Buckeyes Open Season Sunday vs. EIU and Xavier

#2 Ohio State vs. Eastern Illinois & Xavier
Dates:             January 21, 2024
Time:               10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Venue:             Ty Tucker Tennis Center – Columbus, Ohio
Live Scoring:   Sidearm
Live Video:      OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Rosters:           Ohio State | Eastern Illinois | Xavier
Rankings:        ITA Rankings

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State men's tennis will kickoff its 111^th season this Sunday when it hosts Eastern Illinois and Xavier on Sunday. The match with EIU will start at 10 a.m. followed by the match with Xavier at 2:30 p.m. The No. 2 ranked Buckeyes are coming off a solid fall and look poised for another title contending spring.

Admission and parking are free for all men's tennis matches.

This will be the first all-time meeting between Ohio State and Eastern Illinois on the tennis court.
Against Xavier, Ohio State is 20-0 all-time and has surrendered just three points to the Musketeers in those 20 matches. Last year, the Buckeyes beat Xavier 7-0 on the first day of the season.
Ohio State is opening its 111th season of tennis and will be led, once again, by director of tennis Ty Tucker. Tucker is in his 25th season at the helm and enters the year just 15 wins shy of 700 for his career.
The Buckeyes open the season ranked No. 2 in the ITA preseason rankings.
In the fall, the doubles pairing of JJ Tracy and Robert Cash won the ITA All-American Championship and finished the fall as the No. 1 ranked doubles team in the country.
Tracy played well both in doubles and in singles. He won the ITA Midwest Regional singles title and advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Fall National Championship in San Diego. Those results landed him at No. 4 in the singles rankings. For the fall, Tracy was 10-2 in singles matches and 12-2 in doubles matches. His next collegiate singles win will be the 100^th of his career.
Cash reached the quarterfinals of the singles draw at the Midwest Regional and then teamed with Nakashima to reach the semifinals in doubles, only losing to teammates Tracy and Alexander Bernard. The two would then finish the fall on a high note as they teamed to win the ITF 25K at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center, topping a team from Tennessee in the final.
A total of four Ohio State doubles teams are ranked at the end of the fall. In addition to Cash and Tracy, the team of Tracy and Alexander Bernard are ranked 10^th, Cash and freshman Bryce Nakashima are ranked 27^th and the team of Preston Stearns and Jack Anthrop are ranked 53^rd.
In singles, Tracy finished the fall ranked No. 4, Anthrop No. 11 and Bernard No. 103.
Fifth-year seniors Cannon Kingsley and Justin Boulais both played well this fall on the professional circuit as each claimed separate doubles titles ATP Challenger Tour. The two split the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions last year and should anchor the top of the lineup again this spring.

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