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Photo courtesy of Ohio State Athletics COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 1 overall seed Ohio State defeated No. 16 seed Mississippi State, 4-1, Saturday to move on to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships. Winners of 17-straight matches, Ohio State (33-1) will face No. 8 Columbia on May 16 at 12 p.m. ET in Stillwater, Okla. The Buckeyes captured the NCAA Super Regional title on their home court, improving to 38-0 all-time in NCAA Tournament home matches and finishing an undefeated campaign (16-0) at home. Coach Ty Tucker's squad captured the doubles point and proceeded to win three of the next four singles matches to earn a trip to the finals site for the 18th consecutive season. Jack Anthrop clinched championship point at No. 4 singles for his second win of the day. Robert Cash was also a double winner at No. 6 singles and No. 1 doubles.

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Photo courtesy of Ohio State Athletics COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a match that started outdoors and was completed inside, Ohio State prevailed over No. 34 Oklahoma State, 4-1. The Buckeyes (32-1) dropped just one game to claim the doubles point. OSU then claimed three of four singles flights to extend their winning streak to 16-straight matches. Coach Ty Tucker’s squad will host 15th-ranked Mississippi State next Saturday in Columbus. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Michigan State fell to No. 12 Harvard, 4-0, on the Crimson’s home courts. Harvard captured the doubles point, holding a slight advantage in games won (18-17). MSU was still playing No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches when Harvard clinched championship point. Michigan State finishes its year with a 23-7 record, having set a program mark for wins in a season. Ozan Baris, Ronald Hohmann and Max Sheldon will compete in NCAA singles and doubles competitions beginning May 20. NEW YORK — Michigan fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 4-2 loss to No. 8 Columbia at the Milstein Family Tennis Center. The Wolverines (17-13) earned their points from Will Cooksey at No. 5 singles and Nicholas Steiglehner at No. 6 singles. Gavin Young and Jacob Bickersteth will resume their seasons at the NCAA individual championships in three weeks. LEXINGTON, Ky. — No. 5 Kentucky edged No. 29 Illinois, 4-3, at the Boone Tennis Complex. Illinois (17-10) won the doubles point and the match was tied three times before coming down to No. 5 singles, which UK won in the third set. Despite their season being over, the Illini will be represented at the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships by Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins.

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NCAA Men's Tennis: Ohio State Advances to Super Regional

Photo courtesy of Michigan Athletics Big Ten schools went undefeated on the first day of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship as the field was narrowed from 64 to 32 teams at 16 regionals held across the country. No. 1-ranked Ohio State, No. 22 Michigan State, No. 26 Michigan and No. 29 Illinois won matches on Friday afternoon, defeating champions from four different conferences. COLUMBUS, Ohio — With three trophies already in its possession (ITA Indoors, Big Ten regular season, Big Ten Tournament), Ohio State began its quest for a fourth, knocking off Cleveland State, 4-0, at the Auer Tennis Complex. The Buckeyes (31-1) improved to 36-0 at home in NCAA action. Justin Boulais and JJ Tracy dropped just two games each at No. 1 and No. 4 singles respectively as OSU shutout the Horizon League champions. Ohio State will meet No. 34 Oklahoma State tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the regional final. NEW YORK — Michigan rebounded from its loss in the Big Ten Tournament Final with a 4-0 win over Binghampton at the Milstein Family Tennis Center on the campus of Columbia University. Will Cooksey earned victories at No. 2 doubles and No. 5 singles, clinching championship point for the Wolverines (17-12). The Bearcats (16-10) received an NCAA berth after winning the Northeast Conference in their first year of competition. Michigan will face No. 8 Columbia at 1 p.m. ET Saturday in NCAA second round action. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It was an historic day on the campus of Harvard University (and that's saying something) as Michigan State rolled past No. 43 Denver by a 4-0 count. The NCAA victory was the first for the Spartans in school history. Michigan State (23-6) handed the Summit League champions their first loss of the season by winning the doubles point and following wins at No. 4, No. 6 and No. 2 singles. MSU encounters No. 12 Harvard at 2 p.m. ET Saturday in the regional final. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Illinois downed Mid-American Conference champion Toledo 4-1 at the Boone Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Kentucky. It was the second win for the Illini over the Rockets this season. Kenta Miyoshi of Illinois defeated 65th-ranked Pawit Sornlaksup 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles as the Illini improved to 16-9 on the season. Illinois takes on No. 5 Kentucky at 4 p.m. ET tomorrow in NCAA second round play.

