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

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Bucks start out well in singles.
Smith wins his first set 6-0.
Kobelt wins his first set 6-3.
Buchanan wins his first set 6-2.
Van Engelen wins his first set 6-3.
McCarthy wins his first set 6-4.
Rola wins his first set 7-6.
It would appear that after dropping the doubles point the Bucks became a very pissed off group of young men.
 
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Kobelt puts the first point on the board for the Bucks to tie the match at 1-1.
Smith with a victory to put the Bucks up 2-1.
Buchanan with the 3rd point, Van Engelen with the 4th to secure the match, 4-1!!
Go Bucks!!
 
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Buckeye close out the Irish in South Bend by a final of 5-2.
The Official OSU tennis site had a recap of the victory.
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The second-ranked Ohio State men?s tennis team won its third-consecutive match after battling No. 26 Notre Dame to a 5-2 win Saturday at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The victory was the Buckeyes? seventh-consecutive against the Fighting Irish.

Ille Van Engelen captured the fourth singles point for Ohio State to clinch the victory over the Irish with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles over Niall Fitzgerald. The Eindhoven, Netherlands, native improved to 15-4 overall and 11-2 in the spring with the win. It was only his second time competing on court five this season.

Ohio State (15-1) improved to 28-26 all-time vs. Notre Dame (11-6). Under head coach Ty Tucker, the team is 9-4 vs. the Irish. The Buckeyes are now 9-1 this season vs. teams ranked in the ITA Top 30.
For the first time this season the Buckeyes did not win the doubles point. Notre Dame?s Casey Watt and Fitzgerald defeated Devin McCarthyand Van Engelen on court two, the nation?s 28th-ranked duo nationally, 8-5 to give the home team a slight advantage.

Chase Buchananand Blaz Rola, the top-ranked tandem in the country, evened the doubles wins with an 8-3 victory on court one against Greg Andrews and Spencer Talmadge. The win improved the Buckeye pair?s record to 19-2 this season.
Connor Smith suffered his first loss of the spring after he and Peter Kobeltfell to Sam Keeton and Billy Pecor 8-6 at the No. 3 position to secure the doubles point for the Irish.

Ohio State responded well against Notre Dame by reeling off five consecutive singles wins.

Kobelt, ranked No. 56, avenged his doubles setback with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles vs. Keeton to tie the match at 1-1. His partner Smith also made up for the earlier loss with a 6-0, 6-2 win on court six against Blas Moros to give the Buckeyes their first lead of the match. Kobelt moved to 11-8 overall, while Smith improved to 17-2.

Buchanan, ranked 24th nationally, gave Ohio State a 3-1 lead after quickly beating 45th-ranked Andrews on court two. It was the senior?s first match at the No. 2 position during the dual schedule. Van Engelen would follow with his straight-set win on court five to give Ohio State its fourth point of the bout.

Rounding out singles play, Rola, the nation?s sixth-ranked player, was a 7-6, 6-2 winner vs. Watt on court one, while McCarthy lost for only the third time this spring following a 10-7 tiebreaker loss in the third set.
The Buckeyes return home for three matches March 9 and 11. Ohio State welcomes Texas A&M at 6 p.m. Friday and will host Penn State and UNOH at noon and 5 p.m., respectively, Sunday.

Tennis Match Results
No. 2 Ohio State 5, No. 26 Notre Dame 2
March 3, 2012 at Notre Dame, Ind.
(Eck Tennis Pavilion)
Singles
1. #6 Blaz Rola (OSU) def. Casey Watt (ND) 7-6 (7-0), 6-2
2. #24 Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. #45 Greg Andrews (ND) 6-2, 6-2
3. #58 Peter Kobelt (OSU) def. Sam Keeton (ND) 6-3, 6-2
4. Billy Pecor (ND) def. #44 Devin McCarthy (OSU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
5. #105 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Niall Fitzgerald (ND) 6-3, 6-3
6. #114 Connor Smith (OSU) def. Blas Moros (ND) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. #1 Blaz Rola/Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. Greg Andrews/Spencer Talmadge (ND) 8-3
2. Casey Watt/Niall Fitzgerald (ND) def. #28 Devin McCarthy/Ille Van Engelen (OSU) 8-5
3. Sam Keeton/Billy Pecor (ND) def. Peter Kobelt/Connor Smith (OSU) 8-6
Match Notes:
Ohio State 15-1; National ranking #2
Notre Dame 11-6; National ranking #26
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,6,2,5,1,4)
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The ITA released their weekly rankings of NCAA tennis teams and the Buckeyes held on to the #2 spot in the computer polls.

