Jan. 30, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio-The 51st-ranked University of New Mexico men’s tennis team fell to No. 3 Ohio State, 7-0, at the Ohio State Varsity Indoor Tennis Center today at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event. The Buckeyes (3-0) dominated the Lobos (1-1), winning eight out of nine matches. UNM will meet up with the winner of No. 35 Tulsa and No. 30 Notre Dame at 10:30 a.m. MST tomorrow, Sunday, Jan. 31.
The Buckeyes extended their home winning streak to 92 matches and evened the all-time series against UNM at 2-2.
Ohio State took an early 1-0 lead by securing the doubles point. Chase Buchanan and Justin Kronauge handed Phil Anderson and Carl Ho a quick 8-2 loss at the No. 1 doubles slot before Dino Marcan and Balazs Novak finished off the point with an 8-4 win over Joe Wood and Conor Berg at the No. 3 position. Jadon Phillips and Ben Dunbar provided a bright spot for UNM with an 8-7 victory at the No. 2 spot.
Ohio State would go on to sweep the singles slate, picking up two-set wins in all but one match. Dunbar fell to 34th-ranked Shuhei Uzawa 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot to give the Buckeyes the win, 4-0. Wood nearly pulled out a victory in the No. 5 hole, winning the second set 7-6 after dropping the first 6-1. Wood fell in the third set, however, 6-4, to leave the Lobos winless in singles.
#3 Ohio State 7, #51 New Mexico 0
Singles
1. #103 Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. Carl Ho (UNM) 6-1, 6-3
2. Justin Kronauge (OSU) def. Jadon Phillips (UNM) 6-3, 6-4
3. #34 Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) def. Ben Dunbar (UNM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Balazs Novak (OSU) def. Phil Anderson (UNM) 6-2, 6-1
5. Matt Allare (OSU) def. Joe Wood (UNM) 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
6. Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Conor Berg (UNM) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 1, 6, 5
Doubles
1. Buchanan/Kronauge (OSU) def. Anderson/Ho (UNM) 8-2
2. Phillips/Dunbar (UNM) def. Allare/Uzawa (OSU) 8-7
3. Dino Marcan/Novak (OSU) def. Wood/Berg (UNM) 8-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2