Congrats to National Championships in Men's Tennis Doubles and Women's Rowing 1st V4

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Congratulations to Ohio State athletes who won a pair of national championships on the Memorial Day weekend.

The top-ranked men's tennis doubles team of Blaz Rola and Chase Buchanan defeated Raony Carvalho and Gonzalo Escobar of Texas Tech 7-6, 6-3 this afternoon to claim the National Title in doubles.

They became the first team to win the doubles 'Triple Crown' by sweeping the 3 doubles titles in a single season, having won the All-American and USTA/ITA National Indoors titles this past fall.

Congratulations are also in order for the Women's Rowing First Varsity Four, who claimed the National Title yesterday.

With a time of 7:13.09 the 1V4 won the program's first national title as it beat Virginia by 2.09 seconds. The First Varsity Four was led by coxswain Alexandra Sawatzki, Taylore Urban, Katie King, Stephanie Johnson and Emily Ralph. Previously the Buckeye 1V4 had placed as high as third at the NCAA Championships in 2006 in West Windsor, N.J.