COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Wisconsin men's tennis team took on top-ranked Ohio State in Columbus on Friday night, falling 4-0. The Buckeyes controlled the match from the start, taking the doubles point and victories at No. 2, No. 3, and No. 6 to seal the win over the Badgers.  

Ohio State jumped to an early match lead, claiming the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots.

The Buckeyes continued to defend their No. 3 national team ranking by sealing the match with straight set victories at No. 2, No. 3, and No. 6 singles. At No. 1, Michael Minasyan faced his fourth top 20 ranked opponent this season in a contest against Ohio State's Aidan Kim. 

Freshman Edouard Aubert won his first set at No. 5 singles against Ohio State's Preston Stearns. Matthew Fullerton was getting into a groove at No. 4 singles before Ohio State secured the match win.

Wisconsin is now 1-4 in Big Ten play and 7-6 overall. 

Up Next: Wisconsin will stay on the road to contest No. 69 Penn State on Sunday morning. The Badgers will start doubles play at 10 a.m. CT in University Park, Pennsylvania. 

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Wisconsin 0, Ohio State 4

Doubles vs. Ohio State

#1 Aidan Kim/Will Jansen (OSU) def. Oliver Olsson/Tomas Zlatohlavek (WIS) 6-1

#2  Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin (OSU) def. Michael Minasyan/Patrik Meszaros (WIS) 6-2

#3 Matthew Fullerton/Edouard Aubert (WIS) vs. Bryce Nakashima/Alex Fuchs (OSU) 2-5 (unfinished)

Singles vs. Ohio State

#1 No. 13 Aidan Kim (OSU) vs. Michael Minasyan (WIS) 6-1, 5-3 (unfinished)

#2 No. 52 Alexander Bernard (OSU) def. Patrik Meszaros (WIS) 6-4, 6-0

#3 Will Jansen (OSU) def. Tomas Zlatohlavek (WIS) 6-2, 6-1

#4 No. 77 Jack Anthrop (OSU) vs. Matthew Fullerton (WIS) 6-0, 4-3 (unfinished)

#5 Preston Stearns (OSU) vs. Edouard Aubert (WIS) 4-6, 2-1 (unfinished)

#6 Bryce Nakashima (OSU) def. Sachiv Kumar (WIS) 6-0, 6-1

Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2); Singles (3, 6, 2)