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

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Buckeyes travel to Evanston and Wisconsin this weekend

The Buckeye tennis team will be seeking to secure its 5th straight regular season undefeated and Big Ten Championship when it concludes the season with matches on the road Friday and Sunday.
Friday the Buckeyes will travel to Evanston, IL, to face the Northwestern Wildcats at 4pm est.
After a strong start and lofty ranking in the ITA poll (1/26, ITA #36), the Wildcats have been sliding. On the season the Cats have a 9-12 record but in the Big Ten they are only 1-7.
The NW roster includes #4 single's player Andrew McCarthy, the brother of OSU's Devin. Northwestern has one doubles team ranked in the ITA's. Joshua Graves and Spencer Wolf came in this week at #54.
Buckeye fans can monitor Friday's 4pm match from Evanston on Livestats.

Sunday the Buckeyes will face a major test at Wisconsin, ranked #27 in the latest ITA polls.
Even though the Buckeyes hold a 17 match win streak against the Badgers, Wisconsin will be a handful in Madison, will be celebrating senior day and recognizing 3 key members of their squad.
Wisconsin is coming off a four-match win streak which includes notable victories over No. 48 Northwestern, Purdue, No. 72 Iowa and No. 37 Minnesota. The Badgers boast a 17-6 season record, 6-2 Big Ten record, and sit at No. 4 in the Big Ten Conference.
Over the past 8 weeks, Wisconsin's ITA ranking has improved from #37 to #27.
Senior and No. 19-ranked Moritz Baumann holds a 25-7 overall record and is currently leading the Badgers at 7-1 in Big Ten play. Junior Marek Michalicka has a 17-2 dual record. Freshman Chris Freeman at the bottom of the lineup is 6-0 in the Big Ten.
The Badgers have 2 players ranked in the ITA single's poll, Moritz Baumann is #19, and Marek Michalicka is #28.
Together Baumann and Michalicka are #16 in ITA double's rankings.
Buckeye fans can monitor Sunday's 1 pm match from Madison, Wisconsin on Univ. of Wisconsin livestats.
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If we win out this weekend Buckeyes will be undefeated (10-0) in the Big Ten, and tOSU will be B10 regular season champion. A loss this weekend will result in a tie for first place with the winner of Illinois vs. Tsun.
This weekend concludes the regular season tOSU schedule.
The Big Ten tournament and NCAA tournaments remain.

Standing of Big Ten men's tennis with 2 matches left for each team:

Team . . . . . B10 Rec. . . pct. . . Overall Rec. Pct.
1. Ohio State. . . .8-0. . . 1.000. . . 27-1. . . .964
2. Illinois. . . . . . .7-1. . . .875. . . . 15-9. . . .625
3. Michigan. . . . . 7-1. . . .875. . . . 11-8. . . .579
4. Wisconsin. . . . 6-2 . . . .750. . . . 17-6 . . .739
5. Indiana. . . . . . 4-4 . . . .500. . . . 14-8. . .636
6. Minnesota. . . . 4-4 . . . .500 . . . .11-9. . .550
7. Iowa. . . . . . . 3-5 . . . .375. . . . .11-8. . .579
8. Penn State. . . 2-6. . . .250 . . . . .14-9. . .609
9. Michigan State.1-7. . . .125. . . . . 13-11. .542
10. Purdue. . . . . 1-7. . . .125. . . . . 11-12. .478
11. Northwestern.1-7. . . .125. . . . . 9-12. . .429

Go Bucks!
 
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From the OSU tennis site

After finishing the 2010 home schedule with a 19-0 record, the fourth-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team will travel to No. 57 Northwestern at 4 p.m. Friday at the Vandy Christe Tennis Center in Evanston, Ill., and No. 27 Wisconsin at noon Sunday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis. . .
The Buckeyes (27-1; 8-0 Big Ten) have won 61 consecutive Big Ten dual matches dating back to 2005. . .
KRONAUGE REWRITES OHIO STATE RECORD BOOKS
Senior co-captain Justin Kronauge became the program's combined wins leader April 11 vs. Michigan in Columbus. Kronauge passed former Buckeye Bryan Koniecko (254) for first on the combined wins list after defeating No. 97 Evan King 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 singles in the Buckeyes' 6-1 win over the Wolverines at Stickney Tennis Center.
Currently with 261 career victories, Kronauge, a native of Dayton, Ohio, secured three singles victories and three doubles victories in wins over Ole Miss April 14, Indiana April 16 and Illinois April 18 to continue his rise on the combined, singles and doubles wins list. In singles, Kronauge has 141 career victories, which is second. He is five wins shy of tying former Buckeye Steven Moneke for first (146).

In doubles, Kronauge became the sixth Buckeye in program history to hit the 100-win mark. He currently has 120 career doubles wins, which is second. The two-time ITA All-American is five wins shy of tying Koniecko for first (125). He also is just the third Buckeye in Ohio State history to have at least 100 singles wins and 100 doubles wins. Koniecko and Moneke are the other two who have accomplish the feat.

