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

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Buckeyes prevailed with a convincing 7-0 victory over Butler at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center. Straight set victories were recorded in each match.
Three OSU players claimed their first single's wins in the Scarlet and Gray.
Kevin Metka, Conner Smith, and Hunter Callahan!
At 6 pm, Buckeyes face Xavier.
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The OSU official site recaps the Buckeyes season opening victory over Butler..

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Behind straight-set singles victories by all six Buckeye starters, the No. 3 Ohio State men?s tennis team downed Butler, 7-0, Wednesday afternoon at the Varsity Tennis Center to begin the 2012 campaign. The Buckeyes will host Xavier at 6 p.m. Wednesday night to wrap up their annual season-opening doubleheader vs. the two programs. . . .

Redshirt freshman Hunter Callahan, a native of Lower Gwynedd, Pa., was the first Buckeye off the courts in singles play after he defeated Zach Ervin 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4. Ille Van Engelen, a sophomore who hails from Eindhoven, Netherlands, only surrendered two points in his 6-1, 6-1 victory over Stephen McLoughlin at No. 3 singles. Grafton, Wis., native and redshirt sophomore Nelson Vick handed Tommy Marx a 6-2, 6-0 loss at No. 2 before Kevin Metka, a redshirt freshman from Worthington, Ohio, downed Pulok Bhattacharya 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 6 position. Junior Connor Smith, a transfer from Florida State, who is from Tampa, Fla., won 6-2, 6-2 vs. Billy Weldon. Peter Kobelt, a redshirt sophomore out of New Albany, Ohio, concluded the match at No. 1 singles with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Austin Woldmoe.

Ohio State began the morning sweeping the doubles matches, including an 8-1 victory by Kobelt and Smith over Marx and McLoughlin at No. 2. Van Engelen and redshirt junior Devin McCarthy followed with an 8-2 win vs. Woldmoe and Weldon at the top spot. At No. 3 doubles, senior Steven Williams and Metka concluded doubles play with an 8-5 win against Ervin and Sam O?Neill.
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Buckeyes complete the sweep of the doubleheader with a 7-0 win over Xavier.
Coach Tucker decided to rest his top two single's players for this match as well.
Recap of the victory over the Musketeers from the OSU tennis site.
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The third-ranked Ohio State men?s tennis team defeated Xavier, 7-0, at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center in the second half of its doubleheader to begin the spring portion of its schedule. With the 7-0 victory against Butler earlier in the day, the Buckeyes have reeled off six-consecutive seasons shutting out the Bulldogs and Musketeers during their home opener.
Devin McCarthy earned the match-clinching fourth point with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Philip Diaz at the No. 4 position.
Under the direction of head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes now own a 26-0 opening day record since Tucker took the program under his wing 13 years ago.
The Buckeyes have been almost perfect at home for the past decade, having now won 130 consecutive matches in Columbus, dating back to the 2002-03 season. . . .
The Buckeyes will continue their spring slate when Mississippi State travels to Columbus Sunday. The match vs. the Bulldogs will begin at noon at the VTC.
Tennis Match Results
No. 3 Ohio State 7, Xavier 0
Jan. 18, 2012 at Columbus, Ohio
Varsity Tennis Center
Singles
1. Nelson Vick (OSU) def. Mesa Mei (XU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Peter Kobelt (OSU) def. Richard Canelas (XU) 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
3. #116 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Michael Moe (XU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Philip Diaz (XU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Hunter Callahan (OSU) def. Marc Pretorius (XU) 6-3, 6-1
6. #123 Connor Smith (OSU) def. Freddy Abunku (XU) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
1. Peter Kobelt/Connor Smith (OSU) def. Philip Diaz/Mesa Mei (XU) 8-2
2. Devin McCarthy/Kevin Metka (OSU) def. Richard Canelas/Marc Pretorius (XU) 8-4
3. Steven Williams/Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Freddy Abunku/Michael Moe (XU) 8-0
Match Notes:
Xavier 0-1
Ohio State 2-0; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,6,4,5,1,2)
Official: Vince Solomon T-2:30 A-125
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The big time competition arrives today at noon -- #16 ITA ranked Mississippi State.
MSU is a loaded SEC squad and a serious threat to break the 130 consecutive match home Buckeye win streak.
Twitters and other media blasts are seeking a big loud crowd at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center, 880 W. Henderson Road.

Buckeye fans can monitor the match progress online at
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/livestats/m-tennis/xlive.htm

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The MSU Bulldogs are heading south after an impressive 5-2 win at B1G's MSU Spartans on Friday.
The Bulldog lineup is loaded with 4 ITA ranked single's players and 1 ranked double's squad.
In the single's rankings:
#32 George Coupland.
#45 Louis Cant.
#79 James Chaudry
#90 Malte Stropp
The #1 MSU single's player Artem Ilyushin is unranked but on Friday defeated the B1G's conference fall tournament champion Denis Bogatov from Sparty.
This showdown between top 20 teams will have the eye of tennis followers across the NCAA.
Go Bucks!
 
