Ohio State
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Buckeyes Look to Defend Title at ITA Indoor Championship
2/12/2025 10:21:00 AM | Men's Tennis
#4 Ohio State at ITA Indoor Team National Championship
Dates: February 14-18, 2025
Time: All Day Event
Venue: Waco, Texas
Live Scoring: ioncourt
Live Video: ITA YouTube
Event Page: Tournament Website
Rankings: ITA Rankings
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 4 Ohio State will be the number 2 seed in the Baylor Bracket in this weekend’s ITA Men’s Indoor Team National Championship. The tournament’s opening rounds will be held at two sites, the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at SMU and the Jim and Nell Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center at Baylor. The semifinals and finals on Monday and Tuesday will be at SMU.
The Buckeyes will open the 16-team tournament on Friday, February 14th at 10 a.m. ET against No. 21 UCF. They will then play either Stanford or Columbia on Saturday.
All matches will be streamed on the ITA YouTube page.
- The Buckeyes are the No. 2 seed in the Baylor Bracket and enter the weekend with a 7-1 record on the year.
- Last year, the Buckeyes won the championship with a comeback 4-3 victory over TCU.
- Ohio State and UCF are meeting for the fourth time this weekend. This will be UCF’s first ever appearance at the ITA National Indoor Championship. They are coming into the tournament with a 9-1 record on the year.
- The Buckeyes are three-time ITA National Indoor Champions, winning in 2014, 2019, and 2024. Ohio State is 44-17 in the ITA National Indoor Championships.
- Ohio State has reached the championship match seven times and the semifinals twelve times.
- The Buckeyes advanced to the final site following 4-0 victories over Louisville and Princeton in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Columbus on Jan. 25 & 26.
- Chris Li has won all eight of his dual singles matches so far this season and holds a team-best 15-4 singles record.
- Jack Anthrop is also 7-0 in dual singles matches.
- Brandon Carpico leads the way in doubles as he’s 19-3 overall on the year, including 6-1 in dual matches.
- Three Buckeyes are ranked in the latest ITA singles rankings. Aidan Kim leads the way at No. 22, followed by Alexander Bernard at No. 47 and Will Jansen at No. 106.
- In doubles, Jansen and Bryce Nakashima are ranked No. 23 while Bernard and Kim check in at No. 76.
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