100 AND COUNTING
Ohio State extended its home win streak to 108 consecutive matches after defeating No. 17 Illinois, 6-1, April 18 at Stickney Tennis Center. It has been more than 2,500 days since the Buckeyes lost a home match, dropping a 5-2 decision to Big Ten conference rival Illinois April 5, 2003. No other Big Ten team in any sport has won as many consecutive matches/games at home than the Buckeyes. . .
Eight members of the team have claimed 20 or more singles victories this season. Senior co-captain Justin Kronauge leads the Buckeyes in the wins' column with 30 followed by junior Balazs Novak (29), sophomore Chase Buchanan (24), junior Matt Allare (21) and freshman Dino Marcan (21).
Kronauge and Buchanan have a combined dual-match record of 47-2, including a 27-1 record by Kronauge.
Novak has been impressive in his third season at Ohio State, hitting the 20-win mark for the third straight year. Allare and Marcan are a combined 35-8 this season in dual competition.
Second-year Buckeyes Steven Williams and Devin McCarthy are perfect in dual play, posting 5-0 and 12-0 records, respectively. The two are a combined 19-1 in their last 20 singles matches.
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Livestats earlier gave NW a victory at #2 singles, but then started posting scores.
Makes me wonder if Dino Marcan is dealing with some kind of an injury....
He dropped the first set.
All the other singles 1st sets went to the Buckeyes.
 
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Victory over NW clinches Big Ten title.

By a final score of 6-1, the Buckeyes victory over NW has sealed at least a tie for their 5th straight Big Ten Regular Season men's tennis championship.
With Balazs Novak victory at #4 singles, the match was sealed.
Chase Buchanan wrapped up the scoring with a 3rd set super tie breaker at #1 singles, prevailing by a 10-7 score.
 
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From the OSU Tennis site;

The No. 4 Ohio State men's tennis team downed No. 57 Northwestern, 6-1, Friday at the Combe Tennis Center in Evanston, Ill. With the win the Buckeyes recorded their 20th consecutive victory this season and are within one win of claiming their fifth-consecutive Big Ten regular season championship.

Ohio State (28-1; 9-0 Big Ten) is now 41-43 all-time vs. the Wildcats. Under 11th-year head coach Ty Tucker, Ohio State is 12-1 against Northwestern, winning the last six matches. Ohio State improves its regular-season (non-tournament) win streak to 112, its Big Ten win streak to 62 and its road win streak to 47 consecutive matches. This season, the Scarlet and Gray is 7-0 on the road.

Junior Balazs Novak claimed the Buckeyes' 28th victory this season after defeating Andrew McCarthy, brother of sophomore Devin McCarthy, in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, at No. 4 singles. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Novak becomes the second Buckeye to hit the 30-win mark. It is the second straight year Novak has had at least 30 singles wins in a season. . . . .

Ohio State will now prepare for its final regular-season match of the 2010 campaign at No. 27 Wisconsin at noon Sunday in Madison. Live stats will be available at UWBadgers.com - The Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers.

No. 4 Ohio State 6, No. 57 Northwestern 1
Combe Tennis Center
Evanston, Ill.
April 23, 2010

Tennis Match Final Results

Singles competition
1. No. 10 Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. No. 91 Joshua Graves (Northwestern) - 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Sidarth Balaji (Northwestern) def. No. 103 Dino Marcan (OSU) - 6-2, 6-2
3. No. 40 Justin Kronauge (OSU) def. Spencer Wolf (Northwestern) - 6-1, 6-0
4. Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Andrew McCarthy (Northwestern) - 6-4, 6-3
5. Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) def. Alex Sanborn (Northwestern) - 6-2, 6-4
6. Matt Allare (OSU) def. Chris Jackman (Northwestern) - 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. No. 10 Chase Buchanan/Dino Marcan (OSU) def. No. 54 Joshua Graves/Spencer Wolf (Northwestern) - 8-7 (7-3)
2. Shuhei Uzawa/Matt Allare (OSU) def. Tobias Reitz/Alex Sanborn (Northwestern) - 8-1
3. Justin Kronauge/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Andrew McCarthy/Sidarth Balaji (Northwestern) - 8-2
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Actually the victory over Northwestern clinched at least a tie of the Big Ten regular season title. :wink2:
A victory over Wisconsin on Sunday would give Buckeyes the undisputed title and undefeated Big Ten season.
No mention of any injury to Marcan.:)
 
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Update from Madison.
Buckeyes are up on Wisconsin 3-2, but are battling hard to win that 4th point.
Dino Marcan dropped the 1st set and is down in the 2nd 2-5.
Justin Kronauge lost a tough 1st set and is up 3-2 in the 2nd.
OSU needs one of these matches to avoid a tie for the Big Ten title with Illinois.
Go Bucks!
 
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Now 3-3,with Captain Kronauge battling to overcome a 1st set tie breaker loss.
Justin just won the 2nd set to even the #2 singles at one set apiece.
I don't know if they will be playing a full 3rd set or a 10 point super tie breaker.
Go Justin!
Its Captain pride time

Livestats
 
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