#2 Ohio State won the Big Ten regular season title, going undefeated (11-0). They won over Northwestern 6-1 on the road Friday. They followed that solid win with a big comeback win over Illinois Sunday on the road. OSU was down 0-3 when they mounted a rally that culminated at #2 singles, in which JJ Wolf beat Aron Hiltzik 7-1 in college tennis OT, a third set tiebreaker. Also, in a matchup of the highest ranked players in the conference, Aleks Vukic, #5 in the nation, had a strong win over Mikael Torpegaard, #1 in the nation, at #1 singles, 6-1, 6-3.
#16 Michigan had a strong finish to grab second place alone, 9-2 in conference. They defeated Iowa 5-2 and Nebraska 7-0 on the road.
#25 Illinois finished in third in conference with an 8-3 record. They had a solid win over Penn State 4-0 but lost to Ohio State 3-4 in a very close match at home.
#30 Wisconsin finished 7-4 in the Big Ten. They defeated Indiana 7-0 but lost to Purdue 3-4 at home.
#21 Northwestern also finished at 7-4 in the conference. They lost to Ohio State 1-6 but won an important match against Penn State 6-0 at home. They also played Chicago State at home.
Purdue finished 6-5 in conference with two important and close wins. They defeated Minnesota in a tight match 4-3 on the road. That match came down to #6 singles. Athell Bennett (PU) defeated Justyn Levin (MN) 6-1 in the third set of the deciding match. In another close match, PU defeated Wisconsin 4-3 on the road. That one was decided at #3 singles: Ben Ugarte defeated Chema Carranza 6-4 in a third set.
Penn State finished at 5-6 in the Big Ten. They lost to Illinois 0-4 and then Northwestern 0-6 on the road.
#33 Minnesota also finished 5-6 in conference. They lost to Purdue in a tight one 3-4, but defeated Indiana 4-3 at home in another close match. That match was decided at #1 singles: Felix Corwin defeated Raheel Manji 6-3 in the third set of the deciding match.
#49 Indiana finished 3-8 in the Big Ten. They lost to Wisconsin 0-7 and Minnesota in a close one 3-4 on the road.
Iowa wound up 2-9 in the conference. They lost to Michigan 2-5 but won over Michigan State 4-0 at home. They also played North Dakota at home.
Nebraska finished 1-10 in conference. They got their first win over Michigan State 4-3 in a close home match but lost to Michigan 0-7 at home. The match against MSU was decided at #1 singles, in which Dylan Bednarczyk defeated Brett Forman 6-2 in a third set.
Michigan State finished 0-11 in the Big Ten. They lost a close one to Nebraska 3-4 and Iowa 0-4 on the road.
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At the top on the national scene, #8 UCLA had a solid, convincing home win over rival #6 Southern Cal 4-1 to win the Pac 12 and claim a significant win over a top-10 team. #5 Oklahoma State lost to rival #17 Oklahoma 0-4. #4 Baylor had two losses to highly ranked teams, 1-4 to #9 TCU and 3-4 to #45 Texas Tech.
Not much movement in the latest ITA singles rankings (4/18):
#1 Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State
#5 Aleks Vukic, Illinois
#8 Hugo Di Feo, Ohio State
#32 Aron Hiltzik, Illinois
#39 Strong Kirchheimer, Northwestern
#65 Konrad Zieba, Northwestern
#68 Matic Spec, Minnesota
#75 JJ Wolf, Ohio State
#81 Jathan Malik, Michigan
#97 Gergely Madarasz, Purdue
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