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

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tOSU men's team will face Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the B10 tourney Friday 10 am, at Ann Arbor.
Wisconsin defeated Iowa 4-0 to advance to face #1 seeded Buckeyes.
Here is a preview of the Badgers.

MTEN: Top-Seeded Ohio State Aims for Fourth-Consecutive Big Ten Tournament Title - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com


No. 36 Wisconsin (15-9; 4-6 Big Ten) is the No. 8 seed in the 2009 Big Ten Tournament. The Buckeyes defeated the Badgers, 7-0, April 19 at the Stickney Tennis Center. The Badgers lost their last three Big Ten matches to Penn State and Minnesota before falling to Ohio State. Away from its home court in Madison, Wis., the Badgers are 5-7 this season. Wisconsin began the season winning the first five matches before losing to No. 57 East Tennessee State, 4-3, Jan. 30 at home. The Badgers have key wins against Wake Forest, Notre Dame and Michigan.

Wisconsin finished tied for second place in the conference last season with Illinois, which was it best finish since placing second at the end of the 1978 campaign. The Badgers will look to make a run for its first Big Ten championship in program history.
The Badgers have two members listed in the latest Campbell/ITA College Tennis Division I Rankings. Sophomore Moritz Baumann is No. 31, while freshman Marek Michalicka is No. 55. Baumann is 22-1 overall and owns a 16-1 mark at No. 1 singles. Michalicka is 14-7 overall, while going 12-2 at No. 2 singles this season.
In doubles, Baumann and Michalicka stand at No. 22 in the ITA polls. The Badger duo is 18-4 overall and at No. 1 doubles.
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The recognition keeps coming:

MTEN: Koniecko Earns Second Big Ten Athlete of the Year Nod, Tucker Captures Coaching Honor - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Bryan Koniecko, a senior tri-captain on the Ohio State men?s tennis team, garnered his second-consecutive Big Ten Athlete of the Year honor while head coach Ty Tucker earned his fourth-consecutive Big Ten Coach of the Year laurel Thursday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Joining Koniecko on the 2009 All-Big Ten Team were Steven Moneke and Justin Kronauge.
Senior tri-captain Ty Schaub received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for Ohio State.
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Congratulations Bryan, Steven, Justin, Ty and Ty.
 
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From Ann Arbor, The tOSU tennis team advanced to the semis of the B10 tourney with a 4-0 victory this morning over Wisconsin.
They will play Sat. 10 am against the winner of the TSUN vs. Northwestern match. As of this time TSUN is leading NU 3-1.
 
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gracelhink;1455843; said:
From Ann Arbor, The tOSU tennis team advanced to the semis of the B10 tourney with a 4-0 victory this morning over Wisconsin.
They will play Sat. 10 am against the winner of the TSUN vs. Northwestern match. As of this time TSUN is leading NU 3-1.
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1 down and 2 to go for the tourney title

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Results from Friday victory over Wisconsin.
The depth on this squad is just amazing!
#2 and #3 doubles earned the double's point.
#4, #5, #6 singles secured the victory.

? Big Ten Tournament Central Page
Match 4: No. 1 Ohio State 4, No. 8 Wisconsin 0
Singles
No. 1 -- #3 Bryan Koniecko (OSU) vs. #31 Moritz Baumann (WIS), 4-6, 6-4 (unfinished)
No. 2 -- #25 Justin Kronauge (OSU) vs. #55 Marek Michalicka (WIS), 6-3, 2-2 (unfinished)
No. 3 -- #8 Steven Moneke (OSU) vs. Patrick Pohlmann (WIS), 7-6(3) (unfinished)
No. 4 -- #108 Matt Allare (OSU) d. Peter Marrack (WIS), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 -- #70 Balazs Novak (OSU) d. Michael Dierberger (WIS), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Chase Buchanan (OSU) d. Luke Rassow-Kantor (WIS), 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- #17 Kronauge/Moneke (OSU) vs. #22 Baumann/Michalicka (WIS), 8-7 (unfinished)
No. 2 -- Allare/Novak (OSU) d. Dierberger/Michael Muskievicz (WIS), 8-5
No. 3 -- Koniecko/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) d. Pohlmann/Rassow-Kantor (WIS), 9-7
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3, Singles 4-6-5
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Results from Saturday's Semifinal match vs. TSUN at Ann Arbor.


