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No. 3 Buckeyes Defeat Wisconsin, 7-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/7/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 7, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The six-time defending Big Ten champion and No. 3 Ohio State men’s tennis team (24-2; 6-0 Big Ten) beat Wisconsin 7-0 Friday in Madison. The victory extended Ohio State’s Big Ten win streak to 85 consecutive matches.
Devin McCarthy earned the match-winning fourth point with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Quinton Vega. McCarthy, the 69th-ranked player nationally, moved to 21-6 overall with the win and 5-1 at the fourth position.
Peter Kobelt and Connor Smith were the first Buckeye pair to finish in doubles with an 8-1 win over Alex Robles and Vega. The pair improves to 19-4 overall and 12-1 at the third position.
Ohio State claimed the doubles point after Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola won their 24th match together with an 8-0 shutout at No. 1 over Alexander Kostonov and Petr Satral.
McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen concluded doubles with an 8-5 win on court two vs. Rod Carey and Fredrik Ask.
In singles, Rola extended Ohio State’s lead to 2-0 after a 6-0, 6-1 win vs. Ask on court one. The win was his 25th of the season, a team high.
Buchanan beat Carey 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, while McCarthy would earn the fourth point a few moments later.
In other singles action, Van Engelen won his third-consecutive match with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Satral on court three, Nelson Vick downed Andy Quirk 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6, while Smith beat Kostonov 5-7, 7-6, 12-10 at No. 5 singles to preserve the shutout.
Up next, Ohio State will face No. 47 Minnesota at 1 p.m. Sunday in Minneapolis.
Break Points:
- As the No. 3 team nationally, Ohio State is 75-3.
- Ohio State has won 85 consecutive Big Ten Conference matches.
- The Scarlet and Gray have won 24 of 25 doubles points this season.
- The Buckeyes have been victorious in 41 of their previous 44 matches.
- Ohio State has won 143 consecutive home matches in Columbus.
- Since 2001, Ohio State is 269-38 when ranked in the ITA Top 25. That mark moves to 222-15 from the 2005-06 season onward.
- The Buckeyes have been ranked in the ITA Top 10 for 188-consecutive matches (beginning March 7, 2006).
Ohio State 7 Wisconsin 0
Doubles
1) No. 1 Chase Buchanan/Blaz Rola def. Alexander Kostanov/Petr Satral: 8-0
2) No. 39 Devin McCarthy/Ille Van Engelen def. Rod Carey/Fredrik Ask: 8-5
3) Peter Kobelt/Connor Smith def. Alex Robles/Quinton Vega: 8-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
1) No. 5 Blaz Rola def. Fredrik Ask: 6-0, 6-1
2) No. 12 Chase Buchanan def. Rod Carey: 6-2, 6-2
3) Llle Van Engelen def. Petr Satral: 6-4, 6-4
4) No. 69 Devin McCarthy def. Quinton Vega: 6-1, 6-4
5) No. Connor Smith def. Alexander Kostanov: 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 12-10
6) No. 110 Nelson Vick def. Andy Quirk: 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 5
