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

[Bucknut24]

Yea, he was planning on staying for all 4 years at Ole Miss, but since he won the NCAA champions his freshman year, he decided to turn pro...be interesting to see if that hurts him or not....

I think this is one of the problems with tennis...kids don't want to play much college tennis and get an education nowadays because careers can be short in the tennis world (most retire around what? 29-32?), so if they stay 4 years, they'll be 22 before they get out of college.

 

[LitlBuck]

Yea, he was planning on staying for all 4 years at Ole Miss, but since he won the NCAA champions his freshman year, he decided to turn pro...be interesting to see if that hurts him or not....

I think this is one of the problems with tennis...kids don't want to play much college tennis and get an education nowadays because careers can be short in the tennis world (most retire around what? 29-32?), so if they stay 4 years, they'll be 22 before they get out of college.

Chase Buchanan might disagree with you but I guess we shall see:)

 

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in your advanced scouting who will we play at home next season that might jeopardize our winning tradition:) Thanks.

Sorry to leave you hanging, Litl. The team schedule can be found Here.

Looking at the home pre-Big Ten schedule, there are some highly ranked and predictably strong teams coming to Columbus including:
Pepperdine 2/5, North Carolina 2/7, Kentucky 2/21 and Texas A&M on 3/7
These big 4 will present a strong challenge to keep the 87 match OSU home win streak alive.
To keep the 52 match Big Ten winning streak alive we will obviously need to be victorious over everyone, but it is nice to see that we have Illinois and TSUN at home this year.

 

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Buckeyes find their next star recruits in Croatia & Wisconsin.
From the official site (no mention of Worthington player Kevin Matka).
OSU Tennis

Ty Tucker, head coach of the Ohio State men's tennis team, announced Dino Marcan and Nelson Vick will join the Buckeyes in 2010-11 after signing a Big Ten Tender last week. Marcan, a native of Rijeka, Croatia, is a right-hander, who took up the game at the age of 4.

"Dino is one of the most talented junior players in the world," Tucker, the 2009 ITA National Coach of the Year, said. "He won a grand slam junior title at the French Open this past May. Dino has a chance to be great, but he understands it will take hard work and he wants to do it."

Marcan's current combined junior ranking is 36th in the world and he peaked as high as 24th to start the year. For his career, he has a singles record of 68-46 and a doubles ledger of 73-42. . .
Vick, a native of Milwaukee, Wis., is a right-hander who is currently the top-rank recruit from his home state of the Boys' Class of 2010 on tennisrecruiting.net.

"We are excited about Nelson coming to Ohio State," Tucker said. "He is one of the best juniors in the U.S. and a great young man. He has the right work ethic and his uncle has trained him well."

 

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NCAA 2010 ITA rankings place tOSU third nationally

Official Site

COLUMBUS, Ohio - After advancing to its first NCAA final in program history, the Ohio State men's tennis team returns for the 2010 campaign No. 3 in the Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings it was announced Tuesday.

Guided by 11th-year head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes have now been ranked in the Top 25 in the ITA rankings for 10-consecutive years. The three years prior to the 2009-2010 season, Ohio State has earned a preseason ranking of No. 3 or higher and finished third behind Georgia and Virginia in 2007 and '08. In 2009, the Buckeyes received a No. 1 preseason ranking, the first in program history, and finished second as national runners-up.

In singles, Ohio State has three members ranked in the Top 125. Junior Shuhei Uzawa, a native of Chiba, Japan, is No. 34, while sophomore Steven Williams is No. 88. Sophomore Chase Buchanan rounds out the Buckeyes at No. 103 in the singles polls.

Ohio State begins the 2010 dual season, hosting Butler and Xavier in a doubleheader home opener at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.

The Buckeyes are also scheduled for a USTA futures tournament in Plantation, Florida, this weekend, and the Boilermaker Invitational at Purdue next weekend.

