Buckeyes Fall in NCAA Championship Match to Virginia

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Ohio State’s run to the NCAA Championship comes up a match short as the Buckeyes fell on Sunday to No. 5 Virginia 4-0.

The Buckeyes had a great run in Orlando, knocking off No. 6 Georgia and No. 2 TCU on their way to the final match. They finish the season with a record of 34-3.

Freshman Jack Anthrop was 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament and was up a set today. He was named to the All-Tournament team at the No. 6 singles position. The doubles team of Cannon Kingsley and JJ Tracy went 4-2 in the six NCAA Tournament matches and were named to the All-Tournament Team at No. 3 doubles.

Virginia won a closely contested doubles point and then took that momentum into singles and collected wins on courts 1-2-3.

Doubles

• Virginia took the upper hand midway through the doubles point and would hold on to secure the point with wins on courts one and two.
• On court three, Kingsley and Tracy got the first doubles win. They won an unreal deuce point to take the first break at 3-1. The teams would trade breaks later in the set and the Buckeyes would hold for a 6-3 win.
• On court two, Virginia got back-to-back breaks and rolled to a 6-2 victory.
• Court one, Virginia went up a break a 3-1 and held that edge throughout. The Buckeyes had a deuce point break chance at 2-4 but couldn’t convert. They were also up 0-30 at 3-5 but Virginia was able to hold to win the match 6-3.

Singles

• UVA kept the momentum from the doubles point and would get straight set wins on courts one, two and three to win the match.
• James Trotter and Alexander Bernard split their first two sets on courts four and five. Trotter remains undefeated on the year at 27-0.
• Jack Anthrop battled to win his opening set in a tiebreaker and was leading 1-0 in the second set when the match was halted.

Up Next

• Seven members of the team will begin the singles and doubles NCAA Championships on Monday in Orlando. Kingsley, Boulais, Tracy, Trotter and Bernard are in all in the singles tournament while Lutschaunig and Cash will join teammates in the doubles tournament.

#5 Virginia 4, #3 Ohio State 0

Singles
1. #9 Chris Rodesch (VA) def. #24 Justin Boulais (OSU) 6-4, 6-2
2. #26 Inaki Montes (VA) def. #11 Cannon Kingsley (OSU) 6-4, 6-2
3. #49 J vd Schulenburg (VA) def. #22 JJ Tracy (OSU) 6-2, 6-1
4. #34 James Trotter (OSU) vs. #87 Ryan Goetz (VA) 4-6, 6-3, unfinished
5. #41 Alexander Bernard (OSU) vs. Alexander Kiefer (VA) 6-2, 3-6, 0-2, unfinished
6. Jack Anthrop (OSU) vs. Mans Dahlberg (VA) 7-6 (7-4), 1-0, unfinished

Doubles
1. #58 Inaki Montes/William Woodall (VA) def. #21 Robert Cash/Justin Boulais (OSU) 6-3
2. J vd Schulenburg/Chris Rodesch (VA) def. #16 James Trotter/Andrew Lutschaunig (OSU) 6-2
3. Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Ryan Goetz/Alexander Kiefer (VA) 6-3

Match Notes:
Virginia 30-4; National ranking #5
Ohio State 34-3; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,1,2)
NCAA Championship Match
Official: Anthony Montero  T-2:25 

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