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

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Buckeyes win a tough match in Happy Valley, 7-0.

Men's Tennis - Penn State University Official Athletic Site

After coming off a nice victory last weekend at Purdue, the Penn State men's tennis team (5-5, 1-1) ran into one of the nation's top teams in the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Thursday. The Lions fell, 7-0, to a very talented Buckeye squad.
Ohio came out and won all three doubles matches to clinch the doubles point. From there, the Buckeyes carried the momentum and won all singles matches in two sets.

Final Score: #3 Ohio State 7 def. Penn State 0

Doubles
1. Steven Moneke/Justin Kronauge (OSU) def. Adam Slagter/Jason Lee (PSU), 8-6
2. Shuei Uzawa/Bryan Koniecko (OSU) def. #80 Guillaume St.-Maurice/Brendan Lynch (PSU), 9-7
3. Matt Allare/Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Benji Kendall/Eddie Bourchier (PSU), 8-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
1. #6 Bryan Koniecko (OSU) def. Brendan Lynch (PSU), 6-4, 6-3
2. #4 Steven Moneke (OSU) def. Adam Slagter (PSU), 6-1, 7-6 (4)
3. #20 Justin Kronauge (OSU) def. Eddie Bourchier (PSU), 6-0, 6-1
4. Matt Allare (OSU) def. Jason Lee (PSU), 7-6 (3), 6-2
5. #71 Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Guillaume St-Maurice (PSU), 6-1, 6-1
6. #100 Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) def. Benji Kendall (PSU), 6-3, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 6

 

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The Number 5 ranked OSU men's tennis squad held serve at the OSU Varsity Tennis center Tuesday afternoon defeating Cleveland State 7-0.
The victory moved their home match string to a school record 81.

The Buckeyes (15-1; 2-0 Big Ten) have now won seven consecutive matches, shutting out all seven opponents, including No. 11 Baylor, No. 9 UCLA, No. 22 Notre Dame, No. 41 LSU, Purdue, no. 66 Penn State and Cleveland State.
For the year in 16 matches, the Buckeyes have won a total of 95 out of 104 possible points.

No. 5 Ohio State 7 vs. Cleveland State 0
Varsity Tennis Center
Columbus, Ohio
March 10, 2009

Doubles
1. Matt Allare/Justin Kronauge (OSU) def. Phil Orno/Ryan Hamning (CSU), 8-5
2. Bryan Koniecko/Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) def. Rob West/Yannick Goossens (CSU), 8-2
3. Balazs Novak/Mike O'Connell (OSU) def. Rob Fox/Steven Wipprecht (CSU), 8-2
Order of Finish (3, 1, 2)
Singles
1. Justin Kronauge (OSU) vs. Phil Orno (CSU), 6-3, 6-2
2. Bryan Koniecko (OSU) vs. Rob West (CSU), 6-2, 6-3
3. Matt Allare (OSU) vs. Yannick Goossens (CSU), 6-2, 6-2
4. Balazs Novak (OSU) vs. Ryan Hamning (CSU), 7-5, 6-1
5. Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) vs. Rob Fox (CSU), 6-1, 6-4
6. Steven Williams (OSU) vs. Steven Wipprecht (CSU), 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish (6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 5)

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The Buckeyes will travel to Texas A&M Friday for a match against the no. 18 ranked Aggies.

 

[brodybuck21]

not that it matters but how did we drop to #5?

 

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not that it matters but how did we drop to #5?

You ask a question that is impossible to explain without the computer data to determine the points awarded to each team.
IMHO the Wilson ITA tennis rankings make absolutely no sense!
Here is the link. If you can figure out the values assigned to each team let us all know. I sure can't explain the rankings.

March 10, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Team Rankingshttp://www.itatennis.com/AwardsAndR...Rankings/DI_Men_National_Rankings_3_10_09.htm

 

[LitlBuck]

You ask a question that is impossible to explain without the computer data to determine the points awarded to each team.
IMHO the Wilson ITA tennis rankings make absolutely no sense!
Here is the link. If you can figure out the values assigned to each team let us all know. I sure can't explain the rankings.

March 10, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Team Rankings

I guess the second question would be does it matter where you are ranked as a team when the NCAA's roll around.

