Michigan
Ohio State
Wolverines Fall in B1G Tournament Title Match
4/30/2023 3:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (IU Tennis Center)
Score: #7 Michigan 0, #3 OSU 4
Records: U-M (24-4), OSU (29-2)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, May 6 -- at NCAA Tournament (Campus Sites), TBA
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team fell, 4-0, to No. 3 Ohio State University in the B1G Tournament championship on Sunday (April 30) on the campus of Indiana University.
It was a fight to the finish in doubles with the match coming down to No. 2 doubles in a tiebreaker. No. 10-ranked Andrew Lutschaunig/James Trotter went up 3-1 over Patrick Maloney and Nino Ehrenschneider before U-M won three straight points, including one on a penalty, to take its first lead, 4-3. Michigan had a chance to close it out when it was up 6-4 and 6-5 but OSU won both points and regained the lead on the next. The Wolverines matched it to make it 7-7 but the Buckeyes grabbed the last two points to secure the doubles point.
No. 7 ranked Andrew Fenty and Gavin Young won a 6-4 match at No. 1 over No. 27 ranked Robert Cash/Justin Boulais. It was a break point for the Wolverines that gave them their first lead of the match, 5-4, and they held serve to win it 6-4. It marks their ninth straight win, matching their career-longest streak as they improve to 28-7 on the season.
Ondrej Styler and Jacob Bickersteth dropped three straight games that pushed Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy to a 5-2 advantage. The duo was able to hold serve to make it 5-3 but OSU took the match on the next service.
Michigan found itself in a hole, as it won just one first set in singles as Ehrenschneider took a 7-5 match from Alexander Bernard, winning five of the last six points.
OSU took a 3-0 advantage with wins at No. 6 and No. 5 in succession, while the remaining four second sets were deadlocked on each court.
Maloney broke Tracy and held serve to take a 7-5 match at No. 3 singles, forcing a third set.
Styler held serve to take a 6-5 edge over Kingsley, trying to stave off his first loss in 14 matches, but after Kingsley held to make it 6-6, the tiebreaker was on. Styler took a 4-1 lead and finished with a 7-3 score to win the set and force a third.
However, Fenty trailed 4-5 and was broken by Boulais as he secured the final point for OSU at No. 2.
Maloney and Styler were both named the B1G All-Tournament Team.
The NCAA selection show will stream live on NCAA.com on Monday (May 1) at 6:30 p.m.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 – No. 10 Ondrej Styler (U-M) vs. No. 19 Cannon Kinglsey (OSU) 3-6, 7-6 (3) unfinished
No. 2 –No. 38 Justin Boulais (OSU) d. No. 16 Andrew Fenty (U-M) 7-6 (3), 6-4
No. 3 – No. 36 Patrick Maloney (U-M) vs. No. 20 JJ Tracy (OSU) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 unfinished
No. 4 – Nino Ehrenschneider (U-M) vs. No. 39 Alexander Bernard (OSU) 7-5, 6-6 (1-2) unfinished
No. 5 – No. 31 James Trotter d. No. 59 Gavin Young (U-M) vs. (OSU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 – Robert Cash d. Jacob Bickersteth (U-M) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 – No. 7 Fenty/Young (U-M) d. No. 27 Cash/Boulais (OSU) 6-4
No. 2 – No. 10 Lutschaunig/Trotter (OSU) d. Maloney/Ehrenschneider (U-M) 7-6 (9-7)
No. 3 – Kingsley/Tracy d. Styler/Bickersteth (U-M) 6-3
Order of Completion:Â Doubles 3-1-2; Singles 6-5-2
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