Ohio State Buckeyes top Youngstown State in first round of NCAA men's tennis tournament

Staff reports

Ohio State tennis coach Ty Tucker watches his team during a match at Michigan State University.

The fourth-seeded Ohio State men’s tennis team defeated Youngstown State 4-0 in the first round of the NCAA Championships on Friday.

The Buckeyes (25-3) will face Columbia at 4 p.m. Saturday. Columbia beat Notre Dame 4-2 on Friday.

For OSU, the teams of Andrew Lutschaunig/Justin Boulais and Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy sealed the doubles point before Kingsley, Tracy, Matej Vocel and James Trotter won in singles.