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

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The Livestats updates seem to be cycling through painfully slow.
Rght now #1 Allare and Kobelt are down 7-5
#2 Uzawa and Buchanan are up 7-2.
Looks like the doubles point could come down to #3 Rola and Novak
They are up early 5-2!
Go Bucks!
 
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Rola with a persuasive 2nd set gets the Buckeyes 2nd point on the scoreboard 6-3, 6-0.
Matt Allare finishes off his #4 opponent 6-3, 6-4 for the 3rd OSU tally.
McCarthy is looking strong to close out the match-clinching 4th point.
 
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McCarthy closes out the 4th point at #5 singles securing the buckeye victory and extending the OSU consecutive home winning streak to 124!

Chase Buchanan is close to finishing off #2 Steven Havens.
Balazs Novak after a typically slow start is fighting back in the 2nd to secure another Buckeye Point at #6.
Ilie Van Engelen dropped his match to a very experienced and tough #3 Daniel Stahl.
 
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Bucknut24;1906800; said:
i hate 3rd set super tiebreaks :lol: just played one in a 4.0 USTA match, we split sets 6-4, 3-6 (1 break of serve in each set) then I lose 10-1 in the tiebreak :(
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Kind of like Novak today only he dropped his 10-7 :(


Final from the stick 5-2 for the good guys.:)
 
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Bucknut24;1906637; said:
been so busy lately keep forgetting to check on the team....do they look like they could make another run in the NCAA tournys?
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Good question, BN24 you know how to trigger my OCD. :biggrin:
The last five years, Buckeyes have won the Big Ten regular season title, and then the Big Ten tournament, and received some strong considerations and seeding to make a deep run in the tourney.
Past expectations soared with early successes but 4 out of 5 years the Bucks ran into a hot team in the quarters, and stumbled.
I believe they have a bit better lineup this year. I like the top two Blaz Rola, Chase Buchanan. They are both ranked in the top 12 of all NCAA single's players.
Only Virginia has two players ranked as high as OSU's pair. UVA is properly ranked #1 in the ITA. They are undefeated because they are strong up and down the lineup, no weaknesses whatsoever. With that said, I have noticed lately that VA is for some reason without one of their better players, Jarmere Jenkins, who was missing from the lineup last week. Makes me wonder what happened. UVA however, is still by consensus the top team in tennis right now.
USC is probably closer behind UVa although they have been known to get loose at certain times and underperform like they did in Washington at the ITA indoors. It seems like they are back on track right now and just dominating opponents.

About the #2 ranked Bucks, . . .
There are actually 7 Buckeyes ranked in the top 125 of the ITA computers, which is more than any other team in the country. The top 2 Rola and Buchanan are solid, consistent and better or on par with any other elite players, but the depth and experience at the bottom of the lineup is what sets the Buckeyes apart. Allare, Novak and McCarthy are the best 4,5,6 in the country. For the Buckeyes to make a deep run this year they will need to earn a favorable seed and avoid a hot team.
If the season ended today they would be seeded #2. If they can hold on to the #2 seed or even if they dropped to a #3 seed they would avoid UVA until the final and probably avoid USC until the semifinal. Last year they were a #4 seed and lost to eventual champion USC #5 seed in the quarters.
So for 2011, Uva, USC and OSU are the three outstanding squads!
If I were BB73, I would offer something that looks like these odds on which team would be crowned National Champion in May:

3-2 Virginia.
3-1 USC
4-1 tOSU
10-1 Tennessee
10-1 Texas A& M
15-1 Georgia
5-1 field

So to answer your question. . .

In my humble IMO, this team is clearly poised to make a strong and deep run in the NCAA tournament in May.

I especially like and get excited about their chances this year to win it all!

Go Bucks!
 
