IU downed by No. 2 Ohio State 6-1 on the road

The IU men’s tennis team (8-4) could not come up with the doubles point and lost 6-1 to the Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. \nThe Hoosiers did get a win at No. 1 doubles as senior David Bubenicek and junior Dara McLoughlin defeated the nation’s No. 60 team of Drew Eberly and Justin Kronauge, 8-7. The Bubenicek-McLoughlin tandem is now 9-1 on the year and 4-0 this spring.\n“It was a good win for us at number one doubles,” IU coach Ken Hydinger said. “They played a full game and played it well. They kept their composure and beat them in the end really good.”\nIn singles action, each of Ohio State’s five ranked players were victorious in straight sets. IU sophomore Mak Kendall prevented the singles sweep by winning at No. 6 singles. \nFor the second consecutive match, and Kendall took the first set but lost the second, but this time he held on, defeating Ty Schaub 6-3, 1-6, 10-8 to improve to 5-1 on the season. \n“We hung in there in some of our positions in singles, but they could hang in the point longer than we could,” Hydinger said. “We would have liked to have Thomas (Richter) at number three against them; that would have been a good matchup. We’ll get home and keep working on getting stronger as the season goes on.”