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Buckeyes captured the double's point with three victories.
#1 Rola-Buchanan def. #12 ranked pair 8-5.
#15 McCarthy-VanEngelen def. MSU 2nd doubles.
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Connor Smith-Peter Kobelt quickly easily dispatched #3 MSU tandem.
Singles next with:
#1 Buchanan vs. #79 Choudry
#2 Rola vs. Ilyushin
#3 Kobelt!!! vs. #45 Cant
#4 VanEngelen vs. #90 Stropp
#5 McCarthy vs. #32 Coupland
#6 Smith vs. White.

The doubles point is huge for extending the home victory streak to 131, Would love to see W's at #1, #2, #4 and #6.
Kobelt and McCarthy will have their hands full!
Go Bucks.

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Van Engelen also triumphs over #90 Malte Stropp, 6-2, 6-2!
Now 5-0 Buckeyes!

After a bad first set loss Devin McCarthy has regained his form and is leading 3-2 in the third set at #5 vs. the #32 ranked Coupland.

Kobelt is also battling back at #3 singles, trying to get to a third set vs. #45 Cant.
 
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McCarthy closes out Coupland at #5 singles for the Buckeyes 6th point.
Kobelt loses a close 3rd set tie breaker 10-8 for a 6-1 final score.
The #3 ranked Buckeyes extend their consecutive match home win streak to a B1G conference best 131.

Next up for the Buckeyes is the ITA kickoff classic regional round at Columbus next weekend.
 
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A recap of the Buckeyes 131st consecutive home win over MSU from the OSU official tennis site.
The official site switched and corrected the opponents for Buchanan and Rola from the live match scoring.
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The third-ranked Ohio State men?s tennis team (3-0) handed No. 16 Mississippi State (3-1) its first loss of the season, beating the Bulldogs, 6-1, Sunday at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Blaz Rola, ranked eighth nationally,earned the Buckeyes? match-clinching fourth point after defeating James Chaudry, who is ranked 79th in the country 7-6, 6-4.
The match with the Bulldogs was only the second meeting between the two schools. The first contest occurred during the 1990-91 season and was the home opener for John Daly?s Buckeyes. Mississippi State left Columbus with a 7-2 win.
In doubles, Peter Kobelt and Connor Smith was the first Buckeye tandem to finish, defeating Chaudry and Zach White, 8-3, at No. 3.
Devin McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen competed on court two and after trailing for most of the match, broke a couple of serves by George Coupland and Artem Ilyushin to leave with an 8-6 victory.
Chase Buchanan and Rola, the top-ranked tandem nationally, concluded doubles action for the Scarlet and Gray with an 8-5 triumph vs. the Bulldog pair of Louis Cant and Malte Stropp, the country?s 12th-ranked duo.
In singles competition, Smith gave the Buckeyes a 2-0 advantage following a quick 6-2, 6-2 win vs. White on court six. Buchanan followed with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on court one vs. Ilyushin with Rola clinching the win shortly after.
Van Engelen (No. 116) downed Stropp (No. 90) 6-2, 6-2, while McCarthy came back to defeat Mississippi State?s highest-ranked player, Coupland, 0-6, 6-1, 6-4. Coupland was ranked 32nd nationally.
?It feels great to start 3-0 for the second straight year,? Van Engelen said, ?It?s an honor to play for the Buckeyes. Now we have to prepare for next weekend.?
Kobelt played a tough match, but eventually fell in a tiebreaker 4-6, 7-5, 8-10 to No. 45 Cant.
The Buckeyes will continue spring action Jan. 28-29 when they are one of 15 schools hosting the ITA Kickoff Weekend. Ohio State, the No. 1 seed, will meet No. 45 Cornell, the fourth seed, in the first match at 10 a.m. Jan 28. No. 2 seed Indiana will meet No. 3 Notre Dame following the Buckeyes and Big Red match at approximately 2 p.m. The consolation match will take place at 10 a.m. Sunday, with the two winners meeting at 1 p.m. for the championship. All matches will be held at the Varsity Tennis Center.
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A solid showing for the Buckeyes today against one of the best SEC teams!
Especially impressive was a big win for Devin McCarthy today over a solid and highly ranked opponent. Gutted out a tough 3 set win.
Also a valiant effort by Peter Kobelt at #3 singles dropping a close super tie breaker 10-8,
The Buckeyes have been ranked in the ITA Top 10 for 165-consecutive matches (beginning March 7, 2006).
 
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Interesting to note that Tucker is trying to find which doubles combo will give Ohio State the best chance of getting that crucial beginning one point. Smith/Kobelt at #3 doubles is pretty formidable along with Buchanan/Rola being almost unbeatable at #1. It will interesting to see if Tucker stays with these pairings or does some more "playing around".
 
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