No. 2 Ohio State Tops Ospreys at ITA Kick-Off

Sunday, January 28

Columbus, Ohio

12:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

No. 2 Ohio State

Lasse Muscheites returns the ball via forehand.

Photo by: Todd Drexler

1/28/2018 5:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio - North Florida men's tennis could not overcome a tough Ohio State squad as the No. 2 Buckeyes grabbed the 4-0 win in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Championship match on Sunday afternoon.

QUICK HITS
- With five players ranked in the top 120 singles in the country, Ohio State took the doubles point and never looked back.
- Lasse Muscheites grabbed a set from No. 57 John McNally in the No. 3 position, but trailed in the second set when the match was called.
- Freshman Joe Ellis took three games from his opponent in the No. 5 spot, while classmate Nilo Duarte took five before falling in No. 6 singles.

SAY WHAT
"First off congratulations to Ty and his staff and team. They played relentless, disciplined, aggressive tennis and we never could quite get our footing. We saw first hand what a national title contending team looks like and I'm hopeful the guys will be mindful of where we were deficient, as well as some things that worked well against such a high quality opponent.

As far as the weekend overall, it was a tremendous opportunity, and I felt like we embraced that. Winning a big 4-3 match over a very good Tulsa team and not playing timid against the #2 team in the country is a successful weekend from my perspective. Clearly we still have much to improve on, but what stood out to me was how much better we competed versus in Tallahassee. We still haven't played our best tennis and that will come. The commitment to competing the correct way has to be a constant and it was this weekend. If we can continue to compete this way I like the direction we are headed. The boys are super excited for our first home matches this coming weekend!" - Head Coach Matt Lucas

LOOKING AHEAD
The Ospreys play eight of their next 11 matches on their home courts. North Florida opens the slate with Troy on Friday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. before hosting Elon on Sunday, Feb. 4 at noon. Both matches are scheduled at the UNF Tennis Complex.

FULL RESULTS
Singles competition
1. #5 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) def. Jefta Kecic (UNF) 6-2, 6-1
2. #60 JJ Wolf (OSU) def. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) 6-0, 6-1
3. #57 John McNally (OSU) vs. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 3-6, 5-2, unfinished
4. #26 Kyle Seelig (OSU) vs. Till Von Winning (UNF) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished
5. #102 Martin Joyce (OSU) vs. Joe Ellis (UNF) 6-4, 5-0, unfinished
6. Matt Mendez (OSU) def. Nilo Duarte (UNF) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Mikael Torpegaard/Martin Joyce (OSU) def. Jefta Kecic/Nilo Duarte (UNF) 6-2
2. JJ Wolf/John McNally (OSU) vs. Sahil Deshmukh/Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 5-3, unfinished
3. Matt Mendez/Hunter Tubert (OSU) def. Till Von Winning/Joe Ellis (UNF) 6-0

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,1,6)