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Recap of the OSU victory over Notre Dame from the OSU Tennis Site

The second-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team (23-2, 6-0 Big Ten) won its eighth consecutive match while extending its home win streak to 124 following a 5-2 victory over No. 28 Notre Dame (15-9) Wednesday at Stickney Tennis Center.
Buckeye Devin McCarthy clinched the win for the five-time defending Big Ten champions for the second match in a row. McCarthy, a redshirt-sophomore, defeated Niall Fitzgerald 6-3, 6-3 for his 24th victory of the season. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native is now 19-2 in dual singles and 9-1 at the No. 5 position.
The win evened up the all-time series against the Irish, 26-26. It was also the fifth-consecutive victory for head coach Ty Tucker, who improves to 8-4 overall vs. Notre Dame.
Ohio State improves to 55-4 as the No. 2 ranked team in the country and 14-0 at home on the season. The Scarlet and Gray also move to 16-2 vs. ITA nationally ranked opponents, including a 10-2 mark against Top 10 competition.
Doubles action began with senior co-captain Balazs Novak and freshman Blaz Rola teaming up and beating Notre Dame's Tyler Davis and Greg Andrews, 8-2. As a team the Buckeye duo moves to 7-1, all at the No. 3 spot. Overall for the season, Novak now has 23 doubles wins, while Rola has 22.
Chase Buchanan and senior co-captain Shuhei Uzawa, the 66th-ranked tandem in the nation, also moved to 7-1 as a team, clinching the doubles point for Ohio State with an 8-6 decision over Casey Watt and Stephen Havens. Buchanan, the reigning Big Ten Athlete of the Week, moves to 22-7 overall in doubles while Uzawa improves to an impressive 16-3 mark.
Closing out doubles competition, Buckeyes Matt Allare and Peter Kobelt, the 12th-ranked team nationally, fell, 8-6, in a closely contested dual at No. 1 vs. Spencer Talmadge and Fitzgerald. The pair drops to 20-7 overall and 11-4 at the No. 1 position.
Rola, a Ptuj, Slovenia, native, rebounded after his loss vs. Michigan April 10, by quickly defeating Notre Dame's Watt, the 54th ranked player in the country 6-3, 6-0 at No. 1. Rola, the nation's fifth-ranked player, improves his overall mark to 29-5 and 16-3 in dual singles, including a 7-2 mark at No. 1.
Allare continued his singles success, putting Ohio State up 3-0 after a 6-3, 6-4 straight-set victory vs. Andrews at No. 4 to extend his win streak to 15 matches. Allare, a Mason, Ohio native, moves to 18-1 in dual competition and 17-3 overall. He is now 13-0 when playing at the No. 4 spot.
Freshman Ille Van Engelen fell to 14-6 on the season after suffering a 6-3, 6-2 loss to the Irish's Daniel Stahl at No. 3.
McCarthy's straight-set win at No. 5 made the score 4-1 in Ohio State's favor.
To wrap up singles action, Buchanan beat Havens 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 for the Buckeyes' fifth point. The New Albany, Ohio, native secured his 25th singles and 20th dual win, improving to a 9-1 mark at the No. 2 spot.
Novak lost a three-set match 6-3, 5-7, 10-7, to Blas Moros in the final singles match of the evening.
The Buckeyes will return to conference play when they travel to Madison, Wis., Friday for a 3 p.m. ET match at Wisconsin. Ohio State will also face No. 20 Minnesota at 1 p.m. ET Sunday. The Scarlet and Gray are 39-32 all-time vs. the Badgers and 25-38 against the Golden Gophers.
Tennis Match Results
No. 2 Ohio State 5, No. 28 Notre Dame 2
April, 13 2011 at Columbus, Ohio
(Stickney Tennis Center)
Singles
1. #5 Blaz Rola (OSU) def. #54 Casey Watt (ND) 6-3, 6-0
2. #12 Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. Stephen Havens (ND) 6-1, 6-3
3. #99 Daniel Stahl (ND) def. #112 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) 6-3, 6-2
4. #43 Matt Allare (OSU) def. Greg Andrews (ND) 6-3, 6-4
5. #65 Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Niall Fitzgerald (ND) 6-3, 6-3
6. Blas Moros (ND) def. #67 Balazs Novak (OSU) 6-3, 5-7, 10-7
Doubles
1. Spencer Talmadge/Niall Fitzgerald (ND) def. #12 Matt Allare/Peter Kobelt (OSU) 8-6
2. #66 Shuhei Uzawa/Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. Casey Watt/Stephen Havens (ND) 8-6
3. Balazs Novak/Blaz Rola (OSU) def. Tyler Davis/Greg Andrews (ND) 8-2
Match Notes:
Notre Dame 15-9; National ranking #28
Ohio State 23-2; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,4,3,5,2,6)
Official: Vince Solomon T-3:25 A-143
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Preview of the upcoming road trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota this weekend.
OSU Tennis site

