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

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Report from the official OSU tennis website

On familiar courts at Stickney Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio, the No. 4-seed Ohio State men's tennis team downed Western Michigan, 4-0, Saturday in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Team Championship. Serving as host of the opening rounds of the NCAA championships, the Buckeyes extended their home win streak to 109 matches and will face No. 26 Michigan at noon Sunday in the second round. Earlier in the day, the 26th-ranked Wolverines beat No. 36 Denver, 4-1.
Sophomore Devin McCarthy received the starting nod at No. 6 singles against the Broncos and posted a straight-set 6-4, 6-0 victory over Brad Noel to wrap up the Buckeye victory. McCarthy, who hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, earned his first NCAA championship singles win and now owns a 13-0 dual-match record that is backed by a nine-match win streak.
For the 30th time this season, the Scarlet and Gray won the doubles point and did so in impressive fashion. The Nos. 1 and 3 Buckeye tandems only gave up five games. Included among the wins was an 8-1 triumph by senior co-captain Justin Kronauge and junior Balazs Novak over Pablo Olivarez and Noel at No. 3. Kronauge's doubles win moves him in a tie (Bryan Koniecko: 2006-09) for first place on the program's all-time doubles wins list with 125. Kronauge and Novak have excelled on the court this season. The pair currently owns a 19-0 record, capturing 17 wins at No. 3.
Not long after, the ninth-ranked duo of Chase Buchanan and Dino Marcan handed Michael and Thomas Calderone an 8-4 loss and Ohio State gained a 1-0 advantage. Winning 18 of their last 19 matches, Buchanan and Marcan have a 15-2 mark at the top of the lineup.
Junior Matt Allare is not one to spend a lot of unnecessary time on the courts and his speedy game propelled the Buckeyes to a 2-0 lead following his 6-1, 6-3 win against Zeyad Montasser on court five. A native of Mason, Ohio, Allare improves to 24-5 overall and 7-1 at No. 5 singles.
Balazs Novak relinquished only two games in his 6-2, 6-0 win vs. Simon Blomberg at No. 4 singles. Riding a 16-match win streak, Novak is 35-6 overall, including a 16-1 ledger on court four.
Tennis Match Results
Western Michigan 0 vs. No. 4 Ohio State 4
May 15, 2010
Columbus, Ohio
Stickney Tennis Center
Singles competition
1. No. 8 Chase Buchanan (OSU) vs. Michael Calderone (WMU) 6-3, 5-6, unfinished
2. No. 23 Justin Kronauge (OSU) vs. Kazuya Komada (WMU) 6-1, 4-4, unfinished
3. Dino Marcan (OSU) vs. Pablo Olivarez (WMU) 6-2, 4-1, unfinished
4. Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Simon Blomberg (WMU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Matt Allare (OSU) def. Zeyad Montasser (WMU) 6-1, 6-3
6. No. 120 Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Brad Noel (WMU) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. No. 9 Chase Buchanan/Dino Marcan (OSU) def. Michael Calderone/Thomas Calderone (WMU) 8-4
2. Matt Allare/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) vs. Kazuya Komada/Zeyad Montasser (WMU) 7-5, unfinished
3. Justin Kronauge/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Pablo Olivarez/Brad Noel (WMU) 8-1
Match Notes:
Western Michigan 21-11
Ohio State 33-1; National ranking No. 4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (5,4,6)
2010 Division I Men's Tennis Championship - First and Second Rounds
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Buckeyes whipped the Broncos 4-0, in one hour and 30 minutes.
TSUN battled 3 hours 41 minutes before defeating Denver 4-1.
Its rivalry week all over again in Columbus!
Go Bucks!

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Justin Kronauge a worthy finalist for Big Ten Senior Athlete Medal of Honor from the Official OSU Website.