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NCAA Men's Tennis: Big Ten 4-0 in First Round Action

<a href="https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/tennis-men/d1/2024" target="_self" style="text-align: center;">NCAA TEAM BRACKET </a>| <a href="https://bigten.org/mten/article/bltce6f82e527f30acc/" target="_self" style="text-align: center;">NCAA SINGLES</a> | <a href="https://bigten.org/mten/article/bltce6f82e527f30acc/" target="_self" style="text-align: center;">NCAA DOUBLES</a> <table style="text-align: center;"><thead style="text-align: center;"><tr style="text-align: center;"><th colspan="5" style="text-align: center;">Team Tournament&nbsp;</th></tr></thead><tbody style="text-align: center;"><tr><td>Date</td><td>Match</td><td>Location</td><td>Time (ET)</td><td>Links</td></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="5" style="text-align: center;">First Round</td></tr><tr><td>Friday, May 3</td><td>Michigan d. Binghamton, 4-0</td><td>New York, N.Y. (Host: Columbia)</td><td>10 a.m.</td><td><a href="https://portal.stretchinternet.com/columbialions/" target="_self">Watch</a> | <a href="https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/5/3/mens-tennis-u-m-blanks-binghamton-to-advance-to-ncaa-second-round" target="_self">Box Score</a> | <a href="https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/5/3/mens-tennis-u-m-blanks-binghamton-to-advance-to-ncaa-second-round" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Friday, May 3</td><td>Michigan State d. Denver, 4-0</td><td>Cambridge, Mass. (Host: Harvard)</td><td>11 a.m.</td><td><a href="https://portal.stretchinternet.com/harvard/" target="_self">Watch</a>| <a href="https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/msuspartans.com/stats/mten/2023/pdf/20240503012742-29.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a>| <a href="https://msuspartans.com/news/2024/5/3/mens-tennis-spartans-clinch-first-ncaa-tournament-win-advance-to-regional-final.aspx" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Friday, May 3</td><td>No. 1 Ohio State d. Cleveland State, 4-0</td><td>Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State </td><td>2 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/2024/2/28/mens-tennis-live-streaming-outdoors" target="_self">Watch</a>| <a href="https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ohiostatebuckeyes.com/stats/mten/2023/pdf/20240503031436-050324.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a>| <a href="https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2024/5/3/mens-tennis-buckeyes-open-ncaa-tournament-with-4-0-sweep-of-cleveland-st" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Friday, May 3</td><td>Illinois d. Toledo, 4-1</td><td>Lexington, Ky. (Host: Kentucky)</td><td>1 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CrackedRacquets/streams" target="_self">Watch</a>| <a href="https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/fightingillini.com/documents/2024/5/3/stats_1714767820.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a>| <a href="https://fightingillini.com/news/2024/4/26/-4-illini-mens-tennis-takes-loss-to-5-nebraska-in-big-ten-tournament.aspx" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="5" style="text-align: center;">Second Round</td></tr><tr><td>Saturday, May 4</td><td>No. 8 Columbia d. Michigan, 4-2 </td><td>New York, N.Y. (Host: Columbia)</td><td>1 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://portal.stretchinternet.com/columbialions/" target="_self">Watch</a> | <a href="https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/gocolumbialions.com/documents/2024/5/4/Columbia_vs._Michigan_Results.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a> | <a href="https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/5/4/mens-tennis-michigans-ncaa-tournament-ends-with-heartbreaking-loss-to-no-8-columbia" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Saturday, May 4</td><td>No. 12 Harvard d. Michigan State, 4-0</td><td>Cambridge, Mass. (Host: Harvard)</td><td>2 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://portal.stretchinternet.com/harvard/" target="_self">Watch</a> | <a href="https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/msuspartans.com/stats/mten/2023/pdf/20240504034815-30.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a> | Recap</td></tr><tr><td>Saturday, May 4</td><td>Ohio State d. Oklahoma State, 4-1 </td><td>Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State)</td><td>4 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/2024/2/28/mens-tennis-live-streaming-outdoors" target="_self">Watch</a> | <a href="https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ohiostatebuckeyes.com/stats/mten/2023/pdf/20240504061401-050424.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a> | <a href="https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2024/5/4/mens-tennis-no-1-buckeyes-best-oklahoma-state-4-1-in-ncaa-2nd-round" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Saturday, May 4</td><td>No. 5 Kentucky d. Illinois, 4-3</td><td>Lexington, Ky. (Host: Kentucky)</td><td>4 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://ukathletics.com/kentucky-tennis-live-video/" target="_self">Watch</a> | <a href="https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/fightingillini.com/documents/2024/5/4/stats_1714863313.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a> | <a href="https://fightingillini.com/news/2024/5/4/mens-tennis-defeated-by-no-5-kentucky-in-round-of-32.aspx" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="5" style="text-align: center;">Third Round</td></tr><tr><td>Saturday, May 11</td><td>No. 1 Ohio State d. No. 16 Mississippi State, 4-1</td><td>Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State)</td><td>12 p.m.</td><td><a href="https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/2024/2/28/mens-tennis-live-streaming-outdoors" target="_self">Watch</a> | <a href="https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ohiostatebuckeyes.com/stats/mten/2023/pdf/20240511023842-051124.pdf" target="_self">Box Score</a> | <a href="https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2024/5/11/mens-tennis-buckeyes-beat-15-mississippi-st-4-1-advance-to-ncaa-quarterfinals" target="_self">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="5" style="text-align: center;">Quarterfinals</td></tr><tr><td>Thursday, May 16</td><td>No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Columbia</td><td>Stillwater, Okla. (Host: Oklahoma State)</td><td>12 p.m.</td><td>Watch | Live Stats | Recap</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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2024 Big Ten Men's Tennis NCAA Championships Central

