Ohio State men's tennis advances to NCAA Tournament quarterfinals

The Ohio State men's tennis team will continue its journey in the NCAA Tournament after beating fellow Big Ten rival Illinois, sweeping the program that has been the closest to the Buckeyes in competition the last few years, 4-0. It was a great showing after OSU barely got by the Illini in the Big Ten Tournament just last week. The Buckeyes got off to a great start by taking the double point when Alexander Bernard  and  Alex Okonkwo won 6-2 on court three, and  Brandon Carpico  and  Nikita Filin  then took care of business on court one in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (4).

OSU continued the momentum into the singles matches. Filin (6-1, 6-4) and Bernard (6-2, 6-2) earned two-set singles victories on courts four and six, while  Jack Anthrop  clinched it for the Buckeyes in a 6-4, 6-3 match to sweep things at 4-0. It was the third victory over the Illini this season, having beaten them 5-2 earlier in the year and then taking the very close match in the Big Ten Tournament.

Ohio State now moves on to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament and will head to Athens, Georgia, where it will face the winner of Stanford and No. 6 seed TCU on May 14. The Cardinal and Horned Frogs will do battle at 2 p.

m. ET on Saturday. See you in the Elite Eight 😉 Buckeyes sweep Illinois, 4-0, in Columbus to advance to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals ‼️ #GoBucks pic.