History Made! Wolverines Win B1G Tournament Championship

Sunday, May 1

Madison, Wis.

Noon CT

Michigan

Ohio State

(Big Ten Conference Photo)

History Made! Wolverines Win B1G Tournament Championship

5/1/2022 6:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Kristy McNeil

Site: Madison, Wis. (Nielson Tennis Center)
Result: #7 Michigan 4, #4 Ohio State 2
Records: U-M (22-3), OSU (24-3)
Next U-M Event: Monday, May 2 -- NCAA Selection Show, 6:00 p.m.

MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team is the 2022 Big Ten Tournament Champion! The Wolverines won their first-ever Big Ten tournament title with a 4-2 win over rival and top-seeded Ohio State, claiming the victory on Sunday (May 1) at the Nielson Tennis Center.

Michigan has been the runner-up three times since the tournament began in 1999*. This is the third time the Wolverines have faced OSU in the title match. U-M will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Wolverines battled back after dropping the doubles point for just the fourth time this season. Despite not winning the point, No. 36-ranked Andrew Fenty and Nino Ehrenschneider handed the No. 1-ranked duo of Matej Vocel and Robert Cash a 6-3 loss, the pair's fourth loss on the season.

U-M began its comeback in singles, as Ehrenschneider put the Maize and Blue on the board at No. 5, taking down No. 42 James Trotter in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.

All eyes were on the back three courts as Patrick Maloney and Nick Beaty were both in tie-breaker sets. Maloney fell behind in the first set to Vocel but quickly knotted things up. At 5-5, Maloney won the next game and went up 5-1 in the tiebreaker before the 7-2 score gave him the first-set win. He was in full control of the second set, taking a 3-1 lead before finishing it off 6-4.

On the next court over, Beaty went back-and-forth with Justin Boulais. Tied at 5-5, Beaty won his next two games to take the 7-5 win. The second set was much the same with each trading points to the tiebreaker. Beaty fought back from an 0-4 deficit in the tiebreaker to win the next four points and seven of the final eight to take the match and put Michigan ahead, 3-1.

OSU grabbed a point at No. 3 as No. 21 J.J. Tracy won 7-6 (7), 6-4 over No. 63 Andrew Fenty, to make it a one-point match in the team score at 3-2.

On the first court, No. 30 Ondrej Styler and No. 10 Cannon Kingsley had traded sets as Kingsley won 7-5 before Styler took a 7-6 (7-2) win in the second set. Exchanging games, Styler won two straight to make it 5-3, one game away from victory. Kingsley came back to take the next game to make it 5-4 and still left Styler with room to win in one game and he did just that, taking the 6-4 victory as the team stormed the court. Styler was named MVP and was named All-Tournament, along with Maloney.

No. 61 Jacob Bickersteth rallied to win the second set and forced a third set as well. He took a 2-0 lead before Jake Van Emburgh won two games to tie it at 2-2 before leaving it 3-3 unfinished.

The NCAA Selection Show will be at 6 p.m. ET on Monday (May 2) on NCAA.com. The first and second rounds are slated for May 6-7 at campus sites.

Following are match-by-match results:

Singles
No. 1 -- No. 30 Ondrej Styler (U-M) vs. No. 10 Cannon Kingsley (OSU) 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
No. 2 -- Patrick Maloney (U-M) d. No. 11 Matej Vocel (OSU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
No. 3 -- No. 21 JJ Tracy (OSU) d. No. 63 Andrew Fenty (U-M) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
No. 4 -- No. 61 Jacob Bickersteth (U-M) vs. No. 117 Jake Van Emburgh (OSU) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4, 3-3 unfinished
No. 5 -- No. 103 Nino Ehrenschneider (U-M) d. No. 42 James Trotter (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Nick Beaty (U-M) d. Justin Boulais (OSU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)

Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 36 Andrew Fenty/Nino Ehrenschneider (U-M) d. No. 1 Matej Vocel/Robert Cash (OSU) 6-3
No. 2 -- Justin Boulais/Andrew Lutschaunig (OSU) d. Patrick Maloney/Nick Beaty (U-M) 6-4
No. 3 -- Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (OSU) d. Ondrej Styler/Jacob Bickersteth (U-M) 6-3

Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2; Singles 5-2-6-3-1

All-Tournament Team
Olivier Stuart, ILL
Ondrej Styler, MICH
Patrick Maloney, MICH
Steven Forman, NU
Cannon Kingsley, OSU
JJ Tracy, OSU

Tournament Most Valuable Player
Ondrej Styler, MICH

*1986-90 - point total used to determine team champion; 91-98 - dual match playoff use to determine team champion; 99-08 - regular season winner declared "Big Ten Men's Tennis Regular Season Champion" and championship used to determine "Big Ten Champion" and NCAA automatic qualifier; 09-present - regular season winner declared "Big Ten Champion" and tournament used to determine "Big Ten Tournament Champion" and NCAA automatic qualifier.