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has qualified 12 players for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships. The singles and doubles championships will follow the team competition and take place May 20-25 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla. In singles, the Big Ten will have nine players represented from four schools. Big Ten Player of the Year Ozan Baris of Michigan State received the conference’s automatic qualification and will be seeded 9-16. Receiving at large berths were: Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins of Illinois; Gavin Young of Michigan; Ronald Hohmann of Michigan State; and Jack Anthrop, Justin Boulais, Cannon Kingsley and JJ Tracy of Ohio State. Baris, Boulais, Kingsley, Ozolins, Tracy and Young competed in last year’s tournament, which saw Michigan’s Ondrej Styler advance to the final. The doubles competition will feature four Big Ten pairs: Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins of Illinois, Jacob Bickersteth and Gavin Young of Michigan, Ozan Baris and Max Sheldon of Michigan State and Robert Cash and JJ Tracy of Ohio State. Cash/Tracy earned the conference’s automatic berth and are seeded fourth. Heck/Ozolins and Baris/Sheldon are back for a second-straight year while Cash and Young return with different partners. The Ohio State tandem of Andrew Lutschaunig and James Trotter won five matches in five days to claim the 2023 NCAA Doubles crown in Orlando, Fla. Singles: Ozan Baris, Michigan State (#9—28-6) + JJ Tracy, Ohio State (#16—34-3) Cannon Kingsley, Ohio State (#18—16-4) Gavin Young, Michigan (#19—18-12) Karlis Ozolins, Illinois (#27—17-9) Jack Anthrop, Ohio State (#29—36-3) Justin Boulais, Ohio State (#33—16-7) Hunter Heck, Illinois (#42—20-11) Ronnald Hohmann, Michigan State (#50—21-14) Doubles: Robert Cash/JJ Tracy, Ohio State (#2—13-2) + Hunter Heck/Karlis Ozolins, Illinois (#9—22-5) Ozan Baris/Max Sheldon, Michigan State (#16—12-5) Jacob Bickersteth/Gavin Young, Michigan (#17—12-7) (ITA ranking and records in parenthesis) + automatic qualifier

