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

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Bucks prevail in straight sets 7-5,6-4 to win the futures tournament in Rochester, NY.

good doubles final today at the USA F20 in Rochester - Thai Kwiatkowski/Luca Corinteli vs. Mikael Torpegaard/Hugo Di Feo
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It looks like John McNally played there too: http://www.tennislive.co.uk/atp/match/alexander-knight-VS-john-mcnally/usa-f20-rochester-2017/

Got beat by a scUM player (who will be a senior for the 2017/2018 season) 6-3. 7-6 in the 2nd round.
 
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Torp took down Tsun Alex Knight when knight withdrew at 0-4 in the first set.
Today Torp advanced to Sunday's final with a win in straight sets over the number 3 seed.
The futures circuit has total prize money in the $15-25k range, NCAA requires student athletes to return any prize money above their expenses.
Torp is starting to accumulate some titles...
 
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Torp took down Tsun Alex Knight when knight withdrew at 0-4 in the first set.
Today Torp advanced to Sunday's final with a win in straight sets over the number 3 seed.
The futures circuit has total prize money in the $15-25k range, NCAA requires student athletes to return any prize money above their expenses.
Torp is starting to accumulate some titles...
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Torpegaard defeated Japan's Kaichi Uchida 6-4, 7-5 and Monette knocked off Chile's Gonzalo Lama 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

It'll be an All-B1G final at the Rochester USA F20 Futures as Ohio State's Mikael Torpegaard meets Indiana graduate Sam Monette.

http://www.tennislive.co.uk/atp-men/usa-f20-rochester-2017/
 
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Two young buckeyes played well at the usta junior nationals. The kalamazoo event hosted the best international juniors. An incoming OSU freshman John McNally was 6th seed and advanced to the quarters. Sophomore J.J. Wolf was 5th seed, defeated the top seed and faced the 2 seed in the finals. Wolf dropped a grueling 5 set final after leading 2 sets to 1.
In spite of the loss, Wolf earned a wild card into the qualifying draw of theUS Open.
Buckeye tennis fans can anticipate a reloading year, but the foundation is strong at the top of the order with Torp, Wolf, McNally, Seelig and Joyce.
 
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The OSU Official Men's Tennis site has released their schedule for 2017-18.
I love the notes and commentary about each match but especially this insight.

"Michigan – March 25, Columbus, Ohio
• Similar to the success against the Spartans, OSU has won a remarkable 24-straight matches against their rivals from up north."

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/082117aaa.html
 
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gracelhink said:
Buckeye tennis fans can anticipate a reloading year, but the foundation is strong at the top of the order with Torp, Wolf, McNally, Seelig and Joyce.
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Time sure flies.

Somehow it is hard to believe that Hugo was a senior.

Re: 2016-17 (Senior)

Had a tremendous final season with the Buckeyes, going 31-6 in singles matches 26-6 overall in doubles … Was ranked in the top-10 in singles all season and finished the year ranked No. 16 … Was ranked as high as No. 3 in the country … Was ranked in every doubles poll this season and finished the year ranked No. 40 … Was ranked as high as No. 25 in the doubles rankings … Was undefeated in Big Ten singles and doubles matches … Had a total of 10 victories over ranked opponents on the season … Made a run to the finals of the ITA All-American Championship to start the season before finishing runner-up … Collected wins over No. 7 Skander Mansouri and No. 6 Tom Fawcett along the way … Beat No. 10 Ronnie Schneider of North Carolina in the opening round of the ITA/USTA Indoor Singles and Doubles Championship … Was undefeated in his first 10 matches of the dual season before falling to eventual NCAA Champion Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia … Had an undefeated run of 14 wins in 16 matches during the heart of the season, including a win over No. 74 Myles Schalet of Michigan … Provided the clinching point in a tremendous 4-3 team victory over TCU in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament … Beat No. 83 Guillermo Nunez in that match 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 … Advanced through qualifying in doubles with Di Feo at the A-A Championships before losing in the opening round of the main draw … Defeated the No. 28 ranked team of Jordan Daigle and Justin Butsch from LSU in the consolation round … Lost just twice in doubles with Joyce during the dual match portion of the year and had three wins over ranked teams … Was 6-0 in conference play and 17-2 at the No. 2 doubles spot.

2015-16 (Junior)

Posted a singles record of 22-9 and a 7-7 mark against nationally ranked foes … Had a 19-4 doubles record and was 11-1 with partner Matt Mendez … Started the year ranked 10th in the singles rankings and finished the year at No. 52 … Beat two ranked opponents in the ITA All-American Championship singles qualifier en route to earning a spot in the main draw ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the main singles draw and earned a trip the ITA Intercollegiate Championships ... Had a 10-0 week in the opening week of the spring season with four singles wins and six doubles victories ... Won a pair of singles matches at the ITA Indoor Team Championships ... Finished Big Ten singles play undefeated ... Won a thrilling and clutch doubles match with Matt Mendez against Illinois (7-5 at No. 3) ... Came back after losing the first set to Amerigo Contini of Virginia Tech to provide the clinching point in the Buckeyes' second round NCAA Tournament victory … Defeated No. 85 Billy Griffith of Cal in three sets in the Buckeyes’ NCAA Tournament quarterfinal match.

2014-15 (Freshman) - Did not play in any matches during the 2014-15 season ... OSU Scholar-Athlete

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/hugo_di_feo_930193.html

What happened to his sophomore year?
 
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Fall season kicks off with the ITA All American Tournament, Sept. 30 - Oct. 9 in Tulsa.
http://www.itatennis.com/Events/ITANationalChampionships/MensAllAmerican.htm
The draw starts with Pre-qualifying rounds, Sept. 30, qualifiers Oct. 2 and the main draw, Oct. 5.
Buckeyes selected for each category include:
Pre-Q; Hunter Tubert, Matt Mendez, Riley Reist, Alex Kobelt.
Qual; Kyle Seelig, Martin Joyce, and John McNally
Main Draw; Torpegaard and JJ Wolf.

The ITA also released its pre season Rankings of singles and doubles teams.
Torp for the second straight year was ranked number 1 single's player in the nation.
John McNally was identified as the #2 Freshman, newcomer for the Fall.
 
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Big week for tennis in Columbus as the ATP Challenger tour is hosted at the OSU facility.
A $75k pot is at stake for the touring pros and some of the OSU team.
Of note OSU Freshman John McNally took the first set from Kevin King who is fresh off a title in the Cary Challenger last week.
live stream from the Varsity indoor tennis center is linked here.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/atp-challenger-tour
 
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