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Ohio State men’s tennis beats Purdue to claim share of Big Ten title

Big Ten champs again! #GoBucks

The Ohio State men’s tennis team just keeps on rolling. On Friday night, the Buckeyes disposed of Purdue easily 4-0, but that’s not the biggest news to come from the match.

With the win, OSU clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title, it’s 17th in a row. Yes, you read that right; 17 in a row and counting. There’s no doubt that despite falling just short of winning an outdoor title over those years, Ohio State is front and center in the team picture for the best men’s tennis programs in college football.

And on Friday, the Buckeyes made it look easy.

Ohio State won the first two doubles matches to take the all-important point there to go up 1-0. Andrew Lutschaunig and JJ Tracy won 6-1 and Robert Cash and Justin Boulais took care of business 6-2.

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In the singles matches, James Trotter got the first win, cruising to a 6-1, 6-0 win to put the Buckeyes up 2-0, and that was quickly followed by Alexander Bernard, who also made quick work in a 6-2, 6-2 victory. And with OSU up 3-0, the last domino fell when No. 20 ranked Cannon Kingsley would finish his opponent by a score of 6-1, 6-4 to seal the victory.

All told, it took Ohio State just 24 minutes to win the doubles point and just a little over an hour to secure the three wins in the singles matches.

With the win, the No. 2 ranked OSU team is now undefeated in Big Ten play and improved to 25-2 overall on the season. Next up is a date with Indiana at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center on Ohio State’s campus Sunday. A win would secure the outright conference title. The match is set to begin at Noon ET.

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Ohio State men’s tennis beats No. 4 Michigan to take over first place in Big Ten

A big one up in Ann Arbor for the men’s tennis team. #GoBucks

The No. 3 Ohio State men’s tennis team traveled on the road to No. 4 Michigan on Sunday with the inside track to the Big Ten title on the line. As the Buckeyes have seemingly done on an almost yearly basis, they took care of business when it mattered most in the conference, beat the Wolverines for the second time this season, and now sit alone atop the Big Ten standings.

The Buckeyes got the crucial doubles point by taking two of the three matches to go up 1-0 and set things off on the right foot. After OSU dropped the first doubles match, the pair of Cannon Kingsley and JJ Tracy won 6-2, followed by a 6-4 win by Andrew Lutschaunig and James Trotter.

On the singles side, JJ Tracy put the Buckeyes up 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 25 Patrick Maloney. That was followed by a 7-5, 6-2 win by James Trotter to put OSU up 3-0.

Michigan would make things interesting with wins on courts one and two, but then the door was shut by freshman Jack Anthrop in a three-set 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, victory to clinch the 4-2 team win.

With the win, Ohio State improves to 6-0 in the Big Ten and 23-2 overall. Michigan drops to 4-1 in the league and will now need some help to get back even in the regular season Big Ten race that Ohio State has now won 16-straight times, looking for No. 17 in a row.

The Buckeyes are next in action against Penn State back at home on Saturday.

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Ohio State men’s tennis beats Michigan to advance to final four of NCAA Tournament

Revenge is a dish best served with an ace. #GoBucks

The Ohio State vs. Michigan rivalry endured another chapter on Thursday, but this time on the tennis court. As luck would have it, the No. 4 seed Buckeyes and No. 5 seed Wolverines met in Champaign, Illinois, in a round of eight matchup of the men’s NCAA tennis tournament.

The two have played three times this year, with Michigan taking two out of three. Ohio State won the Big Ten regular-season title, while the Wolverines got revenge by beating the Buckeyes in the championship match of the Big Ten tournament. OSU has long been the dominant program in the conference, but Michigan was working hard to change that this season.

That same revenge Michigan recently was turned upside down on Thursday though with Ohio State taking down its rival 4-2 to advance to the final four of the NCAA tournament. And boy was it entertaining.

The Buckeyes started off on the wrong foot by giving up the doubles point to Michigan and had to battle back in the singles matches. OSU took the first two singles matches after some weather tried to ruin their momentum when JJ Tracy evened things up 1-1 with a 6-2, 6-2 win, followed by Justin Boulais’ 6-2, 6-3 match victory. Cannon Kingsley then won 6-4, 6-4 moments later, but Jake Van Emburgh lost his match to make it 3-2 in favor of Ohio State.

From there, it was a nail-biter, with Andrew Lutschaunig clinching a 7-6, 6-4 victory on an ace serve to send the Buckeyes into the final four for the first time since 2018.

Ohio State will next be in action Saturday at 11 AM ET against No. 8 seed Kentucky after the Wildcats upset No. 1 seed TCU.

Ohio State men’s tennis to face a familiar foe as it advances to final eight of NCAA tournament

The Bucks are moving on in the NCAA men’s tennis tournament and will face a familiar foe. #GoBucks

The Ohio State men’s tennis team will head to the final eight of the NCAA tournament once again.