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Big Ten To Send 12 Players to NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships

<a href="https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/tennis-men/d1/2024" target="_self">NCAA BRACKET</a>ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference has qualified four teams for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship. Ohio State received the conference’s automatic berth while Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois earned at-large berths.The NCAA field includes 64 teams playing at 16 different sites for the first and second rounds, May 3-4. Sixteen teams advance to the Super Regionals on May 10-11 with eight teams moving on to the National Championship, May 16-19, at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla.Ohio State (30-1), the No. 1 seed overall, will host Cleveland State (21-6) at 1 p.m. ET on Friday (May 3) at the Auer Tennis Complex in Columbus, Ohio. The Big Ten regular season and tournament champions, Ohio State is making its 24th NCAA appearance having reached the NCAA Championship match last season.Michigan (16-12) will encounter Binghamton (16-9) at 10 a.m. ET on Friday at the Milstein Family Tennis Center in New York, N.Y. The Wolverines have qualified for the NCAAs for the eighth-straight season and the 33rd time overall.Michigan State (22-6) will take on undefeated Denver (23-0) at 11 a.m. ET on Friday at the Beren Tennis Center in Cambridge, Mass. Michigan State is making its first NCAA appearance since 2013 and its second trip overall to the NCAAs.Illinois (16-9) meets Toledo (14-10) at 1 p.m. ET on Friday at the Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Ky. The Illini are making their 27th NCAA tournament, appearing for the second year in a row. Illinois won the national title in 2003.

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Four Big Ten Teams Qualify for NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship

<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/bltebb17bbc55ef9b18/662ead7a24e1814bcaad0594/OSU-MICH.pdf" target="_self">BOX SCORE</a>EVANSTON, Ill. – No. 1 seed Ohio State defeated second seed Michigan, 4-1, in the championship match of the 2024 Big Ten Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament on a foggy Sunday afternoon at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center. The top-ranked Buckeyes won their second-straight Big Ten Tournament and 17th overall.Ohio State (30-1) completes the Big Ten “Double”, adding the conference tournament title to its regular season championship. OSU will receive the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.OSU clinched championship point at No. 3 singles as JJ Tracy turned away Bjorn Swenson in a second-set tiebreaker in a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) result. Tracy was named the tournament’s most outstanding player.Ohio State began the match by capturing the doubles point, then went up 3-0 behind singles wins from Jack Anthrop and Cannon Kingsley. Michigan (16-12) earned its lone point at No. 1 singles as 19th-ranked Gavin Young defeated 33rd-ranked Justin Boulais 6-1, 6-4.Two other single matches were in progress when Tracy ended the match with an overhead return at the net.The Big Ten will find out how many of its teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament when the field is announced on Monday at 6 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. Singles and doubles competitors will be revealed on Tuesday.Tournament MOP: JJ Tracy, Sr., Ohio StateAll-Tournament Team: Jacob Bickersteth, Sr., Michigan Gavin Young, Sr., Michigan Ozan Baris, So., Michigan State Calvin Mueller, Jr., Nebraska Alexander Bernard, So., Ohio State JJ Tracy, Sr., Ohio State

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Ohio State Wins Big Ten Men's Tennis Tournament

