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

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Recap of the Senior Day victory over Purdue from the OSU Tennis Site

The fourth-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team (27-2, 10-0) defeated Purdue (12-12, 3-7), 7-0, on Sunday Senior Day at the Varsity Tennis Center for its sixth-consecutive Big Ten crown.
It also is the sixth year in a row the Buckeyes have finished their regular-season conference schedule 10-0. The Scarlet and Gray have now been victorious in 76-consecutive Big Ten contests, dating back to the 2002-03 season.
Freshman Blaz Rola's 6-0, 6-1 victory over Purdue's Szymon Tatarczyk at No. 1 clinched the outright conference title for Ohio State. With the win, Rola finishes his rookie regular season with a team-high 33 wins, including a 20-3 mark in dual play and 8-2 when competing on court one.
For the first time this season, Ohio State used a different doubles lineup in a Big Ten match. Senior co-captains Matt Allare and Shuhei Uzawa teamed up for the third time in dual play, defeating Purdue's Mark Kovacs and Aaron Dujovne, 8-3. The win was Allare's 30th and Uzawa's 19th doubles triumphs during their final season donning the Scarlet and Gray.
Balazs Novak and freshman Ille Van Engelen paired up for the second time this season and it proved to be a wise decision with the Buckeye duo winning 8-2 vs. Eric Ramos and Krisztian Krocsko on court two. Novak moves to 27-7 in doubles, while Van Engelen improves to 5-1.
Wrapping up doubles action on court one, junior Chase Buchanan and Rola, the No. 11-ranked duo in the nation, teamed up for the 21st time on the season, beating Pawel Poziomski and Tatarczyk, 8-3, for their 15th win as a pair. Overall in doubles, Buchanan is 25-8 while Rola is 26-7.

Singles competition started with Buchanan winning his 12th-consecutive match, defeating Kovacs on court two, 6-2, 6-1, to give the Buckeyes a 2-0 lead. Buchanan improves to 10-1 at No. 2, 24-2 in dual action and 29-5 overall.
Allare put Ohio State one point from the win with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Krocsko at No. 4 to end his final regular season on a 19-match win streak. Allare improves to 31-3 overall, including a 16-0 mark when playing on court four.
Rola's straight-set victory clinched Ohio State's sixth-consecutive Big Ten crown.
In other singles competition, Devin McCarthy defeated Poziomski, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 6 and Novak downed Ramos, 6-3, 6-3, on court five. McCarthy improved to 27-5 overall and 9-0 at the No. 6 position. Novak moved to 26-6 overall and 12-0 at the No. 5 spot during his senior campaign.
Van Engelen finished the singles portion of the match vs. the Boilermakers with a super-tiebreaker win at No. 3, with a 3-6, 6-0, 10-6 victory vs. Dujovne.

Up next, the Buckeyes begin postseason play at the Big Ten Championships in Madison, Wis., April 28-May 1.

Tennis Match Results
No. 4 Ohio State 7, No. 63 Purdue 0
Apr. 24, 2011 at Columbus, Ohio
(VTC)
Singles
1. #6 Blaz Rola (OSU) def. Szymon Tatarczyk (PUR) 6-0, 6-1
2. #12 Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. Mark Kovacs (PUR) 6-2, 6-1
3. #96 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Aaron Dujovne (PUR) 3-6, 6-0, 10-6
4. #45 Matt Allare (OSU) def. Krisztian Krocsko (PUR) 6-2, 6-3
5. #89 Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Eric Ramos (PUR) 6-3, 6-3
6. #66 Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Pawel Poziomski (PUR) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. #11 Chase Buchanan/Blaz Rola (OSU) def. Pawel Poziomski/Szymon Tatarczyk (PUR) 8-3
2. Balazs Novak/Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Eric Ramos/Krisztian Krocsko (PUR) 8-2
3. Matt Allare/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) def. Mark Kovacs/Aaron Dujovne (PUR) 8-3
Match Notes:
Purdue 12-12; National ranking #63
Ohio State 27-2; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,4,1,6,5,3)
Official: Vince Solomon T-2:53 A-130
  • Ohio State has now won eight Big Ten regular season championships in program history (1915(co.), '43, 2006, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11)
  • The win vs. Purdue was the 126th-consecutive home triumph for Ohio State, dating back to the 2002-03 season. They are 13-0 at the Varsity Tennis Center this season.
  • The Buckeyes are 11-0 on the season at home vs. ranked opponents.
  • Ohio State has now won 76-consecutive Big Ten matches.
  • Since 2005-06, the Scarlet and Gray have gone 191-12 when ranked in the ITA Top 25, including a 12-2 ledger this season against Top 25 opponents.
  • Purdue was the 13th opponent ranked in the ITA Top 75 the Buckeyes have played during the months of March and April.
  • Ty Tucker improves his overall record to 319-53 as head coach, including a 138-17 mark in Big Ten matches.
  • Including postseason play, Ty Tucker has won at least 10 Big Ten matches in his previous 11 seasons at Ohio State.
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The B1G tourney begins Thursday at Madison, WI, with the play in brackets, #6 vs. #11, #7 vs. #10, and #8 vs. #9 seeds.
The winner of the #8 vs. #9 game will play the Buckeyes on Friday 9 am central time.
Watching how the #4 ranked Buckeyes are positioning themselves for the NCAA team championships, #2 Tennessee lost to #17 Florida today and even though that should "help" the Buckeyes with a possible bump to #2 or #3 in the weekly poll, losses don't seem to "Hurt" teams in the ITA rankings.
We will find out what happens Tuesday in the next to last poll of the regular season.
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Matchups and bracket for the Big Ten Tournament were posted by the Big Ten Tennis website.