 

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I guess the second question would be does it matter where you are ranked as a team when the NCAA's roll around.

Seedings for the NCAA tournament are determined by rankings.

It is an advantage to be in the 1,2,or 3 position just so that you can avoid facing a strong team in the quarterfinals and the toughest teams in the semis.

 

[brodybuck21]

thanks for the feedback. I just thought it was strange how we slid while we pretty much annihilated our last couple ooponents. I guess just keep winning and let the chips fall. Maybe it'd be better for us come NCAA time to be a little lower.

 

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tOSU men's tennis team battled back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat #18 ranked Texas A & M tonight.

Winners for the Buckeyes included #3 Justin Kranauge, #4 Matt Allare, # 5 Balazs Novak, and clinching the victory at # 6 singles Shuhei Uzawa.
Congratulations Buckeyes on a tough road victory.

 

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March 17, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Team Rankings
The new ITA team rankings are out and even after another 2-0 week, including a road victory over 15th ranked Texas A & M, tOSU men's tennis slipped to 6th on the rankings.

Rank . . . . . School . . . . . . . .Avg. . . .LW (3.10.09)
1. . . . University of Virginia. . .86.14. . . . . 1
2 . . . .Stanford University . . . .74.90 . . . . 2
3 . . . University of Georgia . . . .74.8077. . . 4
4. . . University of Tennessee . .70.5263 . . 6
5 . . . Univ. of Mississippi . . . . . 70.1786 . . 3
6 . . . .Ohio State University . . . .69.2885 . . 5
7 . . . .Baylor University . . . . . . .61.7544 . . .11
8 . . . . University of Florida . . . 58.1579 . . .8
9 . . . . University of Illinois . . . . .56.7797. . .7
10 . . Univ. of Southern California54.3889 . . 13

For the first time this year tOSU had 6 singles players ranked in the top 100 of ITA rankings. Koniecko at 3, Moneke at 8, Kronauge at 21, Uzawa at 81, Novak at 88, and Matt Allare at 100.

March 17, 2009 DI Men's Singles Rankings

In somewhat of an anomaly Steven Moneke is ranked with 3 partners in the top 80 doubles teams. With Justin Kronauge he is ranked 36, with Balazs Novak he is ranked 41, and with Bryan Koniecko he is ranked 66.

March 17, 2009 DI Men's Doubles Rankings


Congratulations Buckeyes keep up the strong performances, and put the hammer down on Pepperdine next week.

 

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http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=3694655
Justin Kronauge was named as the Big Ten athlete of the week in leading the 6th ranked Buckeyes to two victories last week. Kronauge is 9-0 at No. 3 singles, and has put together a seven-match win streak.

 

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Pepperdine-Ohio State Live Tennis Stats - Pepperdine Athletics

Big 6-1 victory at Pepperdine!
No. 6 tOSU men defeat a hungry and upset minded 18 th ranked Pepperdine team on the left coast.

Key victories for the Buckeyes included Koiecko, Kronauge, Allare, Novak, and Shuhei in singles.
Winning the doubles point were the teams of Koniecko/Shuhei, and Allare?Novak.
Great job Buckeyes in a tough environment.

 

[brodybuck21]

Great job Bucks!

 

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From The Buckeye Bits scroll on the Official site.

OSU has won its last 81 home matches. No other Big Ten team, in any sport, can match that streak. Home matches at 3 p.m. Fri. vs. Iowa & noon vs. Minn. & 5:30 p.m. vs. Toledo Sun

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This record is unbelievable in Big ten history, one of those trivia questions that BB73 might embrace.
For the curious, the winning streak began April 6, 2003. With 6 more winnable home matches this year it could reach 87!
Have to believe this record may never be challenged by any other sport or team in the competitive Big Ten Conference.
Buckeyes are competing and winning at levels of epic proportion.
What a wonderful time to be a Buckeye fan. Go Bucks!

 

[BB73]

From The Buckeye Bits scroll on the Official site.

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This record is unbelievable in Big ten history, one of those trivia questions that BB73 might embrace.

Maybe so, if you hadn't said that ...

 

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Maybe so, if you hadn't said that ...

Who told the moderators about the tennis forum?

We (Litl, Brody, Bucky and I) thought it was our private, top secret forum on BP.