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Ohio State Men's Tennis (2014/2019/2024 ITA Indoor National Champs, 17 Straight B1G Titles)

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Reacp of the Buckeye's Regional finals 4-0 victory over Notre Dame.
From the OSU Tennis Site.
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After a slight rain delay, the fourth-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team (32-2) defeated No. 30 Notre Dame (18-12), 4-0, in the second round of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Saturday at Stickney Tennis Center and the VTC in Columbus, Ohio. The victory marks the sixth-consecutive year the Scarlet and Gray have advanced to the Round of 16.
The Buckeyes will now travel to Stanford, Calif., and will face the winner of Texas and Tulsa at 6 p.m. ET May 19 at the Taube Tennis Center. The University of Stanford will serve as hosts for the remaining 16 teams in the tournament.
Senior co-captain Matt Allare clinched the Buckeye victory with a 6-2, 6-3 win vs. Greg Andrews. Allare will carry a 23-match win streak to Stanford with an overall record of 35-3. The Mason, Ohio, native is also an undefeated 19-0 at the No. 4 position.
Ohio State has won 128-consecutive home contests, dating back to the 2002-03 campaign and will finish 18-0 in Columbus.
In doubles, the Buckeyes won with an 8-2 decision on both courts two and three. Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year Chase Buchanan and senior co-captain Shuhei Uzawa defeated the Irish's Casey Watt and Stephen Havens on court two, while Blaz Rola and Balazs Novak claimed the doubles point by beating Andrews and Daniel Stahl.
Buchanan and Uzawa move to 12-2 as a pair on the spring season, with all of their 14 matches occurring at the No. 2 position. Rola, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and fellow All-Big Ten honoree Novak, improve their impressive resume to 14-1 as a pair and will travel to Stanford with a nine-match win streak.
Novak gave the Buckeyes a 2-0 advantage with a straight-set 6-0, 6-2 win against Blaz Moros on court six, finishing his final match as a senior in Columbus with an ace. The Budapest, Hungary, native improved to 27-7 overall, including a 23-4 mark during spring competition and 5-1 ledger at the No. 6 position.
Rola defeated Watt 6-2, 6-2 on court one to add to his team-high in wins. Rola, the nation's fifth-ranked player, moved to 37-5 overall with marks of 23-4 in dual play and 9-2 at the No. 1 position.
Tennis Match Results
#4 Ohio State 4, #30 Notre Dame 0
May 14, 2011 at Columbus, Ohio
(Stickney Tennis Center/VTC)

Singles
1. #4 Blaz Rola (OSU) def. #63 Casey Watt (NOTREDAM) 6-2, 6-2
2. #10 Chase Buchanan (OSU) vs. Stephen Havens (NOTREDAM) 5-7, 1-1, unfinished
3. #107 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) vs. #95 Daniel Stahl (NOTREDAM) 6-3, 4-3, unfinished
4. #50 Matt Allare (OSU) def. Greg Andrews (NOTREDAM) 6-2, 6-3
5. #65 Devin McCarthy (OSU) vs. Samuel Keeton (NOTREDAM) 7-5, 2-3, unfinished
6. #111 Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Blas Moros (NOTREDAM) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. #21 Matt Allare/Peter Kobelt (OSU) vs. #82 Niall Fitzgerald/Spencer Talmadge (NOTREDAM) 5-3, unfinished
2. #81 Chase Buchanan/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) def. Casey Watt/Stephen Havens (NOTREDAM) 8-2
3. Blaz Rola/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Greg Andrews/Daniel Stahl (NOTREDAM) 8-2
Match Notes:
Notre Dame 18-12; National ranking #30
Ohio State 32-2; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,1,4)
Official: Vince Solomon T-259 A-3
  • Under Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes have amassed a 27-11 record in the NCAA championships.
  • Ohio State will travel to Stanford carrying a 17-match win streak.
  • Since March, the Scarlet and Gray have played 16 matches vs. ITA Top 75 ranked opponents. Ohio State is 20-2 vs. ranked teams on the season, including a 13-0 mark in Columbus.
  • Head coach Ty Tucker improves his career record to 323-53.
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Tulsa shocked Texas 4-3 in a match lasting over 5 hours. The regional final victory came one day after upsetting host Oklahoma. The Golden Hurricanes reached the round of 16 for the first time ever and become the Buckeye's opponent in the round of 16 at Stanford. Buckeyes vs. Tulsa match will be played Thursday TBD.
In the B1G, Illinois also defeated #15 UNC and will advance to the round of 16 to face juggernaut and no. 1 seed, UVa Cavaliers.
 