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A few notes from this week's ITA computer results:

Virginia edged out UCLA for the #3 spot this week after being #4 last week.

Big movers in the ITA rankings this week include:
Washington Huskies who jumped 11 spots to #13
Mississippi who bumped up 28 spots to #16.
Indiana Hoosiers cracked the top 20 at #18, up 11 spots from last week.
Big droppers were:
Auburn down 15 spots.
South Carolina down 11.

It is probably way too early to talk seeding at the NCAA team tournament in May, but those things are always critical if Buckeyes want to make this year a championship season.
If OSU could receive a #2 or #3 seed, it would be a great advantage. We want to avoid USC and their all world lineup until the final round.
The Buckeye upset victory over Virginia in the ITA National indoors is huge for computer points! OSU schedule strength also favors their point potential.

Buckeyes are in the driver's seat but must play strong tennis the rest of the season, avoid injuries/off days to hold on to the #2 or 3 ranking.
OTOH, Virginia will be looking over their shoulder and trying to stay in the #3 spot and hoping they have enough points to stay above UCLA, Duke, Georgia, and Kentucky so they do not have to face USC in the semis of the NCAAs.

OSU will face another strong test this Friday 6 pm at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center when #17 Texas A & M visits Columbus.
Go Bucks!
 
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For the 4th straight week, the B1G has named a Buckeye men's tennis player as its Athlete of the week. This week its Chase Buchanan's "turn".
From the OSU official tennis site...

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Chase Buchanan, a senior on the No. 2 Ohio State men?s tennis team, was named the Big Ten Athlete of the Week the conference announced Tuesday. The honor is his fourth this season and 14th of his career.
Including the fall season, the Buckeyes have won 10 of the 18 conference athlete of the week honors awarded this season.
Ranked 24th in the ITA singles polls, the New Albany, Ohio, native defeated 45th-ranked Greg Andrews 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles en route to helping Ohio State down No. 26 Notre Dame, 5-2, March 3. Prior to his singles victory, Buchanan teamed with Blaz Rola to form the No. 1 doubles team in the nation and beat the Fighting Irish pair of Andrews and Spencer Talmadge 8-3 at the No. 1 position.
The Buckeyes (15-1; 1-0 Big Ten) will now prep for a three-match weekend when they host Texas A&M at 6 p.m. Friday at the Varsity Tennis Center (880 W. Henderson Rd.). Ohio State returns to Big Ten Conference action at noon Sunday vs. Penn State before wrapping up the weekend with a match vs. University of Northwest Ohio at 5 p.m. in the VTC.
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No. 2 Ohio State Preps for Three Home Matches...

A preview of the big weekend for the men's tennis program is posted on the OSU tennis official site.

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The No. 2 Ohio State men?s tennis team (15-1) will host a trio of teams this weekend at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Buckeyes will face No. 17 Texas A&M at 6 p.m. Friday, before their doubleheader Sunday vs. Penn State at noon and the University of Northwest Ohio at 5 p.m.
Break Points:
? As the No. 2 team nationally, Ohio State is 60-4.
? Ohio State has won 60 of its last 61 regular-season (non-tournament) road contests dating back to 2006.
? The Buckeyes have been victorious in 32 of their previous 34 matches.
? Since 2001, Ohio State is 260-37 when ranked in the ITA Top 25. That percentage improves to 213-14 from the 2005-06 season onward.
? The Buckeyes have been ranked in the ITA Top 10 for 178 consecutive matches (beginning March 7, 2006).
? Ohio State has won 80 consecutive Big Ten Conference matches....

Scouting the Aggies
Texas A&M is 9-5 overall on the season and travel to Columbus having won two consecutive matches and four of its previous five matches. The Aggies? wins came against Baylor, TCU, UT-Arlington and Abilene Christian. The only loss during that stretch was to Texas in the ITA National Indoors Championship.

However, Texas A&M previously defeated the Longhorns Feb. 10 at a neutral site in Houston. Other wins on the season include Mississippi State and Purdue. All five of the Aggies? losses have come against ranked opponents.
Texas A&M are led by senior and No. 30 Alexis Klegou. Klegou is the only ranked Aggie in the ITA singles poll released Feb. 28.
Ohio State vs. Texas A&M
The Buckeyes are 2-3 all-time against the Aggies and head coach Ty Tucker has two victories vs. one loss. The lone setback occurred last season in College Station, Texas with the No. 17 Aggies defeating No. 5 Ohio State 4-0 March 11. In 2010 and 2009, Ohio State was a 4-3 victor in each meeting.

