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

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Georgia Men's Tennis -- Ohio State vs Georgia

Buckeyes win! Final victory by a 4-2 margin, and sending 7th ranked Georgia to only its 2nd home court loss in the last 50 matches.

As shared earlier the Doubles point was captured when Buchanan/Marcan posted an 8-4 victory at #2 doubles and Kronauge and Novak capped a 9-8 tie breaker finish at #3.

In singles play Coach Tucker put Chase Buchanan (#17 ITA rank) at #2 singles vs. Georgia's highest ranked player Garrapiz (#18 ITA rank).
Buchanan dominated the match by a 6-3, 6-1 score.

At #1 singles, Justin Kronauge (#26 ITA rank) was matched up vs. Schnugg (#96 ITA rank) and Justin proved his value again by a 6-3, 6-2 score to put Buckeyes ahead by a 3-0 count.

The 4th and final point would prove elusive.
Balazs Novak playing at 4th singles would lose in straight sets, 6-7, 2-6.
Shuhei Uzawa at #5 would also lose in straight sets, 2-6, 0-6.

Matt Allare would Seal the victory at #6 singles by a 6-4, 6-2 score.
Dino Marcan vs. Jamie Hunt 3rd single's match was suspended when the match was decided.

With his victory Justin Kronauge took sole possession of third on the program's career singles wins list with 130.

Today's match was played at the site of the NCAA championships that the Buckeyes hope to play this May.

Ohio State will host a home doubleheader Sunday.
The Buckeyes will take on No. 62 Penn State in a Big Ten match, noon at the outdoors Stickney Tennis Center.
At 6 p.m. Sunday, Bucks will host Cleveland State at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center.
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leroyjenkins;1680961; said:
gracelhink....why wouldnt the highest ranked players from each team play in the #1 singles position? Also, what is tOSU's current rank?
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You ask an intersting question about why the top ranked player is not playing #1 singles. Sometimes the higher ranked player is not the best player on a team.
Other times there is another motive.

I don't know if this may be the motive or strategy for Georgia, but often times a coach will "sandbag" his lineup to sacrifice one spot/player in order to create better matchups down the line.

If Georgia put their lineup out with Schnugg (ITA 96) at #1 and Garrapiz (ITA 18) at #2 in hopes of sacrificing 1st singles and getting a win at #2, it looks like Tucker was savvy to what was happening, and countered by putting Kronauge at #1 and Buchanan at #2.
It worked in favor of the Buckeyes as both Kronauge and Buchanan won their matches. These two matches would make the difference in the final as tOSU lost at #4 and #5.
If Georgia would have won at #2 the match would have been 3-3 with Marcan needing to win at 3rd for the victory.


ITA team rankings as of March 23.

Virginia is #1
Tennessee #2
tOSU bumps up to #3.
Texas is #4
University of Spoiled Children is #5.
Florida is #6
Georgia is #7

Other Big Ten schools.
#11 Illinois
#28 TSUN
#34 Wisconsin
#39 Minnesota
#40 Indiana
#45 Northwestern
 
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Thanks for the fix Litl, I feel so ashamed of myself for lowering the expectations. :!

The official site article describes three noteworthy and NCAA/Big ten record streaks this current squad is riding. Also they describe the opponents in the upcoming double header Sunday (PSU and CSU).
Sunday marks another chance to extend the Big Ten Conference winning streak and the consecutive home streak.
This is such a special team, coaching staff, and high quality character athletes. They make us all proud to be fans of tOSU.

No. 3 Ohio State Prepares for Third Home Doubleheader Sunday - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

After taking down two SEC opponents on the road earlier this week, the third-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team will host its third home doubleheader this weekend, facing No. 62 Penn State at noon and Cleveland State at 6 p.m. Sunday. The match vs. the Nittany Lions is scheduled to be played at the Stickney Tennis Center, while the evening match will take place at The Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center. . .