It is somewhat surprising that Justin Kronauge (13th in Sept. '09), Matt Allare (77th), and Bakazs Novak (45th) were not ranked by the ITA in the January single's release after being ranked in the Fall. It may be they did not have enough matches to qualify under the new computerized formulas.

On another exciting note, Dino Marcan is listed on the 2010 team roster. This is a huge addition to the Buckeye lineup! The rich get richer.
Marcan was ranked around 1000 in the world on the professional tour (satellite and futures events). I realize this may not appear significant but 1000 on the world professional tour will dominate at most NCAA level events.
I was concerned that tOSU had lost the strength of its national runner up team in 2009 (Moneke and Koniecko), but I am convinced Marcan could step in and play the #1 single's position for the Buckeyes very successfully.
Marcan is also a strong double's player. He won the French Open Juniors event with his partner last Summer.
With the addition of Marcan and the improvement of Buchanan, the return of Kronauge, Allare, Novak, and Shuhei, it will be most interesting to see how the team lineup will look beginning the 2010 season.
BPers this is going to be a very fun year!

 

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Two Buckeyes competed in the USTA Futures event at Plantation, Florida, last weekend.
Tournament site

Dino Marcan, the newest member of the team won a first round qualifier and then ran into C. I. Gard, the #1 seed in the qualifier and dropped his 2nd round match.
Chase Buchanan also received a wildcard entry and defeated a more highly rated competitor in the 1st round of the qualifier.
In the 2nd round, Chase dropped a tough match to C. A. Porumb ending his tournament play.
The Boilermaker Invitational (1/16) though listed on the tOSU team schedule will not be an event in which the Buckeyes participate.

 

[LitlBuck]

It is somewhat surprising that Justin Kronauge (13th in Sept. '09), Matt Allare (77th), and Bakazs Novak (45th) were not ranked by the ITA in the January single's release after being ranked in the Fall. It may be they did not have enough matches to qualify under the new computerized formulas.

On another exciting note, Dino Marcan is listed on the 2010 team roster. This is a huge addition to the Buckeye lineup! The rich get richer.
Marcan was ranked around 1000 in the world on the professional tour (satellite and futures events). I realize this may not appear significant but 1000 on the world professional tour will dominate at most NCAA level events.
I was concerned that tOSU had lost the strength of its national runner up team in 2009 (Moneke and Koniecko), but I am convinced Marcan could step in and play the #1 single's position for the Buckeyes very successfully.
Marcan is also a strong double's player. He won the French Open Juniors event with his partner last Summer.
With the addition of Marcan and the improvement of Buchanan, the return of Kronauge, Allare, Novak, and Shuhei, it will be most interesting to see how the team lineup will look beginning the 2010 season.
BPers this is going to be a very fun year!

I guess in looking at your two posts above means that all of the freshman will most likely be redshirted this year. Also, with regards to Marcan how could he play on the professional tour and still remain eligible to play under NCAA guidelines.

 

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I guess in looking at your two posts above means that all of the freshman will most likely be redshirted this year. Also, with regards to Marcan how could he play on the professional tour and still remain eligible to play under NCAA guidelines.

It should be interesting to see how the lineup looks as the season progresses, whether some of the Frosh will step up and challenge for a single's or double's spot.
Re. the question of eligibility of Marcan, the USTA has an extensive description of how a player forfeits their amateur status. This may parallel the NCAA policy or it might be different.
In short acc. to the USTA, amateurs may play pro events as long as prize money received does not exceed $250. If you have a lot of time or need a guaranteed cure for insomnia. . . .
The USTA lists the rules for amateur status on this website.
http://dps.usta.com/usta_master/usta...oc_13_4200.pdf

Start on page 124, Par. VIII Regulations governing amateur and professional status.