EVANSTON, Ill. — Ohio State and Michigan punched their tickets to the Championship Match of the Big Ten Tournament following semifinal wins on Saturday.Michigan edged Michigan State, 4-3, in a marathon match that will be remembered for years to come. The Spartans (22-6) won the doubles point and built a 3-1 lead before Michigan (16-11) rallied to win the last three singles matches. Patorn Hanchaikul kept the Wolverines' hopes alive by fighting off four match points in a 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (8-6) win at No. 4 singles.In a match that lasted 4-hours and 50 minutes, the end came quickly as Michigan (16-11) locked up wins at No. 6 and No. 5 singles within a minute of each other. In a battle of the Top-20 ranked players, 9th-ranked Ozan Baris of Michigan State prevailed over 19th-ranked Gavin Young, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.In the day's first match played indoors, Ohio State defeated Nebraska, 4-1.Ohio State (29-1) dropped the doubles point but quickly recovered to win four-straight singles matches Justin Boulais knocked off Calvin Mueller at No. 1 singles in a showdown between All-Big Ten performers. Alexander Bernard clinched match point for OSU at No. 5 singles.Nebraska (17-10) earned its double point off the efforts of Nic Wiedenhorn and Anton Shepp at the No. 1 flight and Mueller and Lars Johann at No. 2 doubles.Ohio State and Michigan square off at Noon CT tomorrow in a rematch of last year's championship final.

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Ohio State and Michigan to Meet in Men's Tournament Final

EVANSTON, Ill. — The field for the Big Ten Men's Tennis Tournament has been cut in half following quarterfinals play Friday at Northwestern.Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State and Nebraska advanced on a day that began outdoors before action moved into the Combe Tennis Center.No. 1 seed Ohio State began defense of its Big Ten Tournament title with a 4-0 win over No. 9 seed Penn State. OSU's JJ Tracy, ranked 16th nationally, clinched match point at No. 3 singles. Robert Cash was a double winner, dropping just two games total in wins at No. 6 singles and No. 2 doubles.The Buckeyes (28-1) will meet No. 5 seed Nebraska (17-9) at 11 a.m. Saturday in the day's first semifinal match. The Cornhuskers recorded the second upset of the tournament with a 4-2 win over No. 4 seed and 26th-ranked Illinois in an epic, 3-hour and 40-minute match that started outdoors before moving inside.Illinois' Mathis Debru fought off two match points but his match at No. 6 singles against Rudi Christiansen was halted at 6-6 in a third-set tiebreaker after Shunya Maruyama secured match point for Nebraska at No. 3 singles. At No. 1 singles, Calvin Mueller of Nebraska defeated Hunter Heck of Illinois in a battle off All-Big Ten First Team performers.No. 2 seed Michigan earned a spot in the semifinals with a 4-0 win over No. 7 seed Northwestern before a partisan crowd of Wildcat supporters. The Wolverines captured the doubles point, improving to 11-0 when doing so, then followed with three straight wins in singles. Michigan's Gavin Young, who's ranked 19th in the country, won at No. 1 singles for the 130th combined victory of his career.Michigan (15-11) will meet arch-rival Michigan State (22-5) at 2 p.m. Saturday. MSU downed Indiana, 4-1, in the last match of the evening. The 19th-ranked Spartans captured the doubles point via a tiebreaker while the singles flights were just as competitive as five of the six matches were extended to three sets. David Saye's win at No. 4 singles provided the deciding point.

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Men's Tennis Tournament: Day 2 Recap

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference Men's Tennis Tournament began Thursday with a pair of first round matches. No. 9 seed Penn State began the tourney with a 4-3 upset of No. 8 seed Purdue, which was followed by No. 7 seed Northwestern downing No. 10 seed Wisconsin, 4-1. Penn State (6-19) will face No. 1 seed Ohio State (27-1) at 9 a.m. CT on Friday while Northwestern (10-17) takes on No. 2 seed Michigan (14-11) at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.Penn State, which lost to Purdue 6-1 on Easter Sunday, rebounded from a 2-0 deficit inside the Combe Tennis Center. The match came down to the third set at No. 3 singles, where Nolan Ranger prevailed 7-6 (7-0), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.The second match of Thursday's doubleheader took place outdoors at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center. After Greyson Casey and Presley Thieneman helped claimed the doubles point at No. 2, Northwestern claimed three of four singles matches to end Wisconsin's season. Four quarterfinal matches are on tap for Friday.

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