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Ohio State's 4-0 win over Notre Dame yesterday in the second round of the NCAA men's tennis tournament appeared to be business as usual. The win put the Buckeyes in the round of 16 for a sixth consecutive season.
But for freshman Blaz Rola, it was not an ordinary victory. He sensed it Friday when Ohio State beat Ball State 4-0, and noticed it again yesterday.
"You see a lot more people coming through (for the NCAA Tournament)," he said. "There's more excitement and a lot more pressure on our players. ... There is definitely more at stake."
Rola, the fourth-ranked player in the nation, didn't leave anything to chance. His emotion was visible as he teamed with senior Balazs Novak to win in doubles, and later defeated Casey Watt 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
His singles win, along with victories by Novak and senior Matt Allare, allowed the Buckeyes to win their 17th consecutive match and 128th consecutive home match. Fourth-seeded Ohio State (32-2) will next play unranked Tulsa on Thursday on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto, Calif.
"The guys obviously did a good job," Buckeyes coach Ty Tucker said. "They take everybody serious and know that anybody can beat you in the second round. ... They knew Notre Dame was very dangerous."
Rain delayed the start of play yesterday, and more rain forced the match to be moved after the doubles portion from the Stickney Tennis Center to the indoor Varsity Tennis Center. None of that mattered.
"There was so much at stake that it was pretty easy to keep focused," Tucker said. "It was an easy transition (indoors), and we were able to handle business."
Rola made sure of that. He displayed all aspects of his game in easily defeating Watt.
"I didn't make a lot of errors," Rola said. "I served pretty well. (Watt) breaks down pretty quickly, and that's what happened (yesterday)."
Ohio State knows it might not be so easy on Thursday. The Buckeyes have not practiced outdoors much because of the wet spring, so adjusting to the California climate will be a big challenge in the coming days.
"I'm sure we'll be playing a lot of outdoor tennis for the next two or three days," Allare said. "Once we get out there, we'll be hitting the practice courts quite a bit. Then hopefully we can make a run."
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...team-coasts-in-ncaa-second-round.html?sid=101
 
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#4 tOSU will face Tulsa in the next round, and the other teams in that quarter of the NCAA draw are #5 Baylor (who defeated Texas Tech 4-1, but closer than the score), and #12 UCLA, who defeated Ole Miss 4-3.

Looking ahead if the seeds hold, here's an article about Baylor's win yesterday. It looks to me like Baylor has good depth, but isn't as strong at the top-2 spots as the Buckeyes.

The Baylor-UCLA match starts Thursday at 6 ET.

Here's the whole NCAA bracket.
 
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[strike]Forgot to mention that our women’s tennis team beat South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament Sunday. We meet no. 15-seeded Clemson Tigers in the sweet-16 Friday at Stanford University. [/strike]

With so many good tennis teams around (and so many smaller schools able to fund and field good tennis teams because of the modest cost), both our schools making it to late round NCAA tourney spots is an outstanding accomplishment.
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From the OSU site
Men's tennis was one of the 5 OSU teams recognized by the NCAA for academic performance.