 

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Four Buckeyes will participate in this weekends Boilermaker Invitational.


official site

Four members of the Ohio State men's tennis team will begin their 2010 season at the Boilermaker Invitational Saturday at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Ind. Senior co-captain Mike O'Connell, junior http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065Balazs Novak, sophomore http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1584996http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1584996Steven Williams and freshman Dino Marcan will face members of the Northern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Western Michigan and Purdue squads.
The invite will run through Sunday with play beginning at 9 a.m. each day.
O'Connell, who was named co-captain this year, along with classmate http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057600http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057600Justin Kronauge, is a doubles specialist with a 30-14 overall career record. . .
Novak won 36 singles and 25 doubles matches last season. He never lost two-consecutive matches the entire season and ranked as high as No. 38 in the ITA polls. . .
Williams had a successful fall and finished with a 6-3 record, going 1-1 vs. nationally ranked opponents. . .
Marcan, a native of Rijeka, Croatia, will make his Buckeye debut at the invitational this weekend. Marcan, who took up the game at the age of 4, peaked as high as 24th in the world in the combined junior rankings at the beginning of last year. . .

Sure glad to see some Buckeyes are competing in the Invite--especially interested to see how Marcan fares. I think Ty would love to see Marcan's game at a level to play at the top of the lineup. If so our depth much like last season would be just devastating to opponents.

 

[LitlBuck]

 

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Small Buckeye squad goes undefeated at Purdue invite.
Official Site

Four members of the Ohio State men's tennis team went undefeated at the Boilermaker Invitational Saturday and Sunday at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Ind. Freshman Dino Marcan was the tournament winner with four singles and three doubles victories.

Senior co-captain Mike O'Connell, junior http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065Balazs Novak, sophomore http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1584996http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1584996Steven Williams and Marcan stayed perfect in both singles and doubles play through two days, facing members of the Valparaiso, Eastern Kentucky, Western Michigan and Purdue squads.

The Buckeyes were a combined 13-0 in singles and 5-0 in doubles action. In addition to Marcan, Novak and Williams also claimed a 4-0 record in singles, winning two matches both Saturday and Sunday.

Marcan, a native of Rijeka, Croatia, made his Buckeye debut at No. 1 singles and defeated Alex Das of Eastern Kentucky 6-2, 6-3. Marcan followed with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Kazuya Komada of Western Michigan. Marcan faced his first-career Big Ten opponent in P.J. Rose of Purdue and beat him in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Marcan wrapped up the event with another straight-set triumph, downing Adam Whitmer of Valparaiso, 6-1, 6-3.

Novak, who was 36-6 last season, had a strong showing to start off his third year at Ohio State. Novak began the event defeating Hugo Klientovsky of Eastern Kentucky 6-1, 6-2, while following with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Pablo Olivarez of Western Michigan in his second match. After dropping the first set in his third match, Novak forced a third-set tiebreaker against Slavko Bijelica of Purdue, winning 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11). Blanking Valparaiso's Kyle Stump, 6-0, in the first set, Novak would go on to win the second set, 6-1, in his final outing.

Williams won four-consecutive matches at No. 3 singles. After winning his opening match, the native of Manlius, N.Y., made a strong comeback against Casey Cullen of Western Michigan in the second session of singles play and won 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (4). Williams defeated Eric Ramos of Purdue in his third match with a 7-5, 6-2 victory before handing Chris Baum of Valparaiso 6-0, 6-1.

O'Connell claimed his only singles win against Nik Schroeder of Eastern Kentucky. O'Connell dropped the opening set, 6-0, but countered to force a third-set tiebreaker and won 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (5).

In doubles, Marcan and Novak went 3-0 at No. 1. The Buckeye duo won two matches during day one of the invitational, defeating Rose and Ramos, 8-6, and Tom Litscher and Kyle Stump of Valparaiso, 8-2. Marcan and Novak finished out the weekend downing Zeyad Montasser and Komada of Western Michigan, 8-3.

O'Connell, a doubles specialist, paired with Williams during day one. The two Buckeyes defeated Thomas Wilson and Bijelica of Purdue, 8-6, in the opening match. The Buckeye pair followed with an 8-1 win against Kevin DeHerrera and Whitmer of Valparaiso.