The No. 2 Ohio State men's tennis team (23-2, 6-0 Big Ten) will resume Big Ten play this weekend when it travels to Wisconsin and Minnesota. The match vs. the No. 73 Badgers will begin at 3 p.m. ET from Madison, Wis., while the contest against the No. 24 Gophers will get underway at 1 p.m. ET from Minneapolis.
For up to the minute updates and news, be sure to follow the Ohio State men's tennis team on Twitter @OhioState_MTEN.

Match PointersOhio State owns an eight-match win streak. Additionally, the Buckeyes have won 54 out of their last 55 road matches (non-tournament).
Throughout the months of March and April, the Scarlet and Gray have or will play 12 teams ranked in the ITA Top 75. In addition to No. 24 Wisconsin and Minnesota, Ohio State has faced No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 9 Pepperdine, No. 17 Illinois, No. 60 Iowa, No. 13 Kentucky, No. 27 Michigan, No. 57 Michigan State and No. 28 Notre Dame. Following this weekend, the Buckeyes will play No. 68 Purdue and No. 22 Indiana. Ohio State is 15-2 vs. ranked opponents on the season, including a perfect 8-0 mark in Columbus.

Badger Watch
Wisconsin enters the match vs. the Buckeyes with a 9-10 overall record and 3-3 mark in the Big Ten. The Badgers began the season winning their opener vs. Butler, 7-0, before falling to Wake Forest and Boise State at the ITA National Team Indoor Qualifier, both by a 4-0 decision. Wisconsin has defeated Michigan State, Northwestern and Purdue in conference action, while losing to Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana. The Badgers are 8-5 at home and 3-9 against teams that are nationally ranked.

Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin
The Scarlet and Gray hold a 39-32 all-time mark vs. Wisconsin. Since Ty Tucker became head coach in 1999, the Scarlet and Gray have never lost to the Badgers, going a perfect 20-0.

Gauging the Gophers
Minnesota is 14-3 after splitting a pair of home matches vs. Indiana and Purdue this past week. Friday, Indiana ended the Gophers' five-match win streak. However, Minnesota bounced back and down Purdue, 4-3.

Buckeyes vs. Minnesota
Ohio State is 25-38 all-time vs. the Gophers. Under 12th-year head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyes are 12-3 vs. Minnesota, claiming wins in the last nine contests. Ohio State has not lost to Minnesota since the 2002-03 season.

Rola One Shy of 30
Blaz Rola boasts a 29-5 overall record. Should he come away with a victory this weekend, the Ptuj, Slovenia, native will become the first Buckeye to amass 30 wins this season. Rola is 16-3 in dual competition and 12-5 vs. ranked opponents. He is 7-2 and 9-1 at the Nos. 1 and 2 positions, respectively. . . .

Allare StreakingBuckeye Matt Allare is on a 15-match win streak. Allare is 27-3 overall with an 18-1 mark in duals. The Mason, Ohio, native is 13-0 at the No. 4 position and 7-1 vs. ranked competition. The senior co-captain's 27 singles wins overall are second on the team, only behind Blaz Rola's team-high 29 victories. . . .

Up Next
The Buckeyes will return home to conclude the regular season against Indiana at 4 p.m. April 22 and Purdue at noon April 24. The Easter Sunday contest against Purdue will also include Senior Day festivities.
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Fans can follow the action against Wisconsin with live updates at http://www.uwathletics.com/live/tns/m/xlive.htm
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From the OSU Tennis twitter feed, Buckeyes claim the double's point at Wisconsin.
#2 Buchanan and Uzawa win 8-1.
#1 Allare and Kobelt 8-4 and
#3 Rola and Novak in a breaker at 12-10!
Singles up next.
The wisky live updates link is not active. :(
 
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