Men’s Tennis Hosts Top-5 Showdown Wednesday

Columbia, S.C. – No. 5 South Carolina males’s tennis will host No. 5 Ohio State on Wednesday, March 7, on the Carolina Tennis Middle. The highest-5 matchup will start at 1 p.m. with doubles motion adopted by singles play.

The Gamecocks not too long ago made their method into the top-5 of the ITA Workforce Rankings after having taken down then-No. 5 Kentucky in Lexington final weekend. The No. 5 rating ties for highest rating in program historical past and is the best in-season rating ever. South Carolina’s final look within the top-5 got here on the finish of the 1989 season when the staff earned a last rating of No. T-5 below head coach Kent DeMars.

Motion on the Carolina Tennis Middle will start at 1 p.m. with gates opening at midday. Admission to the match is free and open to the general public. Free parking is on the market within the Heyward Road storage, only a quick stroll away from the courts. Exterior food and drinks shall be permitted.

These not in attendance can view the match dwell through Monitor Tennis right here and might observe dwell stats right here.

Gamecock Notables

• South Carolina is 12-1 on the season and holds ranked wins over No. 18 North Carolina, No. 9 Wake Forest, No. 10 Baylor, No. 12 North Carolina, and No. 5 Kentucky. Their solely lack of the season was to then-No. 13 Georgia on the ITA Indoor Nationwide Championships in Chicago, Sick.
• The Gamecocks have 4 people ranked within the newest ITA Singles Rankings – No. 5 Connor Thomson, No. 6 Toby Samuel, No. 83 Casey Hoole, and No. 84 Raphael Lambling.
• Thomson primarily performs on the No. 2 place the place he has a 9-1 report in twin play. He’s 23-3 general this season and has an 8-2 report towards ranked opponents, together with three top-10 ranked wins. Thomson’s No. 5 rating is the best rating of his profession and he enters the twin on a four-match singles win streak.
• Samuel has lead the staff from the highest spot within the lineup this season the place he’s 10-2. He has a 15-3 general report and a 7-2 report towards ranked foes.
• Hoole holds down the No. 5 place for the Gamecocks. He’s 5-4 from the No. 5 spot and has a 21-9 general report with a 4-2 report towards ranked opponents.
• Lambling is 8-5 general and primarily performs on the No. 3 place for the Gamecocks.
• South Carolina has been dominant in doubles this season, profitable the doubles level in 12 of their 13 matches. General in twin play, the staff is 26-5 with a 9-1 mark from the No. 1 place, 11-2 from the No. 2 place, and 6-2 from the No. 3 place.
• Samuel and Thomson maintain the highest spot within the ITA Doubles Rankings. The duo is 15-1 general and have an 8-1 mark from the No. 1 doubles place. They’ve clinched the doubles level 5 occasions this season, together with every of the final 4.
• Additionally within the ITA Doubles rankings are Jake Beasley and James Story. The duo is available in at No. 22 with their 11-2 twin report.

Scouting the Buckeyes

• No. 4 Ohio State has been ranked within the top-5 of the ITA Workforce Rankings all season, together with a interval of being ranked No. 1 within the February 8^th ITA Coaches Ballot the place they acquired 9 first place votes.
• The Buckeyes are 15-1 general with their solely lack of the season coming towards then-No. 7 Texas within the second spherical of the ITA Indoor Championships. They maintain ranked wins over No. 23 Texas A&M, No. 6 Texas at dwelling, No. 9 Wake Forest on the highway, No. 5 Virginia on the highway, No. 10 Baylor at dwelling, and No. 5 Virginia at a impartial web site.
• Ohio State has six gamers represented within the ITA Singles Rating – No. 20 JJ Tracy, No. 26 James Trotter, No. 39 Cannon Kingsley, No. 52 Alexander Bernard, No. 58 Justin Boulais, and No. 116 Robert Money.
• The Buckeyes have had numerous gamers rotate by the highest spot within the singles lineup with three totally different people recording wins on the place. Boulais has a 2-1 report, Kingsley has a 2-0 report and Tracy has a 1-1 report from the No. 1 place.
• Boulais and Kingsley have each traded time on the No. 2 place – Boulais with a 5-0 report and Kingsley with a 4-1 report.
• Two Buckeyes have good singles information on the season – Trotter with a 14-0 report and Money with a 13-0 report.
• Ohio State additionally has two doubles pairs within the rankings. Andrew Lutschaunig is represented in each, coming in at No. 2 with Tracy and at No. 7 with Trotter.
• Lutschaunig and Trotter have spent probably the most time on the high of the doubles lineup the place they’ve a 6-3 report.

Collection Historical past

• South Carolina leads the all-time collection towards Ohio State 4-1, profitable the primary 4 matches of the collection.
• The 2 groups first confronted in Columbia in 1972 with South Carolina profitable 7-2. Additionally they met in Columbia in 1975 and 1977 with the Gamecocks profitable each of these as nicely.
• Ohio State and South Carolina have confronted off thrice in Columbia and as soon as in Columbus. The Gamecocks have received all 4 of these matches.
• Ohio State received the newest matchup in the course of the NCAAs in 2004. The match was performed in Chapel Hill, N.C., with the Buckeyes profitable 4-0.

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