Western Reserve Academy |
| Yuzuki Olson - 4 | Dayton (SW) | Beavercreek |
| Eden Owens - nr | Bryan (NW) | Bryan |
| Sofia Rivera-Alvarez - 1 | Plain City (C) | Dublin Jerome |
| Maeryn Ryznar - 3 | Hudson (NE) | Gilmour Academy |
| Mia Trubee - 3 | Centerville (SW) | Centerville |
Some of these freshmen will make immediate contributions to their teams, but high school tennis presents unique challenges for newcomers. They'll encounter seasoned upperclassmen, contend with unpredictable spring weather, and adjust to coaching styles that differ from those of their private tennis instructors. Moreover, as these young athletes continue to grow, growth spurts can temporarily disrupt the finesse of their strokes and footwork, adding an element of clumsiness to their game.
Centerville is the big winner this season with the most incoming freshman players on this list.
This alphabetized list should be solid, but please let OTZ know if it is missing players who are currently listed as eighth graders or who are coming in from other states. This list may also include a player or two who are currently sophomores.
The Tennis Recruiting.net star ratings are included beside each of the players. The player links go to Tennis Recruiting.net.
Of the 23 players on the list, the Central District has four (one in 2025, three in 2024, five in 2023, and seven in 2022), Northeast - 5 (thirteen in 2025, eight in 2024, seven in 2023, and six in 2022), Northwest - two (two in 2025, one in 2024, one in 2023, and zero in 2022), and Southwest - 12 (8 in 2025, 12 in 2024, and ten in 2023 and 2022).
Thanks go to Western Reserve Academy's Doug Wenger, Dublin Jerome's Robert Carlson, Orange's Rich Boles, and Indian Hill's Brian Schubert for information about the players.
If you know where some of these players are competing, please submit a Feedback.