Ohio State Men's Tennis Suffers Gut-Wrenching 4-2 Upset Loss to TCU in NCAA Semifinals (2024)

Ohio State men's tennis let the wheels fall off midway through its NCAA semifinal match Saturday afternoon.

Playing in front of a sea of scarlet in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the top-seeded Buckeyes made it look quite easy in the doubles part of the match before falling apart in singles. After taking the doubles point,Ohio State suffered a gut-wrenching 4-2 upset loss to No. 4 seed TCU in the NCAA semifinals, as the Horned Frogs got revenge after the Buckeyes won the matchup in the 2023 semifinals.

Ohio State dominated the first hour before TCU flipped the switch and dominated the next two hours. While the Buckeyes fought back in the final part of the match that took nearly four hours, it wasn't enough after OSU dug themselves in too big of a hole early on in the singles matches.

Doubles Matches
Ohio StateTCUResult
No. 3 Robert Cash/JJ TracyNo. 63 Jake Fearnley/Pedro VivesL, 4-6
No. 49 Andrew Lutschaunig/Justin BoulaisSebastian Gorzny/Jack PinningtonW, 6-3
Cannon Kinglsey/Jack AnthropDuncan Chan/Lui MaxtedW, 7-6 (7-4)

The first match of the day was the only upset in doubles. Robert Cash and JJ Tracy went down early, 2-0, before evening things at 2-2 and once again at 4-4. But TCU's Jake Fearnley and Pedro Vives carried themomentum from early on to take the win, 6-4.

Andrew Lutschaunig and Justin Boulais then put the Buckeyes on the scoreboard. Tied 2-2, the Ohio State pair took care of business the rest of the way, earning a 6-3 win.

— Ohio State M Tennis (@OhioStateMTEN) May 18, 2024

Cannon Kingsley and Jack Anthrop gave the Buckeyes the doubles point in the most thrilling doubles match of the afternoon. In a back-and-forth affair, asOSU scored first and then the Buckeyes and TCU traded back and forth before Ohio State won, 7-6.

Doubles point Buckeyes! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/R2UamR98fO

— Ohio State M Tennis (@OhioStateMTEN) May 18, 2024

After earning the first point of the match in doubles, singles weren't as easy for the Buckeyes. TCU won four of the six first sets on its way to winning four of the five completed singles matches.

Singles Matches
Ohio StateTCUResult
No. 34 Justin BoulaisNo. 13 Jack PinningtonL: 4-6, 5-7
No. 17 Cannon KingsleyNo. 7 Jake FearnleyL: 5-7, 7-5, 2-6
No. 19 JJ TracyNo. 73 Pedro VivesUnfinished: 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 4-3
No. 30 Jack AnthropNo. 78 Lui MaxtedW: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Alexander BernardNo. 77 Sebastain GorznyL: 3-6, 4-6
Robert CashTomas JirousekL: 6-1, 2-6, 5-7

In one oftwo singles matches that featured TCU as the better-ranked player, Boulais dropped the first set, 4-6. He led 2-1 early on before the Horned Frogs' Jack Pinnington took a 4-2 lead and never looked back. In the second set, Boulais took a 5-3 lead before Pinnington dominated the rest of the way, winning the set, 7-5, to winin straight sets.

Kingsley lost his first set, 5-7,after leading 5-4. He was able to force a third set after winning the back-and-forth second set, 7-5. The third set was never really close though, as Kilingsley lost the final set, 6-2.

After leading 4-1 and 5-2 in the first set, Tracy took his foot off the gas pedal and let Vives back in the game as TCU eventually took the set, 7-6 (7-5). Tracy turned things around and handled business the rest of the way, though, winning the second set 6-3 before leading in the third set, 4-3, one that went unfinished given that TCU had already won four singles matches to beat OSU.

Jack Anthropwon Ohio State's first singles set of the afternoon, 6-3, after hetook an early 5-1 lead. But Maxted answered right back, winning the second set, 6-3, a set the Horned Frogs led from start to finish after taking a dominant 5-1 lead. Anthrop was able to get his rhythm back and win the third set, 7-5, one that he trailed 3-4 midway through, to win the match. It was the Buckeyes' only singles win of the day.

JACK!!!

Anthrop wins 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

Tied 2-2 #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/Vb2X2GZUTH

— Ohio State M Tennis (@OhioStateMTEN) May 18, 2024

Alexander Bernard fell early in his first set, 4-0, before TCU's Sebastain Gorznywon the set, 6-3. He then lost the second set, 6-4, to lose in straight sets.

Cash, meanwhile, didn't have any problem in the first set, taking an early 5-1 lead before winning the set with ease, 6-1. After making it look easy in the first set, Cash fell in the second set, the Buckeye fell to an early 4-1 deficit in the second set before losing the set, 6-2. Leading 5-3 in the third set, Cash let the wheels fall off and lost the set, 7-5, to lose the match.

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Ohio State Men's Tennis Suffers Gut-Wrenching 4-2 Upset Loss to TCU in NCAA Semifinals (2024)

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