Men’s Tennis Loses to Michigan State – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/21/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 21, 1998
%^$COLUMBUS, Oh. -Tonight, the Buckeyes were unable to capture their first Big Ten victory, falling to Michigan State (5-2) at home. The Spartans took the double’s point with a sweep of the three matches. Bob Wellstein (Fr., Perrysburg, Ohio) and Derek DeFalco (Fr., Maumee, Ohio)were defeated by MSU’s team of Primorac and Trinindad (9-7), which ended the Wellstein/DeFalco’s five-game winning streak at the No.3 spot.%^$
%^$In singles, Chris Porter (Fr., Canton, Ohio) defeated Trey Eubanks in a three-set match (6-7, 6-4, 6-4) and Scott Wiles (Sr., Massillon, Ohio) dominated Ivica Primorac (6-4, 6-2) at the No. 2 position.%^$
%^$Ohio State will meet Michigan tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. at the Racquet Club of Columbus. %^$
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%^$Singles Matches%^$1st Chris Porter, Ohio State def. Trey Eubanks, MSU 6-7, 6-4, 6-4%^$2nd Scott Wiles, Ohio State def. Ivica Primorac, MSU 6-4, 6-2%^$3rd Chris Struck, MSU def. Pari Laxminarayan, Ohio State 6-7, 6-4, 6-0%^$4th Benjamin Hetzler, MSU def. Ben Basil, Ohio State 7-6, 6-3%^$5th Ken Kigongo, MSU def. Bob Wellstein, Ohio State 6-4, 6-7, 6-3%^$6th Francisco Trinidad, MSU def. Derek DeFalco, Ohio State 6-1, 6-2 %^$%^$Doubles Matches%^$1st Chris Struck/ Ken Kigongo, MSU def. Scott Wiles/ Ben Basil, Ohio State 8-6%^$2nd Ben Hetzler/ Trey Eubanks def. Chris Porter/ Pari Laxminarayan, Ohio State 8-4%^$3rd Nabile Primorac/ Francisco Trinidad, MSU def. Bob Wellstein/ Derek DeFalco, OSU 9-7 %^$
