#2 Buckeyes Finish Regular Season at Wisconsin & Nebraska
4/21/2022 12:23:43 PM | Men's Tennis
#2 Ohio State vs. Wisconsin & Nebraska
Dates: April 22 & 24, 2022
Time: 4 p.m. ET & 1 p.m. ET
Venue: Nielsen Tennis Stad. – Madison, Wis. & Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Ctr. – Lincoln, Neb.
Live Scoring: Wisconsin Scoring – Nebraska Scoring
Live Video: Wisconsin Live Video – Nebraska Live Video
Rosters: Ohio State | Wisconsin | Nebraska
Rankings: ITA Rankings
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 2 ranked Ohio State men’s tennis team hits the road for the final regular season matches of the year with a 22-2 record and a 7-0 conference record after another undefeated Big Ten weekend. They avenged their loss earlier on the year with a huge 4-1 win over No. 7 ranked Michigan as well as a 7-0 sweep vs. Michigan State.
The Buckeyes are looking for their 18th Big Ten regular season championship. That does not include last year’s share of the Big Ten East Division title. A win Friday would give OSU at least a share of this year’s title and two victories would give the Buckeyes the outright title.
- The Buckeyes could clinch a share of the Big Ten title with a win on Friday
- Ohio State is 11-2 on the road this season.
- The Buckeyes have swept six of their last seven matches.
- OSU has won 14 Big Ten regular season titles under Ty Tucker as well as a Big Ten East Division title.
- Ohio State and Wisconsin will meet for the 84th
- The Buckeyes are 50-31-2 vs. the Badgers all time with their first matchup dating back to the 1928 season.
- Head Coach Ty Tucker is undefeated at 32-0 vs. Wisconsin in his career.
- Ohio State has won 32 straight matches vs. the Badgers-their most recent loss was during the 1999 season.
- Wisconsin is 11-9 on the year, 6-1 at home, and 5-2 in conference play. The Badgers are on a three-match win streak with victories over Illinois, Indiana, and Purdue.
- Ohio State and Nebraska will meet for the 14th
- The Buckeyes are undefeated at 13-0 against the Corhuskers with their first matchup occurring in the 2002 season.
- Nebraska is 8-14 overall, 4-7 at home, and 4-3 in Big Ten play; the Cornhuskers are on a two-match win streak after beating Purdue and Indiana.
- Cannon Kingsley was named Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for the second time this season; this award follows his undefeated weekend where he led the way for the Buckeyes against No. 7 Michigan with a pair of wins and the match clinching point in singles.
- The Buckeyes maintained their position at No. 2 in the ITA Rankings.
- Five Buckeyes are ranked in the ITA singles rankings – No. 9 Cannon Kingsley (prev. No. 11), No. 10 Matej Vocel (prev. No. 7), No. 19 JJ Tracy (prev. No. 19), No. 36 James Trotter (prev. No. 32), and No. 110 Jake Van Emburgh (prev. No. 112).
- In doubles, Ohio State holds the top ranked position with No. 1 Vocel and Cash while Trotter and Justin Boulais are ranked No. 12.
- Vocel and Cash have held the No. 1 doubles ranking since the beginning of the season and lead the team in doubles with a 29-3 record on the year.
- JJ Tracy leads the team in singles wins with his 31-4 record.
- Matej Vocel leads the team in combined wins and is a combined 55-7 this season.
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