COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Middle Tennessee men's tennis team fell 4-0 to the host No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes in its opening match at the ITA Kickoff Weekend, Friday morning at Ty Tucker Tennis Center.
Ohio State (1-0) claimed 10 of 11 total sets in the match on its way to victory. Middle Tennessee (1-1) drops its first match of the season.
Middle Tennessee's Pavel Motl, who had 11 spring singles victories last season, was the lone Raider to win a set 6-2 in the first. The Prstice, Czech Republic native battled against the Buckeye Justin Boulais but the match went unfinished when OSU clinched.