Ohio State has now won a school-record 87-consecutive home matches dating back to the 2002-03 season. No other Big Ten team in any sport has won as many contests in a row at home. . .
Senior tri-captains
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057580Ty Schaub,
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057568Steven Moneke and
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057586Bryan Koniecko were honored after the Wisconsin game April 19 on senior day as the Buckeyes received its fourth-consecutive Big Ten regular-season trophy. The 2009 senior class has won four Big Ten regular-season titles and three Big Ten tournament titles since joining the team in the 2005-06 campaign.
?It?s a sad day to see those three guys play some of their last home matches for Ohio State,? Tucker said. ?At the same time, they?ve done a good job of helping to raise the program by taking it more seriously in each match. We start a new season now with championship season beginning and we just want to try to give our best performance possible out there. When you play around 35 matches in a season, sometimes you are not going to play your best, but as long as we continue to get quality guys like Ty, Steven and Bryan, we are going to be successful because they?ve played with heart.?
Schaub, Moneke and Koniecko have never lost at home in their four years at Ohio State and have won more matches than any other class in program history. The 2009 senior class has a 121-7 record (.945), advanced the NCAA tournament quarterfinals three-consecutive years and has a perfect 49-0 Big Ten record.
Senior tri-captains
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057568Steven Moneke and
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057586Bryan Koniecko stand at the top of the program?s all-time career wins list for singles and doubles. In singles, Moneke, a two-time ITA All-American, has 135 career singles wins and is the program?s all-time career singles wins leader. Moneke passed former Buckeye Vince Ng (1999-03) with 132 victories after defeating Joshua Graves of Northwestern, 6-2, 6-3 April 17 at No. 3 singles.
?I started thinking about the record in the second set,? Moneke said. ?I?m honored to be in the company with Vince Ng, he?s a legend in our program. I?ve heard stories on how hard he worked everyday. I couldn?t of asked for anything better than breaking it at home in my last couple of matches in Columbus. It?s a great feeling.?
Koniecko, a two-time All-American, has 126 career singles wins as a Buckeye and is now tied with former Buckeye Roger Smith (1983-86) for third on the all-time list. For the past four seasons, both Moneke and Koniecko have had at least 20 singles wins. . .
Following the 2009 Big Ten Tournament, the journey to host-site College Station, Texas, begins with the 2009 NCAA Division I men?s and women?s tennis selection announcements, airing at approximately at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 on ESPNews. The team brackets will be posted on the NCAA websites (
www.NCAA.com and
www.NCAA.org) shortly after the completion of the televised announcement.
Following the 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Ohio State will begin to prepare for the 2009 NCAA Championships as the Buckeyes host the first and second rounds at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 8 and noon May 9 at the Stickney Tennis Center.
