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

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https://www.crackedracquets.com/college-contenders-men-5-ohio-state-220105/
Alex Gruskin offers this Preview of Buckeye team projected as 5th best team in NCAA.

 

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Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll
RANK TEAM (FIRST PLACE VOTES)
1 Florida (12)
2 Baylor
3 Texas
4 Tennessee
5 TCU
6 Ohio State
7 Virginia
8 Georgia
9 USC
10 Wake Forest
11 UCF
12 Kentucky
13 South Carolina
14 North Carolina
15 Arizona
16 Stanford
17 ttun
18 Ole Miss
19 Texas A&M
20 Mississippi State
21 Harvard
22 Pepperdine
23 Illinois
24 Oklahoma
25 UCLA

https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/...legiate-tennis-preseason-top-25-coaches-poll/

The key to winning the match against a very good team is to win the doubles point:

Ohio State finished the fall with the nation’s No. 1- and No. 2-ranked doubles team. The duo of Robert Cash and Matej Vocel are No. 1 following a perfect fall. Cash and Vocel won the ITA Men’s All-American Championships and ITA National Fall Championships national titles, and finished with a 14-0 record.

The team rankings (above) came out today. It will be interesting to see what new rankings (for 2022) for singles and doubles are.

 

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major test for the Buckeyes at Illinois today 1pm.

 

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Vocel/Cash, Boulais/Trotter secure the doubles point for the Bucks!

 

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Singles lineup 1-6 acc to Illinois site,
Kingsley
Vocel
Van Emburg
Tracy
Trotter
Cash
Go Bucks!

 

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Cash cruises 6-0 in first set on 6 line,
Vocel closes out first set 6-2 on #2.

 

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Trotter,, Tracy and Van Emburg close out first sets for big advantage Bucks.

 

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Cash with point #2 (6-0, 6-0)!
Vocel with point #3!
Tracy with point #4!
4-0 sweep, on the road, against a tough opponent.
GO BUCKS!

 

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JJ Tracy up 5-0 in 2nd set attemping to seal point #4.
Absolute battle at 1st court 9-9 in first set breaker.

 

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Tracy closes out and Bucks prevail.
The final 3 matches were abandoned and final score at champagne Urbana,
Bucks win 4-0.

 

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Tracy closes out and Bucks prevail.
The final 3 matches were abandoned and final score at champagne Urbana,
Bucks win 4-0.

#6 Ohio State 4, #23 Illinois 0

Singles
1. #97 Olivier Stuart (ILL) vs. #21 Cannon Kingsley (OSU) 6-6 (11-11), unfinished
2. #5 Matej Vocel (OSU) def. Hunter Heck (ILL) 6-2, 6-1
3. #113 Alex Brown (ILL) vs. Jake Van Emburgh (OSU) 4-6, 4-3, unfinished
4. #14 JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Lucas Horve (ILL) 6-2, 6-0
5. Gabrielius Guzauskas (ILL) vs. #42 James Trotter (OSU) 3-6, 4-3, unfinished
6. #95 Robert Cash (OSU) def. Nic Meister (ILL) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. #1 Robert Cash/Matej Vocel (OSU) def. Hunter Heck/Lucas Horve (ILL) 7-5
2. #2 Justin Boulais/James Trotter (OSU) def. Alex Brown/Gabrielius Guzauskas (ILL) 7-6 (7-3)
3. Nic Meister/Olivier Stuart (ILL) vs. Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (OSU) 5-6, unfinished

Match Notes:
Ohio State 3-0; National ranking #6
Illinois 0-1; National ranking #23
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,2,4)

Very impressive, Illinois isn't exactly "chopped liver" they are ranked #23.

 

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Buckeyes in the ITA vs ASU at UNC,
Action starts at 9 am Saturday.
Links for scoring and live video are found in the link to the official site.
https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/no-5-ohio-state-travels-to-chapel-hill-for-ita-kickoff-weekend/

 

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Buckeyes take dubs point with wins at #1 and 2,
Also claim five first sets so far in singles.

 

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Bucks close out ASU 4-0,
Kingsley, Vocel and Tracy on top 3 courts take straight set wins to advance the Bucks to final tomorrow against the 1 pm winner of UNC and northwestern.

 

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Vocel (6-3, 6-2), Tracy (6-3, 6-1), and Kingsley (6-4, 6-4) put up points 2, 3, & 4 to clinch the match against ASU.