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COLUMBUS, Ohio - No. 71 Wichita State fell in its opening match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend to the ninth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday morning, 4-0, at the Varsity Tennis Center.

The Shockers (3-1) will wrap up the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Sunday vs. the loser of No. 51 South Carolina and No. 52 Denver at 9 a.m. CT. Ohio State (4-0) will face the winner of South Carolina and Denver for a berth in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in Charlottesville, Va.

Wichita State's 34th-ranked doubles team of Miroslav Herzan and Haru Inoue recorded the lone win for the Shockers at No. 2 doubles over No. 24 Mikael Torpegaard and Herkko Pollanen, 6-2. Herzan and Inoue are now 12-2 on the season in doubles and have recorded three top-30 wins this season.

Ohio State claimed the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles and then secured the match win with singles victories at Nos. 1, 2 and 6.

#9 Ohio State 4, #71 Wichita State 0

Singles competition
1. #7 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) def. Tin Ostojic (WSU) 6-4, 6-0
2. #10 Hugo Di Feo (OSU) def. Miroslav Herzan (WSU) 6-4, 6-1
3. #19 Chris Diaz (OSU) vs. Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) 6-2, 4-1, unfinished
4. #25 Herkko Pollanen (OSU) vs. Sergio de Vilchez (WSU) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
5. Ralf Steinbach (OSU) vs. Haru Inoue (WSU) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
6. Martin Joyce (OSU) def. Edward Stoica (WSU) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #22 Ralf Steinbach/Martin Joyce (OSU) def. Tin Ostojic/Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) 6-4
2. Miroslav Herzan/Haru Inoue (WSU) def. #24 Mikael Torpegaard/Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 6-2
3. Chris Diaz/Hugo Di Feo (OSU) def. Sergio de Vilchez/Austin Williams (WSU) 6-3

Match Notes:
Wichita State 3-1; National ranking #71
Ohio State 4-0; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,2,6)
Official: Marcus Lee
Time -1:36
Attendance - 161