• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

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

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
Bucks pull off a perfect 7-0 win in both matches at the varsity tennis center. The victories increase their consecutive home win streak to 174, the longest in the NCAA for all sports.
Freshmen Ralph Steinbach and herko pollanen both contributed to the win column for the scarlet and gray.
Next up, tOSU will host the ITA kickoff weekend on Saturday and sunday with the winning team advancing to the prestigious ITA indoor nationals in Texas.
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyes will be in action Saturday morning hosting the ITA Kickoff at the Varsity Indoor tennis center.
The Univ. of Denver team has historically been quite strong in tennis.
Noticed on the roster submitted for the tournament that Ty shuffled the lineup with Chris Diaz bumped up to #2 and Herkko Polannen dropped to #3.
Here is the preview of this weekends matches from the official site:
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/012414aaa.html

The eight-time defending Big Ten champion Ohio State men’s tennis team will continue its spring schedule serving as one of 15 host sites for the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Saturday and Sunday. The Buckeyes (2-0) will welcome Denver, MTSU and Louisville to the annual event at The Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.

ABOUT THE KICK-OFF;
Sixty teams will be competing across the country in an attempt to qualify for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, to be hosted by Texas A&M University Feb. 14-17 in Houston.
The 15 universities hosting ITA Kick-Off Weekend events, including Ohio State, were designated as host sites in order of their year-end 2013 ITA team ranking, with five schools serving as dual gender sites. Three visiting schools will travel to each host site for a four-team tournament with the host school facing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The winners will come back the following day to play for a berth at the 2014 ITA National Team Indoor Championships.

ITA KICK-OFF SCHEDULESat. Jan. 2510 a.m. – No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Denver
1 p.m. – No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 3 MTSU

Sun. Jan. 2910 a.m. - Consolation match
1 p.m. - Championship match
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Go Bucks!
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyes take the double's point and capture wins at 3 of the 4 singles over Louisville Cards.
Victories in singles for OSU were by Diaz at #2, Pollanen at #3, and Metka at #5!
With the victory Buckeyes extend their home win streak to 176
and advance to the National indoor team tournament round of 16 in Houston, 2/14-17.
 
Upvote 0
The official site has a recap of the Buckeye's victory and a well deserved tribute to Coach Ty Tucker on his 400th win as Buckeye head coach.
Congratulations Coach Tucker and thank you again Andy Geiger for taking a huge hiring risk back in 1999.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/012614aaa.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio- The No. 5 Ohio State men’s tennis team claimed two wins Sunday at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center, including director of tennis and head coach Ty Tucker’s 400th of his career at Ohio State. The Buckeyes (5-0) defeated No. 48 Louisville, 4-1, in the championship match of the 2014 ITA Kick-Off before posting a 4-0 shutout against Toledo in the nightcap.

With the win over the Cardinals, Ohio State advances to the ITA National Team Indoor, to be hosted by Texas A&M University Feb. 14-17 in Houston. The victory over the Rockets marked the 400th of Tucker’s career, while the Scarlet and Gray extended their home win streak to 177-consecutive matches. The nine-time Big Ten Coach of the Year is now 400-61 at Ohio State.

“I was pleased with our effort today and I thought we did a good job against a tough Louisville team,” Tucker said. “We had several guys that have not really been battle tested and it’s nice to start the year 5-0. You will win some tennis matches when you have talented players and assistant coaches. It’s great to be at a place like Ohio State that has the resources to play big time college tennis....”
Click to expand...

Class guy is that Tucker fellow, credits his success to his assistant coaches and talented players...
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyes will host two teams today, YSU at 3 pm and Wright State at 7.
Extending the 177 straight home win streak seems like a given but matches are now using new ITA rules, including...
doubles matches are to 6 games, tie breaker at 5-5, no ad scoring.
singles matches also play no ad and tie-breakers played at 5-5.
Seems like an easier opportunity for an upset, advantage underdog.
A preview of the doubleheader is on the official site.
Preview of YSU, WSU.