Previewing Penn State As of March 6, the Nittany Lions are 8-2 overall with two more matches on their schedule before they meet Ohio State. Nine of the 10 matches Penn State has played have been at home in University Park. Penn State has accrued wins against Lehigh, Princeton, Buffalo, Bucknell and Army. The two losses include a 6-1 defeat at North Carolina State in its season opener and another 6-1 setback Feb. 4 vs. Virginia Tech.
Head coach Jeff Zinn?s Penn State squad includes seniors Taylor Cohen and Jason Lee as well as juniors Guanhua Chen, C.J. Griffin, Christopher Hasyn and Bryan Welnetz. . .

Dominant in Columbus
The Buckeyes have won a school-record 137 consecutive home matches, which includes a 9-0 start this season. The streak dates back to the 2002-03 campaign. So far this season Ohio State is 6-0 vs. ITA Top 75 teams (No. 44 Cornell, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 29 Indiana, No. 12 Pepperdine, No. 7 Kentucky and No. 17 North Carolina). In the Big Ten, no other team in any sport has won as many consecutive contests at home than the Buckeyes.
It has been nearly 3,250 days since the Buckeyes last lost a home match. The home win streak began April 6, 2003 with a 5-2 triumph over Purdue.

Strong Schedule
Ohio State had endured a demanding schedule in the spring, both in non-conference and conference play. The Scarlet and Gray have played 12 consecutive matches against teams ranked in the initial ITA Top 75 poll starting with Mississippi State (No. 16) and Pepperdine (12). It continued at home Feb. 25 and 26 against No. 7 Kentucky and No. 17 North Carolina, respectively. The Buckeyes met four Top 14 ranked opponents at the ITA National Indoors Championship in Charlottesville, Va., including the Top 2 teams in the country in No. 1 USC and No. 2 Virginia.
In total, 20 of Ohio State?s 25 spring opponents finished ranked in the ITA Top 75 last season, including 13 in the Top 35. Georgia, Kentucky and Texas A&M all finished in the Top 10. All nine road opponents concluded the 2010-11 campaign with a spot in the ITA standings.
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Buckeyes still feel the sting from last year's loss at Texas A & M.
In reality the 2011 Aggie loss (hostile road environment) was a humbling experience, it broke a streak of consecutive OSU wins in dual matches, and dropped the Bucks from contention (computer points) for a possible #2 or #3 seed in the NCAA team tournament (OSU was #4 seed vs. #1 USC in semifinal).

Friday 6 pm is a Critical match vs. A & M at HOME.
Bucks want to protect and extend their 137 match home win streak.
Would love to see the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center rocking for the good guys Friday night at 6 pm.

Fans can monitor the action on Friday night and Sunday on Livestats
The fans can also watch using the new feed for live video

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Official.site Recap of the Buckeye's 138th consecutive home victory.
A bit of revenge exacted over the #17 Texas A & M Friday night at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.
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The second-ranked Ohio State men?s tennis team improved to 16-1 on the season after beating No. 17 Texas A&M 6-1 Friday night at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Buckeyes? homestand continues Sunday when they host Penn State at noon and the University of Northwest Ohio at 5 p.m. in the VTC.
Senior and 24th ranked Chase Buchanan?s 6-1, 6-3 win over No. 30 Alexis Klegou at No. 1 singles lifted the Scarlet and Gray to a 4-0 lead and the victory.
All six Buckeyes won the first set in singles play, including 58th ranked Peter Kobelt, who downed Junior Ore 6-3 in the first set before winning the second set 6-4 on court two.
Playing No. 5 singles, 44th-ranked Devin McCarthy had a successful outing vs. John Lewis, beating the Aggie 6-3, 6-2 to propel Ohio State to a 3-0 advantage. It was not long after, Buchanan?s win gave the Buckeyes their 138th-consecutive win in Columbus.
In continued singles play, Ille Van Engelen, ranked 105 in the nation, posted back-to-back 6-4 triumphs vs. Jeremy Efferding at the No. 4 position. Up next, Blaz Rola followed his 6-4 first-set win with a 6-1 second-set victory over Colin Hoover on court No. 2.
Connor Smith was forced into a second-set tiebreaker and third-set super tiebreaker, both of which he lost on court six to Niall Angus. Winning the first set 6-3, Smith suffered a 7-6 (12-10) loss in the second stanza. The Buckeye then dropped a 10-3 super tiebreaker set to conclude the evening.

