10/21/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 21, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio- Phillip Metz (Jr., Mentor, Ohio/Mentor), the No. 1 singles player for the Ohio State men’s tennis team, swept through the competition at the University of Tennessee Fall Rank Classic over the weekend to capture the event championship with a 5-0 record. The tournament was played at the Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center in Knoxville, Tenn., Friday through Sunday and pitted ranked players from UT, OSU, Alabama-Birmingham, Auburn and Middle Tennessee State in the round robin event. Jeremy Wurtzman (So., Rochester, N.Y./Brickhouse) and Adrian Bohane (So., West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Lakes) also competed in the event and put forth a strong showing.
Metz, ranked No. 12 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s preseason rankings, defeated No. 18 Daniel Klemetz of Middle Tennessee State, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5, to claim the title. Metz, the highest ranked player in the tournament, won his first four matches in straight sets.
No. 35 Wurtzman did not play a match Sunday and finished 3-1 for the weekend. He posted one upset win, 6-2, 7-6(5), over Auburn’s Tiago Ruffoni and also defeated No. 100 Andy Colombo (Auburn) and No. 86 Wade Orr (Tennessee). His only loss came to unranked Mark Dietrich (Tennessee), 6-3, 7-5.
Bohane, though unranked, stepped up his play as a wildcard selection and posted a 4-1 record including three upsets. Bohane defeated No. 19 Ruffoni, 6-2, 6-3, Sunday as well as Simon Rea, 6-0, 6-2. His other upsets came over No. 86 Orr and No. 95 Andy Van Der Merwe of UAB Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Metz, Wurtzman and Bohane join the rest of their Buckeye teammates at the ITA Region IV Indoor Championships, Oct. 26-29, at East Lansing, Mich. Ranked Draw- Singles (Sunday):
No. 12 Phillip Metz
#18 Daniel Klemetz (MTSU) W 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
Went 5-0, tournament champion
No. 35 Jeremy Wurtzman No matches
Went 3-1
Adrian Bohane #19 Tiago Ruffoni (Auburn) W 6-2, 6-3
Simon Rea (Tennessee) W 6-0, 6-2
Went 4-1