...The No. 5 Ohio State men’s tennis team will continue its 2014 season with a doubleheader against Youngstown State and Wright State on Tuesday at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Buckeyes (5-0) will play the Penguins at 3 p.m. and the Raiders at 7 p.m. Admission for both matches is free.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
The Penguins (1-2) placed fifth at the Horizon League Championships, finishing their season for the most wins the program had seen in over twenty years. Ohio State holds a 3-0 record against the Penguins, which includes a 7-0 victory for the Buckeyes last year. The Raiders (2-0) lost in the semifinals of the Horizon League Championships and finished with a 13-13 record. The Buckeyes lead their all-time series 8-0, with Ohio State claiming their last meeting at home last year, 4-0....
Click to expand...

live stats update

edit, looks like live stats is not updating for YSU. Fans can follow the action on...
Live video feed.
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
Buckeyes prevail in a double header with identical 4-0 wins over YSU and Wright State.
Recap of the action from the official site.
OSU tennis recap

The No. 5 Ohio State men’s tennis team began a busy week of non-conference play Tuesday with two wins against Youngstown State and Wright State, respectively, at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Buckeyes (7-0) earned a 4-0 shutout vs. the Penguins in match one before, downing Wright State, 4-0, in the evening session.

The Scarlet and Gray will now prepare for a big weekend on their 2014 non-conference home schedule, hosting No. 17 Kentucky at 6 p.m. Friday and No. 8 Texas A&M at Noon Sunday in Columbus.

No. 5 Ohio State 4, Youngstown State 0The Buckeyes improved to 4-0 all-time vs. the Penguins after claiming the doubles point and three singles matches in just under an hour and 30 minutes.
In doubles, Chris Diaz and Ralf Steinbach were the first to finish, posting a 6-0 mark vs. Rodrigo Campos and Zeeshan Ismail. The Buckeye duo is now 4-0 this dual season. Hunter Callahan and Marko Goles-Babic were paired for the first time on No. 1 and claimed the doubles point with a 6-2 victory against Dawoud Kabli and Sebastian Hagn.
In singles, Callahan put the Buckeyes ahead 2-0 when he secured a 6-1, 6-0 score vs. Sharvil Nawghare at No. 6. Steinbach then won 6-2, 6-1 vs. Kabli, while Kevin Metka ended the match with a 4-0 mark after downing Ismail 6-0, 6-2. Ohio State has now earned six shutouts with their wins over the Penguins and Raiders this year.
No. 5 Ohio State 4, Wright StateThe Buckeyes continued to cruise into the second match of the day against the Raiders. At court No. 2, Callahan and Pollanen blanked Michal Lyzwa and Lauri Makikalli, 6-0. Metka and Goles-Babic clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Hayden Joblin and Ricardo Pineda on court No. 1. Diaz and Steinbach had match point at 5-2 against Dan Gilbert and Myles Harris when play was suspended on court No. 3.
Heading into singles play, Callahan dropped a 6-0, 6-0 sweep on Aaron Madaris on court No. 6. Metka then put Ohio State up 3-0 with a 6-1,6-3 win over Joblin on court No. 4. Goles-Babic clinched the match for the Buckeyes with a 6-2,6-3 victory over Lyzwa. It is the first singles clinch for the freshman from Zagreb, Croatia. When play was called, Pollanen led Makikalli by a set and a break on court No. 1, Diaz came back from 1-4 down to win the first set and led in the second on court No. 2 and Steinbach dropped the first set, but was leading in the second on court No. 3.
Click to expand...

A tough weekend awaits the Buckeyes with two quality SEC teams traveling to C'bus.
Friday evening #17 ranked Kentucky will try to break the Buckeye's 179 consecutive match home win streak.
Sunday afternoon #8 Texas A & M will also try to end the run.

 
Upvote 0
Buckeyes are able to extend their consecutive home winning streak tonight with a 4- 0 win over 17th ranked Kentucky.
Winners in doubles for the scarlet and gray were 1st dubs Kobelt and Metka. Also winning at no. 2 were the pair of Callahan and freshman Herko Pollanen.
Victories in singles were claimed by Kevin Metka, Ralf Steinbach and Peter Kobelt.
Buckeyes will next face no. 8 ranked Texas a & M on Sunday.
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top