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Five Ohio State teams "baseball, football, men's gymnastics, men's tennis and women's tennis" have been honored with public recognition awards, the NCAA announced Tuesday. These awards are given each year to teams scoring in the Top 10 percent in each sport, based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR).
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A Preview of the NCAA round of 16 tournament from Stanford CA is posted on the OSU Tennis Site

After hosting the first and second rounds, the fourth-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team (32-2, 13-0 Big Ten) will continue postseason play as one of 16 teams at the 2011 Division I Men's Tennis Championship in Stanford, Calif., Thursday. The Buckeyes are the No. 4 overall seed in the tournament and shut out Ball State and Notre Dame in the first two rounds in Columbus to advance to the Round of 16 for the sixth straight season.
Ohio State, which advanced to the 2010 NCAA tournament quarterfinals, will play Tulsa (21-7) next at 6 p.m. ET Thursday.
Ohio State will carry a 17-match win streak to Stanford, marking the eighth time in program history the Buckeyes will compete in the Round of 16 at the NCAA championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). . . .

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Tulsa is 21-7 overall and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after winning the Conference USA title. The Hurricane defeated East Carolina, Memphis and Rice, all by 4-0 decisions en route to the league title. Tulsa is coming off two big upsets over Big 12 opponents in the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament. The Hurricane defeated Oklahoma, 4-2, and No. 13 Texas, 4-3, in the first and second rounds, respectively, in Norman, Okla.
Tulsa has played only one Big Ten opponent on the season, defeating Michigan, 4-3, March 11 in Ann Arbor. On neutral courts, the Hurricane are 2-1.
Buckeyes vs. Tulsa
Ohio State and Tulsa have met only once on the courts, with the Buckeyes coming away with the 7-0 victory during the 2009-10 National Team Indoors Qualifier in Columbus. . .

Freshmen Finest
True-freshmen Blaz Rola and Ille Van Engelen, along with redshirt-freshmen Peter Kobelt and Nelson Vick have been a critical part of the 2010-11 men's tennis team. Rola and Van Engelen have been fixtures in the Top 3 of the singles lineups throughout much of the season. Rola has accumulated a 37-5 singles record while Van Engelen has gone 17-6. Vick also holds an impressive 20-4 singles mark and Kobelt boasts a 13-3 singles ledger.
Combined, the four freshmen are 87-18 (.828) in singles competition. In doubles, the freshmen foursome's record is 65-17.
Allare and Buchanan Streaking
Buckeye Matt Allare is on a 23-match win streak entering the NCAA Round of 16. Allare is 35-3 overall with a 26-1 mark in duals. The Mason, Ohio, native is 19-0 at the No. 4 position and 7-1 vs. ranked competition. The senior co-captain's 35 singles wins overall are second on the team, only behind Blaz Rola's team-high 37 victories.
Chase Buchanan enters the NCAA Round of 16 boasting a 15-match win streak. The New Albany, Ohio, native is 27-2. The eight-time Big Ten Athlete of the Week is 16-1 at the No. 1 position and 11-1 when playing at the No. 2 spot. The junior is also 13-5 vs. ranked opponents on the 2010-11 campaign. . . .

Individual Dual Success
Ohio State has been dominant throughout dual matches in 2011. In singles, the Buckeyes were a combined 158-21 (.883). http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&ATCLID=3700384&DB_OEM_ID=17300Chase Buchanan leads the squad with 27 dual victories. http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&ATCLID=1244023&DB_OEM_ID=17300Matt Allare has 26 wins while http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...3&SPID=10415&ATCLID=205015108&DB_OEM_ID=17300Blaz Rola and http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&ATCLID=3658867&DB_OEM_ID=17300Devin McCarthy have 24 apiece. Senior co-captain http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&ATCLID=1244065&DB_OEM_ID=17300Balazs Novak is right behind with 23 dual wins.
In doubles, the Scarlet and Gray are a combined 76-19 (.800). Novak leads the way with 25 doubles victories. Rola has earned 23 dual wins, while Buchanan and Allare have 22 apiece.
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The Stanford location is a wonderful site to host the NCAA tournament,

however,

if the weather is inclement as it has been the last few days, there is not an indoor court in sight.
Buckeyes got an abbreviated practice in today, but they dodged rain.
The tournament directors will be scrambling to keep the tournament on track if there are extended weather issues.
A glance at the live court video would suggest as much :(
http://www.streamingtennis.com/Cardi...oreboard1.html
 
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