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

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The ITA kickoff is ideally to include the top 60 teams in the NCAA in competition to advance to the ITA indoor 16 team championships in Feb.
The ITA rankings of the 4 teams in the Buckeye portion of the ITA Kickoff weekend are as follows:
tOSU -- #4
Miami -- #65
Louisiana Lafayette -- #70
ETSU -- #71.

It looks like the 3 teams which were selected and placed last June in the Buckeye bracket are some of the lowest ranked teams that make up the 60 team draw.


update on scores:
#1 Rola up a break at 5-3.
#2 Kobelt up an early break at 3-2.
#3 Mc Carthy on serve at 2-2.
#4 Smith back on serve at 4-3.
#5 Diaz up an early break at 3-0.
#6 Christ up an early break at 4-1.
 
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Buckeyes take the first round in the ITA Kickoff with a 7-0 victory over ETSU.
Straight sets in each of single's.
Next up tomorrow at 1 pm the Buckeyes face the winner of the Louisiana Lafayette vs U Miami for a chance to travel to the ITA championships.
Miami currently leads 3-2.
 
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Recap of the opening round victory over ETSU from the official site.

Link

No. 4 Buckeyes Advance to ITA Kick-Off Championship
Buckeyes sweep Buccaneers 7-0
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Blaz Rola won his first match of the spring season 6-3, 6-4 over Jesus Bandres
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The fourth ranked Ohio State men?s tennis team knocked off No. 72 East Tennessee State, 7-0, Saturday at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event. With the victory, Ohio State advanced to the championship match of the four-team regional tournament to be played Sunday not before 1 p.m. The Scarlet and Gray will play the winner of the match between No. 71 Louisiana-Lafayette and No. 65 Miami for a spot in the ITA National Indoor Championship Feb. 15 in Seattle, Wash.

Buckeyes Win Big
Behind the strong play of Ohio State?s ranked singles competitors, No. 1 Peter Kobelt, No. 13 Connor Smith, No. 30 Chris Diaz, the Buckeyes were able to defeat the Buccaneers 7-0. Capturing the first doubles victory were Kobelt and Kevin Metka. The Buckeye pair shut out Roger Ordeig and Ricardo Pabon 8-0. Earning Ohio State the team point with the second doubles victory was the tandem of Devin McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen who defeated Jesus Bandres and Rogerio Ribeiro 8-4.

In the singles portion of the match, Blaz Rola secured his first victory of the spring season with a win over Bandres 6-3, 6-4 on court one. Kobelt was next to win for Ohio State as he defeated Ribeiro 6-4, 6-3 on court two. Clinching the match for Ohio State was Constantin Christ in a 6-1, 6-1 win against Pabon. McCarthy, Smith and Diaz also were victorious in their respective matches.

Tennis Match Results
East Tennessee State University vs Ohio State
Jan 26, 2013 at Columbus, Ohio
(Varsity Tennis Center)
#4 Ohio State 7, #72 East Tennessee State University 0

Singles competition
1. Blaz Rola (OSU) def. Jesus Bandres (ETSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. #1 Peter Kobelt (OSU) def. Rogerio Ribeiro (ETSU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Jorge Varon (ETSU) 7-5, 6-3
4. #13 Connor Smith (OSU) def. Juan Ramirez (ETSU) 6-3, 6-3
5. #30 Chris Diaz (OSU) def. Roger Ordeig (ETSU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Constantin Christ (OSU) def. Ricardo Pabon (ETSU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Devin McCarthy/Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Jesus Bandres/Rogerio Ribeiro (ETSU) 8-4
2. Blaz Rola/Connor Smith (OSU) vs. Jorge Varon/Juan Ramirez (ETSU) 7-5, unfinished
3. Peter Kobelt/Kevin Metka (OSU) def. Roger Ordeig/Ricardo Pabon (ETSU) 8-0

Match Notes:
East Tennessee State University 1-2; National ranking #72
Ohio State 5-0; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,2,6,4,5,3)
Official: Vince Solomon T-2:57 A-64
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Miami defeated Louisiana Lafayette 4-3 to also advance and serve as today's final round opponent.
 
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Link to results of all the ITA Kick-Off Weekend action:

http://www.itatennis.com/Events/Kick-OffWeekend/2013_ITA_Kick-Off_Weekend_Results.htm

The 15 schools that win both of their matches at these events will be invited to play in the Feb. 15-18 ITA National Team Indoor Championship hosted by the University of Washington.

I could be wrong here, but it appears that after the host schools are selected the remaining schools pick their bracket in order of ranking. It looks like the three other schools playing at Ohio State had last pick i.e. nobody wanted to play the Buckeyes here.:slappy:

44. University of Miami (FL)
45. UC Santa Barbara- DECLINED
46. University of Louisiana, Lafayette
47. East Tennessee State

http://www.itatennis.info/2013_Kick-Off_Weekend_Draft/Mens_Draft.htm
 
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The first doubles match is over:

Diego Soto/Henrique Tsukamoto, Miami, Fla........3
Peter Kobelt/Kevin Metka, Ohio State................8

also (in progress):

Wilfredo Gonzales/Marco Stancati, Miami, Fla......5
Devin McCarthy/Ille Van Engelen, Ohio State.......5

Omar Aly/Gabriel Flores, Miami, Fla.....................4
Blaz Rola/Connor Smith, Ohio State....................7
 
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Buckeyes capture the doubles point
Rola and Smith with an 8-4 win at 2nd dubs.
BTW Script good find on the drawing with OSU opponents.
Wonder if the 153 home match win streak factored into the choices made by others.

:oh:
 
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#2 Peter Kobelt and #4 Connor Smith put points #5 and #6 on the board for the good guys.
#3 Devin McCarthy dropped his 2nd set and is playing a super tiebreaker (first to 10 points win by 2) to decide the #3 singles victor.
 
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