The Buckeyes won the doubles point for the 16th time this season after No. 28 McCarthy and Van Engelen handed Hoover and Klegou an 8-4 setback at the No. 2 position. With the score tied 3-3, McCarthy and Van Engelen went up a break in the seventh game and then held serve for a 5-3 advantage. Despite giving up an additional game to the Aggie pair, the Buckeye duo held on for the final score.

The No. 1 doubles team in the country, Buchanan and Rola took a 5-0 lead against Ore and Jackson Withrow on court one before cruising to an 8-3 victory.
In other doubles action, Kobelt and Smith used a break in the 10th game to take a 6-5 lead and edged Lewis and Angus 8-6.
Break Points:
? The Buckeyes improve to 3-3 all-time vs. Texas A&M, including a 3-1 record under head coach Ty Tucker.
? As the No. 2 ranked team nationally, Ohio State is 61-4.
? The Buckeyes have won 16 of 17 doubles points this season.
? Ohio State has won 138 consecutive matches in Columbus, the longest active win streak in the nation. ? Ohio State has won 62 of its last 63 regular-season (non-tournament) road contests dating back to 2006.
? The Buckeyes have been victorious in 33 of their previous 35 matches.
? Since 2001, Ohio State is 261-37 when ranked in the ITA Top 25. That mark moves to 214-14 from the 2005-06 season onward.
? The Buckeyes have been ranked in the ITA Top 10 for 179 consecutive matches (beginning March 7, 2006).
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Buckeyes gain a 7-0 shut out of Penn State this afternnon at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Up next is the University of Northwest Ohio.
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Let's give the Nits their due

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UNOH also was a sweep for the Buckeye Men's tennis program as the Scarlet and Gray prevailed by a 4-0 final.
The Buckeyes with the victory extended their consecutive home winning streak to 140.
The Big 10 win streak now stands at 81 after claiming the match vs. Penn State.
Winners for the Bucks in doubles vs. UNOH were the #2 team of Rola and VanEngelen and the #1 team of Kobelt and Smith.
Singles wins were posted by
#3 Nelson Vick,
#4 Connor Smith,
and #5 Hunter Callahan.
The match was halted when OSU captured the 4th point.
The Buckeyes will have this coming week off from competition but next week will travel to the SEC for two big matches vs. LSU and Georgia.
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A recap of the Buckeye's Big 10 victory over Penn State from the OSU official tennis site.
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The second-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team improved to 17-1 on the season after beating Penn State 7-0 Sunday at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Buckeyes have now won 81 consecutive matches against Big Ten opponents.
Devin McCarthy won the fourth point for the Buckeyes, securing the team win after a 6-1, 6-4 victory on court four.
Ohio State won the doubles point for the 17th time this season after a 9-7 win from Peter Kobelt and Connor Smith on court two over Taylor Cohen and Bryan Welnetz.
The first doubles match to finish featured Blaz Rola and Nelson Vick teaming up for the first time this season to defeat C.J. Griffin and Christopher Hasyn 8-5 on court three.
Penn State would even it at 1-1 after Jason Lee and Russell Bader knocked off Buckeyes McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen. However, Kobelt and Smith held on for their victory to lift the Scarlet and Gray to a 1-0 advantage.
Hunter Callahan put the Buckeyes up 2-0 after a 6-3, 6-2 victory on court six against Hasyn, followed by Van Engelen's 6-2, 6-1 win over Tomas Hanzlik on court two. It was the first time this season Van Engelen played at No. 2 this season.
In other singles action, Rola downed Lee 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 and Kobelt beat Bader 7-5, 6-2 on court three Smith handed Welnetz a 6-4, 6-0 setback to give Ohio State the shutout. . .

March 11, 2012
at Columbus, Ohio
(Varsity Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #6 Blaz Rola (OSU) def. Jason Lee (PSU) 6-3, 6-1
2. #105 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. #121 Tomas Hanzlik (PSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. #58 Peter Kobelt (OSU) def. Russell Bader (PSU) 7-5, 6-2
4. #44 Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Taylor Cohen (PSU) 6-1, 6-4
5. #114 Connor Smith (OSU) def. Bryan Welnetz (PSU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Hunter Callahan (OSU) def. Christopher Hasyn (PSU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #29 Jason Lee/Russell Bader (PSU) def. #28 Devin McCarthy/Ille Van Engelen (OSU) 8-6
2. Peter Kobelt/Connor Smith (OSU) def. Taylor Cohen/Bryan Welnetz (PSU) 9-7
3. Blaz Rola/Nelson Vick (OSU) def. C.J. Griffin/Christopher Hasyn (PSU) 8-5
Match Notes:
Penn State 8-4 Ohio State 17-1; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,2,4,1,5,3)
Official: Vince Solomon
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