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The 2010 winners of the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor, given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athletes at each conference school, will be announced Wednesday. Leading up to the 43rd Annual Scholar-Athlete Dinner, the 11 Medal of Honor finalists will be featured on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Justin Kronauge
Men's Tennis
Major: Finance
Dayton, Ohio

Two-time All-American Justin Kronauge will conclude his career at Ohio State as the No. 1 player in program history in combined singles and doubles wins with 269. He also has four Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, an NCAA runner-up finish and a 79-0 record at home to his credit. The 2007 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Kronauge also is a two-time All-Big Ten honoree. Academically, Kronauge is a two-time Academic All-Big Ten recipient and three-time Ohio State Scholar Athlete as a finance major.

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Congratulations Justin!
 
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In somewhat of a mild upset the Wisconsin Badgers defeated #14 seed Illinois by a 4-1 score.

Article excerpts from NCAA.com

Wisconsin is advancing to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history after thumping No. 13 Illinois, 4-1, Saturday afternoon in Urbana, Ill. Wisconsin (21-8) had a total team effort with seniors Moritz Baumann and Michael Dierberger leading the way. Baumann clinched the match for Wisconsin earning his 30th win of the season.

The round of 16 match-up will be another Big Ten showdown with the winner of the Michigan/Ohio State match which will be played Sunday, May 16. Wisconsin will meet the winner of tomorrows match on Friday May 25. The match is scheduled for 8 a.m. CT at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.
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The official site gives this report about the UM tennis team

THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES
Michigan (13-10), currently ranked 26th in the latest ITA polls, finished the season with an 8-2 record in Big Ten play. During the 2010 Big Ten Tournament, the Wolverines advanced to the semifinals before suffering a 4-0 setback to Illinois May 1 in Bloomington, Ind. Michigan received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the program's fifth-consecutive trip to the championship. The Wolverines will travel to the Columbus regional for the second straight postseason and third time in five years. Freshman Evan King was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, joining junior Jason Jung on the All-Big Ten team.

MICHIGAN IN THE RANKINGS
Two Wolverines are ranked in the latest ITA polls announced May 3. In singles, Jason Jung is No. 38, accumulating a 20-15 mark in his third season. In dual play, Jung is 10-10 this year. In doubles, Jung partners with Evan King as the 31st doubles pair in the nation. The two Wolverines are 14-8 overall with a 9-6 ledger at No. 1.

OHIO STATE VS. MICHIGAN
Ohio State is 25-73-1 all-time vs. the Wolverines. Under 11th-year head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes are 14-2 vs. Michigan, claiming the last 13 matches. Ohio State has not lost to the Wolverines since the 2000-01 campaign, dropping a 4-3 match in Ann Arbor. During the regular season, the Buckeyes defeated Michigan, 6-1, April 11 in Columbus. In singles, senior co-captain Justin Kronauge and Balazs Novak lead the team with seven wins vs. Michigan. Junior Matt Allare is undefeated vs. the Wolverines with a 3-0 record.

Last season in NCAA play, the Buckeyes downed Michigan, 4-1, May 9, 2009, in the second round of the tournament in Columbus, defeating the Wolverines for the third time during the year.
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The rivalry renews at high noon, with TSUN going down again.

Fans can monitor the action on OSU livestats.
 
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Buckeyes capture the critical doubles point

According to livestats,
Justin Kronauge and Balazs Novak the Buckeye's #3 double's team won by an 8-4 score.
Matt Allare and Shuhei Uzawa closed out the double's portion of the match with an 8-6 victory at #2 doubles.
Play will be suspended at #1 doubles with the Bucks winning 6-5.
Singles up next after a short break.
Go bucks.
 
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The way things are going in the singles matches this might and 4-0 and pretty quickly. Buchanan got off to a slow start but is now on a roll. The same with Kronauge and our #4-#6 singles have been rolling since their matches began. Nothing like a nice meatchicken dinner on a Sunday:oh:
 
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Allare gets the 2nd point
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I thought that's what I said:biggrin2: we already have the doubles point:wink2: Novak is getting very close to closing out his match.

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Marcan comes back big time and wins the second set to tie it at 1-1 in sets. I guess they will go to a tiebreaker. Buchanan needs to win his second set and Novak needs to finish off his guy in the second set also.
 
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