Buckeyes Head to B1G Tournament as Top Seed
4/27/2022 3:54:21 PM | Men's Tennis
#4 Ohio State at the Big Ten Tournament
Dates: April 29 – May 1, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. ET | 12 p.m. ET | 1 p.m. ET
Venue: Nielsen Tennis Stadium – Madison, Wis.
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Rankings: ITA Rankings
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 4 ranked regular season Big Ten Champion Ohio State men’s tennis team heads to Madison, Wis. to make a run at its 15th Big Ten Tournament title. After a twelve-day break, the well-rested top seed Buckeyes will be taking on either eighth seed Purdue or ninth seed Michigan State. The semifinals are set for Saturday afternoon with the finals on Sunday afternoon.
- Ohio State enters this weekend with a 22-2 record on the season, its 18th Big Ten regular season title in program history, and the 15th regular season title in a row.
- The Buckeyes have won 14 Big Ten Tournament titles in program history including 11 of the last 14.
- Ohio State lost in the final round of the tournament to Illinois last season.
- The Buckeyes most recent match was a 7-0 sweep vs. Michigan State. They have beat the Spartans in 28 straight matches with 11 straight sweeps.
- Michigan State is 14-13 on the year and has dropped nine straight matches.
- The Buckeyes beat Purdue earlier this season with a 4-0 away sweep. They have beat the Boilermakers in 25 straight matches.
- The Boilermakers are 9-14 on the year and are on a four match loss streak with their most recent win being against Michigan State.
- The Buckeyes have swept six of their last seven matches.
- The Buckeyes hold the No. 4 position in the ITA Rankings.
- Five Buckeyes are ranked in the ITA singles rankings – No. 10 Cannon Kingsley (prev. No. 9), No. 11 Matej Vocel (prev. No. 10), No. 21 JJ Tracy (prev. No. 19), No. 42 James Trotter (prev. No. 36), No. 117 Jake Van Emburgh (prev. No. 110), and No. 119 Robert Cash (prev. NR)
- In doubles, Ohio State holds the top ranked position with No. 1 Vocel and Cash while Trotter and Justin Boulais are ranked No. 14.
- 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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