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

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These are my five random thoughts, via a Recap of a Tough day as Tennis Bucks bowed out of the NCAA's.

1. I read the Bucks had some major travel issues getting to the Florida site. Maybe BN24 can fill us in on that adventure.
2. In Doubles: #1 Wolf and Joyce played very well vs. one of the strongest pairs in NCAA.
Bucks Dubs #2 and #3 had some difficulty finishing out big points and lost the dubs point for only the 3rd match of 2019.
This is the recap of #3 line from College Tennis today Blog.
The deciding match at No. 3 doubles pitted a pair of teams that had only dropped a combined two matches all year with Ohio State's Hunter Tubert and John McNally a perfect 21-0 while UNC's Mac Kiger and Simon Soendergaard entered with an 18-2 record. Kiger and Soendergaard took their first lead of the match after breaking McNally on the deciding point for 3-2 (McNally was up 40/15) and then Soendergaard came back from 15/40 down to hold for 4-2. In the next game, Tubert went up 40/15 but Kiger and Soendergaard came back to break again, and then Kiger served it out from 40/30 to win it 6-2.
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3. In Single's UNC had a couple of dominating wins at #4 and #5 over Senior Joyce and Kobelt,
When the match went 0-3 however the Buckeyes were up a set and a break on all 4 remaining courts.
Wolf and Seelig both battled tough and closed out their matches respectively to get the score to 3-2.
Hunter Tubert was ahead 6-4, 4-0 on #6 and the wheels fell off. He dropped six straight games and lost the 2nd set 4-6. Tubert's match went unfinished when UNC #2 clinched.
4. Some thoughts, a respected poster on Tennis Blog has speculated that OSU could be the best opportunity for a northern team to get a championship, and that if not OSU a cold weather team may never win the NCAA outdoor tournament. Pretty bold but reflects the tough challenge faced by the indoor and climate impact on spring season schedules.
5. Next up are the 3 singles and 1 doubles team selected for the individual tournament draw.
The 3 Buckeye's (Wolf, McNally, and Seelig) selected for the individual portion of the NCAA tournament should be well rested.
 
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gracelhink said:
1. I read the Bucks had some major travel issues getting to the Florida site. Maybe BN24 can fill us in on that adventure
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Not sure about the travel issues, don't know the day they were supposed to arrive, they were here wed morning, that's all I know.

But this is what I learned. One of the tennis pros here used to coach one of the players when he was younger (he said he taught their whole family, so I think it's Kobelt? said he got waxed). Well he was saying they were completely overlooking this match. Mostly talking about the weekend (probably looking ahead to revenge at Wake Forest), said they barely even practiced here because the lovebugs were bothering them too much. Just didn't have the same energy and emotion that a Ty Tucker team has.

So maybe it started with some travel issues and they just got frustrated with the place, but it explains why they started so flat.
 
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