Ohio State will begin the 2010 dual season Wednesday when it hosts Butler and Xavier in a doubleheader home opener at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively, at the Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.

 

[brutus2002]

Whats the skinny on the new guy from Croatia?

 

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Whats the skinny on the new guy from Croatia?

From the OSU official site:

Freshman Dino Marcan, a member of the No. 3-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team, was named Big Ten Player of the Week the conference announced Tuesday. This is Marcan's first career weekly laurel. . .
Marcan participated along with three other Buckeye members at the Boilermaker Invitational last Saturday and Sunday at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Ind. Marcan, a native of Rijeka, Croatia, was announced the tournament winner with four singles and three doubles victories. The Buckeyes went undefeated during the invitational, going a combined 18-0 in singles and doubles.

In singles, Marcan made his Buckeye debut at No. 1 singles and defeated Alex Das of Eastern Kentucky 6-2, 6-3. Marcan followed with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Kazuya Komada of Western Michigan. Marcan faced his first career Big Ten opponent in P.J. Rose of Purdue and beat him in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Marcan wrapped up the event with another straight-set triumph, downing Adam Whitmer of Valparaiso, 6-1, 6-3.

In doubles, Marcan paired with junior Balazs Novak and went 3-0 at No. 1. The Buckeye duo won two matches during day one of the invitational, defeating Eric Ramos and Rose, 8-6, and Tom Litscher and Kyle Stump of Valparaiso, 8-2. Marcan and Novak finished out the weekend downing Zeyad Montasser and Komada of Western Michigan, 8-3.

Marcan, who took up the game at the age of 4, peaked as high as 24th in the world in the combined junior rankings at the beginning of last year. He joined the Buckeyes during the early signing period of the 2010 season.

For his career, he has a singles record of 68-46 and a doubles ledger of 73-42. Marcan paired with Marin Draganja, also a native of Croatia, to win five matches for the French Open Junior title May 31-June 7. Marcan is not just a doubles sensation though. He had a notable outing in the singles tournament at The Junior Championships, Wimbledon June 28-July 6, in Great Britain, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Dino Marcan vs. Purdue, Eastern Kentucky, Western Michigan and Valparaiso
Boilermaker Invitational
West Lafayette, Ind.
Jan. 16-17, 2010

Singles
No. 1 - Dino Marcan (OSU) def. Alex Das (Eastern Kentucky) - 6-2, 6-3
No. 1 - Dino Marcan (OSU) def. Kazuya Komada (Western Michigan) - 6-4, 6-2
No. 1- Dino Marcan (OSU) def. P.J. Rose (Purdue) - 6-3, 6-3
No. 1 - Dino Marcan (OSU) def. Adam Whitmer (Valparaiso) - 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 - Dino Marcan/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. P.J. Rose/Eric Ramos (PUR) - 8-6
No. 1 - Dino Marcan/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Tom Litscher/Kyle Stump (VU) - 8-2
No. 1 - Dino Marcan/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Zeyad Montasser/Kazuya Komada (WMU) - 8-3

The 24th ranked junior in the world, quarterfinalist at Wimbledon juniors, and double's champion at the French Open is some impressive resume for a freshman at tOSU.
Glad you are part of the family Dino and congrats on B10 player of the year.

 

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OSU won their first dual match of 2010 over Butler 7-0, Wednesday morning at the varsity tennis center.

Livestats

In Doubles action, OSU put the brooms to Butler's team.
#1 team of Dino Marcan/Chase Buchanan, defeated Ben Raynauld/Bryce Warren, of Butler8-5.
OSU #2 team of Steven Williams/Justin Kronauge def. Chris Herron/Zach Ervin, 8-5.
OSU #3 team of Balazs Novak/Shuhei Uzawa def. Lenz Theodor/Stephen McLoughlin, 8-4.

