No. 2 Buckeyes Face Wisconsin, Nebraska in Final Regular-Season Matches

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 33 Wisconsin, No. 61 Nebraska
Dates:   April 17/19
Times: 4/1 p.m.
Venues: Nielson Tennis Stadium/Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center
Live Scoring:   Wisconsin | Nebraska
Live Video: Wisconsin | Nebraska
Rosters:   Ohio State | Wisconsin | Nebraska
Rankings: ITA Rankings

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 2 Ohio State (25-3, 10-1 B1G) is set to play its last two regular season matches of the season at No. 33 Wisconsin (16-5, 7-1 B1G) Friday at 4 p.m. at the Neilson Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin before traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska, to face the No. 61 Cornhuskers (10-12, 2-9 B1G) Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center.

The Buckeyes are seeking their 20th-consecutive Big Ten regular-season title. Ohio State is currently tied with Michigan State with a 10-1 record atop the conference standings.

In the final regular season ITA rankings, the Buckeyes remained at No. 2.
Ohio State owns the longest Big Ten win streak with eight-consecutive conference wins, they also own 11-consecutive total victories and haven't been defeated in an away match since March 5.
Last weekend, the Buckeyes swept four opponents in their final home matches of the season. Ohio State defeated Northern Kentucky 7-0, Oregon, 4-0, Washington 4-0 and Toledo 6-0 to finish the season 16-1 at home, which includes 13 sweeps.
The Buckeyes started the season 11-0 at home, in that span, Ohio State swept eight opponents at Ty Tucker Tennis Center.
Against nationally ranked opponents, Ohio State is 14-3, the Buckeyes are currently on a six-game win streak against ranked teams.
Over the weekend, Jack Anthrop earned his 115th career win for the Buckeyes, placing him at No. 10 in career singles wins in Ohio State program history.
In singles, Nikita Filin has won 12-consecutive matches and owns a 10-0 record against Big Ten competition. Filin is 4-0 on court four and 8-0 on court five this season.
All three double pairs (Filin/Carpico, Bernard/Okonkwo, Kim/Nakashima) are 9-1 in their past 10 matches, including an eight-game win streak for Alexander Bernard and Alex Okonkwo. Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin are 16-3 against nationally-ranked opponents since the fall.
The Buckeyes are 55-31 all-time against the Badgers and 27-0 since Ty Tucker became the head coach in 2000.
Ohio State has never lost to Nebraska. The Buckeyes own a 17-0 record against the Cornhuskers and the Buckeyes have outscored Nebraska 95-8 in the 17 matches.
Five Buckeyes remained on the leaderboard in the latest ITA singles rankings. Aidan Kim is the highest Buckeye at No. 12 followed by Jack Anthrop at No. 24, Preston Stearns at No. 26, Alex Okonkwo at No. 47 and Nikita Filin at No. 87.
Four Ohio State pairs are ranked in the latest ITA doubles rankings with Brandon Carpico and Filin leading the way at No. 3, Alexander Bernard and Okonkwo at No. 35, Kim and Bryce Nakashima at No. 43 and Anthrop and Loren Byers at No. 81.
After the final regular-season matches, the Buckeyes will compete in the Big Ten Tournament at Libbey Park in Ojai, California, from Wednesday, April 22 to Saturday, April 25.

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