? Big Ten Tournament Central Page

Match 8: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Michigan
Singles
No. 1 -- #3 Bryan Koniecko (OSU) vs. #88 Jason Jung (U-M), 6-2, 5-7, 4-1 (unfinished)
No. 2 -- #25 Justin Kronauge (OSU) vs. Andrew Mazlin (U-M), 6-3, 1-6, 5-3 (unfinished)
No. 3 -- #8 Steven Moneke (OSU) d. Mike Sroczynski (U-M), 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- #108 Matt Allare (OSU) d. Chris Madden (U-M), 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
No. 5 -- George Navas (U-M) d. #70 Balazs Novak (OSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Chase Buchanan (OSU) d. Drew Daniel (U-M), 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- #17 Kronauge/Moneke (OSU) d. #51 Jung/Navas (U-M), 8-6
No. 2 -- Madden/Mazlin (U-M) vs. Allare/Novak (OSU), 8-4
No. 3 -- Koniecko/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) d. Daniel/Sroczynski (U-M), 8-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2-1, Singles 3-6-5-4
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Next up in the finals Sunday at Noon.
tOSU vs. the winner of Saturday afternoon's match #2 seed Illinois vs. #6 Indiana.
Congratulations Buckeyes on a hard fought victory in the face of a strong, vocal, home court disadvantage.
 
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Congratulations to the OSU men's tennis team for a strong and undefeated big Ten season.
They captured a 4th straight Big Ten tournament championship in Ann Arbor, today:osu:.
MTEN: Ohio State Claims its Fourth-Consecutive Big Ten Tournament Title against Illinois - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

The No. 1 seed Buckeyes defeat No. 2 seed Illinois, 4-1, in championship final in Ann Arbor
Down 1-0 after dropping the doubles point, the No. 1-seed Ohio State men?s tennis team showed its firepower, winning four-consecutive singles matches to claim its fourth-consecutive tournament title with a 4-1 victory against No. 2-seed Illinois Sunday at the 2009 Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The championship match will be televised by the Big Ten Network on a tape delay on Sunday, May 3 at 6 p.m.
The 2009 senior class now has four Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles since the 2005-06 campaign. Senior tri-captains [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057580"]Ty Schaub[/URL], Moneke and Koniecko have won more matches than any other class in their four-year career with a total record of 124-7 (.947).
Ohio State, who has won 23-consecutive matches this season, will now prepare for the 2009 NCAA Championships, beginning its quest for a national title as host to the first and second rounds of the tournament at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 8 and noon May 9 at the Stickney Tennis Center in Columbus.
The journey to host-site College Station, Texas, starts 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.

Singles
No. 1 -- No. 3 [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057586"]Bryan Koniecko[/URL] (OSU) d. No. 75 Marc Spicijaric (ILL), 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- No. 25 [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057600"]Justin Kronauge[/URL] (OSU) d. No. 50 Roy Kalmanovich (ILL), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 -- No. 8 [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057568"]Steven Moneke[/URL] (OSU) vs. No. 38 Dennis Nevolo (ILL), 6-4, 2-2 (unfinished)
No. 4 -- No. 108 [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244023"]Matt Allare[/URL] (OSU) vs. Marek Czerwinski (ILL), 7-6(3), 4-5 (unfinished)
No. 5 -- No. 70 [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065"]Balazs Novak[/URL] (OSU) d. Abe Souza (ILL), 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 -- [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=3700384"]Chase Buchanan[/URL] (OSU) d. Brian Livingston (ILL), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 24 Nevolo/Ruan Roelofse (ILL) d. No. 17 [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057600"]Justin Kronauge[/URL]/[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057568"]Steven Moneke[/URL] (OSU), 8-6
No. 2 -- Czerwinski/Spicijaric (ILL) d. [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244023"]Matt Allare[/URL]/[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065"]Balazs Novak[/URL] (OSU), 8-6
No. 3 -- [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057586"]Bryan Koniecko[/URL]/[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1384411"]Shuhei Uzawa[/URL] (OSU) d. Meedo El Tabakh/Kalmanovich (ILL), 8-4
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2-1, Singles 6-2-1-5
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