No. 3 Seed Ohio State Hosts Super Regional Against Illinois Friday

2006 NCAA Super Regionals – No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 Illinois
Date: May 8

Time: 4:30 p.m.

Venue: Auer Tennis Complex/Ty Tucker Tennis Center – Columbus, Ohio

Live Scoring: side arm

Live Video: OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Rosters: Ohio State | Illinois

Rankings: ITA Rankings

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 3 Ohio State (31-4) hosts No. 14 Illinois (24-7) at 4:30 pm Friday within the 2026 NCAA Tournament Super Regionals on the Auer Tennis Complex/Ty Tucker Tennis Center.

Admission and parking are free for all males’s tennis matches.

• Last weekend, the Buckeyes swept Buffalo and California within the NCAA first and second rounds en path to securing their seventy fifth NCAA event win in program historical past.
• Ohio State owns a 75-25 file within the NCAA event and has secured runner-up finishes in 2009, 2018 and most just lately in 2023.
• At house, the Buckeyes are 18-1 and have swept a complete of 15 opponents, outscoring them 82-9.
• Jack Anthrop and Nikita Filin led Ohio State over the weekend with three complete wins. Anthrop secured his 117th profession singles win, inserting him in sole possession of eighth general in program historical past. Filin continued his excellence in singles, successful his 18th-consecutive singles match.
• Bryce Nakashima and Anthrop teamed up for the primary time since March and earned their third win of the season as a pair within the match towards Buffalo.
• The Buckeyes are dealing with off towards the Fighting Illini for the third time this season. In the common season, Ohio State defeated Illinois, 5-2, on the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. The Buckeyes then went on to defeat the Fighting Illini, 4-3, within the 2026 Big Ten Tournament. This is the second-consecutive 12 months that the 2 groups have matched up towards one another 3 times in the identical season.
• Ohio State has received 13-consecutive matches towards Illinois heading into the competition Friday.
• The winner Friday advances to play the winner of TCU and Stanford May 14 within the NCAA quarterfinals on the Dan McGill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia.
• The Buckeyes Women’s Tennis workforce can be internet hosting the Super Regional this Saturday at 1 pm towards Vanderbilt.
• In the final ITA singles rankings till May 20 5 Buckeyes landed on the leaderboard. Aidan Kim is the best Buckeye at No. 11 adopted by (*3*) at No. 31, Anthrop at No. 32, Alex Okonkwo at No. 47 and Filin at No. 95.
• Three Ohio State pairs are ranked within the newest ITA doubles rankings with Brandon Carpico and Filin main the way in which at No. 8, Alexander Bernard and Okonkwo at No. 44 and Kim and Nakashima at No. 45.

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