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Jj wolf loses 4 out of 5 games and drops 2nd set, heading to a third,
Torp wins 6-2,6-4 to make score 2-1 for the scarlet and grey.
Herkko up in 2nd set 5-3,
Joyce also up a break in 2nd set.
Di feo fighting back to get on serve in second set after down 2-5.
Wolf in a hole 0-5.
Pollannen at 5-5 in second,
Joyce up 5-4 trying to extend to a third set.
Texas A&M is a hostile environment for visitors and it appears to have shaken the Bucks
DiFeo up 3-0 in the third
Pollannen has lost 8 of 9 games, down 1-4 in third.
Torpegaard is having the best season in singles for the Buckeyes so far, going 16-0 in dual match play, and further cementing himself as the No. 1 player in the ITA in singles this past month.
Three of Torpegaard’s four wins were against top-25 opponents during March, and all four opponents were top-50.
Before this, Torpegaard already had seven victories against ranked opponents, including a win over then No. 1 Petros Chrysochos of Wake Forest to clinch the win over current No.1 Wake Forest.
Hugo Di Feo is also ranked No. 4 in the updated rankings, giving the Buckeyes two of the top four players in the ITA.
Di Feo has gone 11-2 in dual match play, and 17-4 on the year in singles matches.
Di Feo’s wins include eight ranked opponents, including six top-25 opponents.
In the updated rankings, JJ Wolf is now ranked for the first time, sitting at No. 98.
Wolf is currently 6-1 on the season, and has two wins over ranked opponents.
Herkko Pollanen is also at No. 93, and has gone 7-5 in dual match play, and 15-7 on the year in singles. This puts OSU at four ranked players total.
Martin Joyce has played from the court 3 - court 6 position for OSU, going 7-4 in dual match play.
Kyle Seelig has had a successful year for the Buckeyes at that 5 and 6 positions, going 11-2 in dual match play, and a 1-0 record against ranked opponents.
The Scarlet and Gray still have two ranked teams in doubles. Pollanen/Torpegaard have moved up to No. 10 overall, with an 11-4 doubles record.
Di Feo/Joyce are at No. 56 with a 9-1 record as well.
Big weekend for bucks against 2 tsuns, light and heavy.
Bucks have been competitive vs. msu with a 46-36 record, Tucker holds a commanding 17-0 mark vs. msu.
Tsun has historically strong and respected nationally as a tennis power.
According to the official site OSU trails in all time record vs. tsun at 35-67-3.
Prior to the 21 st century that mark was 13-65-3.
Since Tucker has been coach, the series has been dominated by the Bucks with a 22-2 rate.
After dominating tsun light 7-0 Friday, Bucks win today at tsun 4-1.
OSU gets a big point in dubs and also DiFeo, Seelig and pollannen get wins.
Bucks are 3-0 in the conference.
The win was the 23rd straight victory over tsun!
Playing just his third singles match this spring, redshirt-freshman Alex Kobelt claimed his first Big ten victory with a 6-0, 6-0 white-washing of Leto.
Ohio State will now head to Nebraska for a 1 p.m. ET match on Sunday afternoon. The Buckeyes are a perfect 9-0 all-time in matches with the Cornhuskers.
AROUND THE OVAL: TENNIS TEAMS, SOFTBALL, MEN'S VOLLEYBALL STAY PERFECT IN CONFERENCE, MEN'S LACROSSE DROPS TWO
TENNIS
Both of OSU's tennis teams sit at No. 2 nationally (and both have the No. 1 singles player in their sport) and each continued to show their dominance on the court with some Big Ten wins this week.
On the men's side, the Bucks took on Iowa March 31 and Nebraska April 2. In those two matches, the team was flawless, winning by a combined score of 14-0.
In the matchup with Iowa, redshirt freshman Alex Kobelt was particularly impressive, and was also able to get his first-ever Big Ten win with 6-0, 6-0 win over the Hawkeyes' Tony Leto.
Against Nebraska, the Buckeyes were dominant again. In singles, no Buckeye lost even a single set and both senior Herkko Pollanen and junior Hugo Di Feo won their matches 6-0, 6-0.
Junior Mikael Torpegaard was able to keep his record perfect and is now 19-0. The team now sits at 20-3 and 4-0 in the Big Ten.
The Big Ten network announced it is planning to show the finals of the men's and women's B1G tennis tournament LIVE on Sunday April 30!
This weekend the Bucks host Indiana Friday and Purdue Sunday. The official site has This preview.