THE PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
Penn State, ranked 62nd in the polls, is 12-3 overall this year. Last time out, the Nittany Lions downed Middle Tennessee State, 4-1, March 20. Penn State began the year winning 11 of 12 matches. In Big Ten play, the Nittany Lions defeated Purdue, 6-1, at University Park, Pa., March 7. Penn State has lost to Harvard (4-1) March 19 and Georgia Tech (4-2) Jan. 30.

. . . Under 11th-year head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes are 11-0 against Penn State. The team has not suffered a loss vs. the Nittany Lions since the 1998-99 campaign.

THE CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS
The Cleveland State Vikings are 9-5 overall this season. Last time out, the Vikings dropped a 6-1 match to Embry-Riddle March 17 to conclude a spring break trip in Florida. During the trip, the team dropped three of four matches with the lone win coming against Florida Atlantic (4-3) March 14. Cleveland State began the year winning seven of eight matches.

. . . Under head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes are 4-0 all-time vs. the Vikings and are 21-0 all-time vs. Horizon League opponents
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Buckeye fans can follow the team's progress vs. PSU at Sunday, noon on Livestats
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LitlBuck;1682609; said:
I smell a sweep :osu:against the pitiful Lions and the more pitiful Vikings
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Hard to call a team that is 12-3 pitiful.
But if your nose smells sweep, it will have to be a sweep!

-- Penn State vs Ohio State

Straight set wins by Buchanan, Allare, McCarthy, Kronauge,
Novak, and Marcan for the 102 consecutive home win and 55th straight Big 10 victory.
 
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Buckeyes wrap up home doubleheader with a 4-0 sweep over CSU

Official site
The No. 3 Ohio State men's tennis team completed its third home doubleheader of the season after downing Cleveland State, 4-0, Sunday at The Ohio State University Varsity Indoor Tennis Center. The Buckeyes have now won 103 consecutive home matches, dating back to 2003. . .

Sophomore Steven Williams defeated Jay Jones 6-2, 6-0, at No. 6 singles to help give the Buckeyes their 18th win of the year. Williams, a native of Manlius, N.Y., is 14-3 overall and has won his last eight matches.

In doubles, the Buckeyes cruised to the first point of the match in less than half an hour. At No. 1, juniors Matt Allare and Shuhei Uzawa swept Robert Fox and John Haley, 8-0. The Buckeye duo is now tied for the team lead in wins with 12 victories this season.

Highlighting the doubles play at No. 3 where senior co-captains Justin Kronauge and Mike O'Connell, who played together for the first time this year. After undergoing left shoulder surgery at the end of last summer, O'Connell made his season debut with Kronauge and picked up his first win of the year. The two classmates swept Phil Orno and Aris Spirtos, 8-0, to give Ohio State a 1-0 advantage over the Vikings.

In singles, each completed match was in straight sets. No. 26 Kronauge downed Fox 6-0, 6-2, to improve to an impressive 21-3 overall this season, which leads the team. The native of Dayton, Ohio, is now tied for second on the all-time career wins list with former Buckeye Vince Ng (1999-03) with 132 victories.

At No. 4, No. 117 Uzawa followed Kronauge with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Chris Kelpatz. He improves to 16-12 overall.

Ohio State will hit the road to take on two Big Ten opponents. The Buckeyes will face Iowa at 2 p.m. ET April 2 in Iowa City, followed by a match in Minneapolis vs. Minnesota at 1 p.m. ET April 4.
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ITA tennis ream rankings were released this afternoon.
Based on the victory over Georgia, tOSU jumped Tennessee into 2nd place in the NCAA. Vols and Bucks have one loss each (both vs. #1 ranked Virginia at the ITA indoor team championships in Feb).
This rankings race should be interesting throughout the year and will be significant for the team seedings when the NCAA team championships are held in Georgia in May.
Would love to see UVA and USC as #1 & #4 seeds matched up in the semis.:biggrin:

ITA Team rankings released 3/30/10

Will update the NCAA rankings for OSU's single's players and double's teams as they are posted.
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