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