April 24, 2011

Big Ten Men's Tennis Tournament Bracket
PARK RIDGE, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced the seedings and pairings for the 2011 Men's Tennis Tournament on Sunday, with conference champion Ohio State taking the No. 1 seed. The top-seeded Buckeyes closed the regular season with a 10-0 record in Big Ten play and a 27-2 mark overall. After earning the No. 1 seed, Ohio State receives a bye into the quarterfinals.
Indiana closed the regular season at 9-1 in conference matches and 22-6 overall en route to the No. 2 seed. Minnesota follows at the No. 3 seed after compiling an 8-2 Big Ten record and a 17-4 mark overall. Fourth-seeded Illinois (15-9 overall, 7-3 Big Ten) will square off with fifth-seeded Michigan (13-9, 6-4) in the quarterfinals.
The third-seeded Gophers will take on the winner of No. 6 seed Wisconsin (11-12, 5-5) and No. 11 Penn State (10-17, 0-10) in the second round, while the second-seeded Hoosiers will face either No. 7 Purdue (12-12, 3-7) or No. 10 Iowa (8-12, 2-8) in the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Buckeyes await the winner of No. 8 Michigan State (17-8, 3-7) and No. 9 Northwestern (11-13, 2-8) in the second round.
The tournament is scheduled to begin on Thursday, with first-round matches taking place beginning at 9 a.m. CT at the University of Wisconsin's Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Friday will feature quarterfinal matches beginning at 10 a.m. CT, while Saturday will showcase the tournament semifinals starting at 10 a.m. CT. Sunday's championship match is scheduled for Noon CT. The Big Ten Network will broadcast the championship match on tape delay on Saturday, May 7 at 6 p.m. ET.
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MililaniBuckeye;1911360; said:
I wonder if any other B1G tennis program has ever been this dominant over a six-year stretch in conference...
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Big Ten Tennis records are in the B1G Archives

I think it looks like:
Buckeyes have claimed the championship for 6 straight years from 2006-2011.

Ohio State is now in 3rd place all time behind Ilinois who won the title in 7 consecutive years from 1999 till 2005.

Sadly, TSUN won the Big Ten Championship in 16 consecutive years from 1968 till 1983.
 
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The ITA released their weekly rankings and "yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus" because the Buckeyes jumped the Volunteers for 3rd place in the ITA rankings and the coveted, potential #3 seed in the NCAA tournament.
4/26/2011 ITA team rankings
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Rank. . Avg . . . . . . .School. . . . . . Last Week
.1. . .79.98. .University of Virginia. . . . . 1
.2. . .73.21. .University of Southern Cal. . . 3
.3. . .71.15. .Ohio State University . . . . . 4
.4. . .69.22. .University of Tennessee . . . . 2
.5. . .65.96. .Baylor University . . . . . . . 7
.6. . .59.59. .Stanford University . . . . . . 8
.7. . .59.41. .University of Georgia . . . . . 5
.8. . .58.30. .University of Florida . . . . .17
.9. . .57.82. .Texas A&M University. . . . . . 6
10. . .55.77. .University of Kentucky. . . . .11
11. . .53.66. .Duke University . . . . . . . .13
12. . .53.58. .UCLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
13. . .52.68. .Pepperdine. . . . . . . . . . .10
14. . .52.25. .University of Texas . . . . . .12
15. . .50.59. .Georgia Tech. . . . . . . . . .16

Tennesse (21-4) still has a strong opportunity to jump the Buckeyes (27-2) again for the #3 seed in the NCAA's in the SEC tournament. If Vols defeat a top 10 opponent (UGa, UK, FL) in the tourney they could gain some major computer points. Auburn and Mississippi State are top 25 and a victory there could give them some points as well.
Buckeyes only have the B1G tourney and no top 10 points are available, only #18 Illinois or #19 Minnesota are top 25.
 
