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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 finally released the National Indoor All-Tournament Team.
Several Buckeyes were named including MVP Peter Kobelt!

Men's Indoor All Tournament Team

2014 ITA All-Tournament Team Announced for ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship

Ohio State's Peter Kobelt voted Most Outstanding Player


SKILLMAN, NJ (Feb. 21) - Peter Kobelt of Ohio State has been named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2014 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by Texas A&M University and held at The Downtown Club at the Met and the Galleria Tennis and Athletic Club.


Kobelt is the first Buckeye to receive the honor, which he achieved after winning seven of his eight matches in leading Ohio State to its first national indoor title. The senior went 3-1 at first singles during the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship.


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Peter Kobelt won seven of his eight matches at the 2014 ITA Men's Team Indoors
Ranked No. 23 in the ITA Division I Men's Singles Rankings, Kobelt defeated two Top 10 ranked players during the tournament. He dished No. 3 Mitchell Frank of Virginia only his fifth collegiate loss in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win during Ohio State's exciting 4-3 win over the Cavaliers in the semifinal, and then defeated No. 7 Ray Sarmiento of USC 6-3, 6-4 in the final.


Kobelt and his partner Kevin Metka, who are ranked No. 2 in the ITA Division I Men's Doubles Rankings, went 4-0 at first doubles at the tournament.


Kobelt is joined on the ITA All-Tournament Team by the following singles players and doubles pairs:


2014 ITA All-Tournament Team - Singles

1. Søren Hess-Olesen (Texas)

2. Alex Domijan (Virginia)

3. Roberto Quiroz (USC)

4. Ralf Steinbach (Ohio State)

5. Kevin Metka (Ohio State)

6. Hunter Callahan (Ohio State)


2014 ITA All-Tournament Team - Doubles

1. Peter Kobelt / Kevin Metka (Ohio State)

2. Roberto Quiroz / Connor Farren (USC)

3. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski / Mac Styslinger (Virginia)


Most Outstanding Player

Peter Kobelt (Ohio State)
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The All Tournament Team was the same one that someone posted on Monday from CollegeTennisOnline. Wonder how they were able to put it out on Monday while it took the governing body of collegiate tennis (as it says on their page) until 4 days after the event ended. 1 thing I don't get is how is Pete the MVP yet not named 1st team at #1 singles. That would make sense to have the MVP also as the best at his singles position.
 
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Tennis-Nut said:
The All Tournament Team was the same one that someone posted on Monday from CollegeTennisOnline. Wonder how they were able to put it out on Monday while it took the governing body of collegiate tennis (as it says on their page) until 4 days after the event ended. 1 thing I don't get is how is Pete the MVP yet not named 1st team at #1 singles. That would make sense to have the MVP also as the best at his singles position.
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Good observation about the delay in selection.
Don't know all the details in the selection process but wonder if coaches vote.
If so, 14 of the 16 teams are finished on Sunday.
The finals are played Monday, so tracking down the votes coupled with the communication issues of the ITA .... It's not defensible but more understandable.
Re. Kobelt's selection as most outstanding player but not all tournament team.
Peter did lose to the #1 singles player from Texas (who was selected to the all tourney team).
Kobelt and Metka were 1st doubles all tourney selections.

Bucks have a major test at South Bend today! ND is appealing for a student body crowd to show up loud.
Tucker is thinking the double's point is crucial and he will absolutely need 3out of these four single's to prevail Kobelt, Steinbach, Metka, and Callahan.

Go Bucks!
 
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ND has some strong singles players as well, plus a tough environment and a team that is riding on a high after some great results lately. They went 2-1 at the NTI's so they are no slouch. They lost to UVA 4-2 I think, maybe 4-3, so this is a very tough matchup.
 
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The No. 1 Ohio State men’s tennis team, fresh off of its first title at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship this past week, travels to face No. 10 Notre Dame at Noon ET Saturday followed by its first Big Ten conference match of the season against No. 58 Indiana at 2 p.m. ET Monday.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/022114aaa.html

Let's hope they show up "ready to play" and are not suffering from any National Indoor Tennis Championship "hangover".

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