In single's, OSU also swept their opponents to seal a victory at 7-0.
Playing #1 for the Buckeyes is the reigning B10 athlete of the week Dino Marcan.
Marcan easily disposed of Chris Herron, 6-2, 6-3.
Justin Kronauge at #2 singles defeated Butler's Ben Raynauld, 6-1, 6-2.
At third singles Balazs Novak triumphed 6-2, 6-1 over Bryce Warren.
Shuhei Uzawa competed at #4 singles and dispatched Lenz Theodor, 6-2, 6-3.
At #5 singles Devin McCarthy defeated Brandon Bayliss, 6-2, 7-5.
Closing out the singles at #6 Steven Williams was quickly victorious over Zach Ervin by a 6-1, 6-1 score.

The Buckeyes have now won a school-record 90 consecutive home matches dating back to the 2002-03 season. No other Big Ten team in any sport has won as many games in a row at home than the Buckeyes.
The home win streak began in 2003 with a 5-2 victory over Purdue April 6.

Tonight at 5 pm, the Buckeyes will seek to extend that streak when they take on Xavier at the varsity tennis center.

Admission is free to the public.

 

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Buckeye Men's tennis team completes sweep of operner.


Official Site

The No. 3 Ohio State men's tennis team finished out its doubleheader home opener with a 7-0 victory against Xavier Wednesday at the Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center. The Buckeyes have never lost their opening-day doubleheader matches under head coach http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057607http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057607Ty Tucker.

"It's nice to get back to playing," Tucker said. "We have a lot of work to do to get ready for a tough next weekend for the ITA Team Indoor qualifier, but I'm happy with the way we played today."

The former Buckeye owns an opening-day record of 22-0 since taking over the helm 11 years ago (Ohio State traditionally plays two matches on opening day). The Scarlet and Gray is now 9-0 against Xavier and has a 17-3 record against teams from the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The Buckeyes swept the Musketeers to claim the doubles point. At No. 1, sophomore http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=3700384http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=3700384Chase Buchanan and senior co-captain http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057600http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057600Justin Kronauge cruised pass Patrick Bandy and Chris Herrlinger, winning 8-2. The Buckeye pair is now 4-3 this season.

Freshman Dino Marcan and http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065Balazs Novak defeated Anthony Palmenter and Brian Starr, 8-2, at No. 2 doubles. The duo improves to 4-0 overall with the doubles point clincher.

At No. 3 doubles, junior http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1384411http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1384411Shuhei Uzawa and sophomore http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1584996http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1584996Steven Williams finished out play against Phillip Diaz and J.T. Torbeck, winning, 8-4. It was the first time Williams and Uzawa paired together in their careers as Buckeyes.

In singles, Buchanan, a native of New Albany, Ohio, won his first match in dual play of the 2010 season. Buchanan defeated Herrlinger at No. 1 in straight sets 6-0, 6-1. Kronauge followed with his own straight-set victory at No. 2, winning 6-1, 6-1 against Richard Canelas. The senior co-captain, who now has 116 victories in his career, ties former Buckeye http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057588http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057588Devin Mullings (2003-07) for fifth on the all-time career singles wins list.

At No. 3 singles, No. 34 Uzawa claimed the second win of the day for Ohio State, downing Bandy 6-1, 6-2. Uzawa is now 8-4 in singles this year. At No. 6 singles, Williams improved his winning streak to six-consecutive matches after defeating Starr 6-3, 6-0.

Junior http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1244065Balazs Novak downed Torbeck 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4. Novak is 8-3 overall this season and 2-0 in dual action. Closing out competition for Ohio State was sophomore http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=3658867http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=3658867Devin McCarthy at No. 5 singles. McCarthy won 6-1, 6-2 against MacDonald to complete the Buckeyes' perfect day in singles and doubles. He is now 7-2 overall this year.

Ohio State will next compete at the 2010 ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 30-31 at the Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center. The Buckeyes will take on New Mexico at 10 a.m. to begin the event.

Congratulations on your 91st straight home victory men and Go Bucks!