Despite notching two indoor titles, the outdoor national championship has been an elusive one for the Buckeyes. After beating No. 13 seed USC in a super-regional of the 2022 NCAA tournament on Saturday, No. 4 seed OSU will get another chance, this time in Champaign, Illinois.

It wasn’t against the Trojans for Ohio State. After starting things off by securing the doubles point, OSU’s Justin Boulais dominated in the first singles match, winning 6-4, 6-1 to put the Buckeyes up 2-0.

USC cut it to 2-1 with the next singles finish, and OSU found itself trailing in all three of the final sets but was able to orchestrate comebacks to clinch the match with a Jake Van Emburgh three-set win. The Buckeyes won the match 4-2 to head to their 14th quarterfinal in program history.

To make things even more interesting, Ohio State will face off against its arch-rival, No. 5 seed Michigan, which got by Texas to also punch its ticket to Champaign. The two have met three times this year with OSU winning one of the matchups and the Wolverines two. The Buckeyes were the regular-season Big Ten champions, while Michigan knocked off OSU to win the tournament title.

If you are so inclined and interested, the two will do battle at either 3 PM or 4 PM ET in Champaign, Illinois.

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Ohio State men’s tennis clinches 15th straight Big Ten title

Champs again!

The Ohio State men’s tennis program has been on one of the most impressive rolls you’ll see in any sport at any level and it just continued over the weekend. The team’s final two matches of this season were canceled because of COVID-19 precautions, but it still managed to win all seven matches to take home its fifteenth straight Big Ten regular-season title.

The Buckeyes did it convincingly too, sweeping six matches and yielding just one point in the match-by-match scoring system. Overall, it’s Ohio State’s eighteenth overall conference title, speaking volumes for what head coach Ty Tucker has done since arriving in Columbus.

The Buckeyes have won two indoor titles during the run (2014 and 2019), but have yet to bring home an elusive outdoor title under Tucker despite coming achingly close. The team is currently ranked No. 2 in the country and will undoubtedly give it another run this postseason.

But, first things first, the Big Ten tournament is set to take place in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday. Ohio State is clearly the prohibited favorite and we’ll be on top of it for you.

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Ohio State men’s tennis falls in ITA indoor semifinals

It was a good run. Now go get that outdoor title. #GoBucks

It was beginning to look like the No. 1 ranked Ohio State men’s tennis team was poised to take home the ITA indoor crown, but it was not to be. After winning its first 11 matches this year while only losing two points along the way, the Buckeyes weren’t able to get it done against TCU on Sunday, falling in a tight 4-3 affair.

Things did not start out well for the Buckeyes. They fell behind 0-1 early by not being able to secure the doubles point. They rebounded to take three-straight points in singles matches with Cannon Kingsley, JJ Tracy, and James Trotter all notching victories in their matchups, but lost the next two before James Van Emburgh lost in a close three-setter to give the Horned Frogs the 4-3 win.

Ohio State already has two ITA indoor national titles to their credit (2014 and 2019) but has yet to win that elusive outdoor title. That quest will now begin with a disappointing end in Seattle.

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Ohio State men’s tennis upset No. 1 Texas Saturday

The Ohio State men’s tennis team upset the No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns in dominating fashion Saturday.

While you’ve been pacing and wringing your hands over what the Ohio State basketball team is going to do next, or planning a Super Bowl party, there are some pretty extraordinary things going on with other Buckeye athletic teams.

The Ohio State men’s tennis team would qualify. All it did over the weekend was knock off the No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns in dominating fashion. As it almost always does for the Buckeyes, it started by taking the doubles point. Kyle Seelig and Cannon Kingsley defeated Chih Chi Huang and Cleeve Harper of Texas 6-4, followed by Ohio State’s team of John McNally and Robert Cash knocking off Christrian Sigsgaard and Yuya Ito of Texas 6-4.

With the Buckeyes then up 1-0, it was time to move on to the singles matches. Kyle Seelig struck first and made quick work of the Longhorns’ Siem Woldeab 6-0, 6-2 to put Ohio State up 2-0.

Texas then got a point back to cut it to 2-1 when its top singles option, No. 2 ranked Yuya Ito, got it done against John McNally 6-3, 6-3. The Buckeyes though would take the next two matches to seal the upset 4-1. James Trotter beat Cleeve Harper 6-4, 6-3, and freshman Robert Cash clinched it with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Chih Chi Huang. 

That set off the celebration at the OSU Varsity Tennis Center and improved Ohio State’s indoor record to 6-0. The Buckeyes have only dropped one team point all year, and you can expect it’ll move up when the next rankings come out.