• 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
Buckeyes with a sweep of Sparty this afternoon. Now 3-0 in B1G conference play despite the headline from the official site.
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/032215aaa.html

Buckeyes Down Spartans In Columbus
Ohio State Improves to 2-0 in Big Ten Conference Play
spacer.gif

10922073.jpeg

Ralf Steinbach

March 22, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio - For the 14th straight season, the Ohio State men's tennis team completed a sweep of the state of Michigan. The Buckeyes took down Michigan State 7-0 in Columbus this afternoon, on the heels of a 5-2 victory against Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday.
The Buckeyes jumped on the Spartans early, winning the doubles point thanks to victories on courts 2 and 3. Mikael Torpegaard and new doubles partner Matt Mendez made quick work on court 3, taking down Doug Zade and Jasper Koenen of Michigan State 8-3. Kevin Metka and Ralf Steinbach struggled again, dropping back-to-back doubles matches for the first time this season, losing 8-3 on court 1. The decision then came down to Hunter Callahan and Chris Diaz, who continued their strong doubles play with an 8-4 victory on court 2 to secure the point for the Buckeyes.
Ohio State kept the momentum going into singles, winning 5 of the 6 first sets. Callahan was the first to finish for the Buckeyes, defeating Harry Jadun in straight sets on court 3 6-3, 6-2. Torpegaard followed shortly after with a dominant performance on court 1, taking down Gijs Linders 6-1, 6-2. Torpegaard is now 19-7 on the season, and is the highest ranked Buckeye singles player at number 28.
With the Buckeyes leading 3-0, Kevin Metka closed out his match on court 6, defeating Jasper Koenen 6-3, 6-4 to secure the win for Ohio State. With the new conference rules, all singles matches are played to completion, allowing Ralf Steinbach to finish his match on court 5 with a 6-4, 6-2 victory. Diaz took his match in a second set tiebreaker 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), putting all eyes on Herkko Pollanen on court 4.
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyes are in the heart of their spring schedule with 2 matches this weekend , Friday at #19 northwestern and Sunday at #3 illinois,
Tonight's match vs. wildcats just went final with bucks prevailing 5-2.
Sunday will be the battle of B1G unbeatens and barring any later upset the winner on Sunday will lay claim to the conference crown in 2015.
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
gracelhink said:
Illini clinch point #4, will win the head to head and barrin a collapse will break the buckeye string of buckeye conference championships.
Click to expand...

Losing 4-0, the Illini dominated, doesn't even look like the Buckeyes were even in the match....not good....:huh:

Singles competition
1. #22 Jared Hiltzik (ILL) def. #32 Mikal Torpegaard (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #64 Farris Gosea (ILL) vs. #44 Chris Diaz (OSU) 6-2, 4-3, unfinished
3. #42 Tim Kopinski (ILL) def. Hunter Callahan (OSU) 6-1, 6-3
4. #52 Aron Hiltzik (ILL) vs. Kevin Metka (OSU) 6-7 (1-7), 2-1, unfinished
5. #50 Aleks Vukic (ILL) def. #83 Ralf Steinbach (OSU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Toshiki Matsuya (ILL) vs. Matt Mendez (OSU) 0-6, 2-5, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. #75 Jared Hiltzik/Tim Kopinski (ILL) vs. #5 Kevin Metka/Ralf Steinbach (OSU) 7-7, unfinished
2. Aron Hiltzik/Ross Guignon (ILL) def. #55 Hunter Callahan/Chris Diaz (OSU) 8-5
3. Farris Gosea/Aleks Vukic (ILL) def. #74 Mikal Torpegaard/Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 8-5
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyes prevail at Iowa by a 4-1 final,
And in a shocker out of Minnesota, gophers took down undefeated Illinois,
The loss for Illini sets up the real probability of a 3 way tie for the B1G conference regular season title.
Head to head results are a wash with each of the 3 going 1-1 against the others,
Just when it appeared that 2014, and number 9 would be the last consecutive title, 2015 could become a shared title for the good guys.
 
Upvote 0
The buckeyes close out the regular season conference with a record of 10-1.
Todays 4-1 win at Nebraska and Minnesota win over northwestern left 3 teams in first place with 10-1 records.
And thus a tenth straight big 10 regular season title (shared with Illinois and Minnesota) will be added to the trophy case. Hopefully a mod can update this on buckeye planet title. :)
Next up is the conference tournament at Illinois this weekend, Bucks will be a top 3 seed and play on Friday,
and then the NCAA tournament will start the weekend of May 8-10 with OSU hosting a regional qualifying round.
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top