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The ITA released their weekly rankings of Single's players and the Buckeyes again place 8 in the top 125 (the most of any NCAA school)
April 26, 2011 ITA Single's rankings
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#4 Blaz Rola
#11 Chase Buchanan
#47 Matt Allare
#70 Peter Kobelt
#72 Devin McCarthy
#88 Nelson Vick
#99 Balazs Novak
#113 Ilie Van Engelen

Congratulations Buckeyes!
 
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The ITA released their weekly rankings of NCAA double's teams and the Buckeyes placed 3 teams in the top 90.
April 26, 2011 D1 Men's national double's rankings.
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#10 Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola
#18 Matt Allare and Peter Kobelt
#82 Chase Buchanan and Shuhei Uzawa

I noticed that Coach Tucker paired Buchanan and Rola again for the match vs. Purdue.
He may be thinking ahead to the NCAA individual double's competition and making sure that Rola and Buchanan are able to qualify/get a strong seed for the individual portion of the tournament.
 
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gracelhink;1911920; said:
4/26/2011 ITA team rankings
Link

Rank. . Avg . . . . . . .School. . . . . . Last Week
.1. . .79.98. .University of Virginia. . . . . 1
.2. . .73.21. .University of Southern Cal. . . 3
.3. . .71.15. .Ohio State University . . . . . 4
.4. . .69.22. .University of Tennessee . . . . 2
.5. . .65.96. .Baylor University . . . . . . . 7
.6. . .59.59. .Stanford University . . . . . . 8
.7. . .59.41. .University of Georgia . . . . . 5
.8. . .58.30. .University of Florida . . . . .17
.9. . .57.82. .Texas A&M University. . . . . . 6
10. . .55.77. .University of Kentucky. . . . .11
11. . .53.66. .Duke University . . . . . . . .13
12. . .53.58. .UCLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
13. . .52.68. .Pepperdine. . . . . . . . . . .10
14. . .52.25. .University of Texas . . . . . .12
15. . .50.59. .Georgia Tech. . . . . . . . . .16

Tennesse (21-4) still has a strong opportunity to jump the Buckeyes (27-2) again for the #3 seed in the NCAA's in the SEC tournament. If Vols defeat a top 10 opponent (UGa, UK, FL) in the tourney they could gain some major computer points. Auburn and Mississippi State are top 25 and a victory there could give them some points as well.
Buckeyes only have the B1G tourney and no top 10 points are available, only #18 Illinois or #19 Minnesota are top 25.
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thank you Mili for reformatting this rankings to improve readability,

Okay I checked and I was wrong, . . .
Tennessee season is finished! They have no more chances of gaining computer points toward the May 3 final ITA rankings.
The SEC tournament was played last weekend.
Volunteers were the #1 seed in that tournament, defeating #8 seed Ole Miss in the quarters but lost to #5 seed and host Florida in the semis.
Did the Gators win the SEC tournament?
Ubet they did, defeating Kentucky in the finals!
So the Buckeyes seemingly clinched at least a #3 seed in the NCAA team championships!
 
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From the Big Ten Official Website.
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Minnesota's Tobias Wernet and Ohio State's Chase Buchanan (pictured) have been named the Big Ten Men's Tennis Co-Athlete of the Week.
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Chase Buchanan, Ohio State
Jr. - New Albany, Ohio - Gahanna
Chase Buchanan won two singles matches and two doubles contests en route to his fourth weekly laurel this season.
Buchanan and teammate Shuhei Uzawa opened the weekend with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles over Indiana's Josh MacTaggart and Stephen Vogl.
The junior, ranked 12th nationally in singles, then downed the Hoosiers' Jeremy Langer, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1 singles to push the fourth-ranked Buckeyes to a 5-2 win over 24th-ranked Indiana, helping them clinch the Big Ten Championship.
Buchanan and Blaz Rola, ranked 11th in the country in doubles, defeated Purdue's Pawel Poziomski and Szymon Tatarczyk, 8-3, at No. 1 before Buchanan earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Mark Kovacs at No. 1 singles in the Buckeyes' 7-0 sweep of the 63rd-ranked Boilermakers.

Last Ohio State Athlete of the Week: Chase Buchanan (April 12, 2011)
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Congratulations Chase!
 
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The ITA revised their single's rankings,
It did not exclude any Buckeyes but did alter their placement in the top 125.
And no I did not do this to post pad in the Tennis forum thread. :biggrin:
Buckeyes in the newly released ITA rankings

#3 Blaz Rola
#10 Chase Buchanan
#47 Matt Allare
#74 Devin McCarthy
#75 Peter Kobelt
#98 Balazs Novak
#105 Ilie Van Engelen
#122 Nelson Vick
 
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