Here are expected line-ups for Deacs vs. Buckeyes with early predictions for tonight's matches:
Doubles:
#1 - #21 Gojo/Skander vs. Joyce/Wolf - see a fairly easy W as OSU's #1 has lost their last 2 matches. Granted against the #1 and #29 teams, but this OSU team is not ranked and Gojo/Skander are playing great and clearly a top team coming off an easy W against the #3 doubles team in the country. See a Deacs W of 6-2.
#2 - #35 Petros/Bar vs. #61 Torpegaard/McNally - OSU's duo lost to MSUs #38 ranked doubles team 6-3, but bounced back against UCLA's #16 team with a tiebreaker W. This one will be tight, but think Deacs pull off 7-5 if they finish as suspect #1 and #3 will end before this match is completed.
#3 - #46 Seraphim/Dempster vs. Mendez/Tubert - OSU's duo has won their last 2, but they have not seen a #3 doubles team like the Deacs are going to throw at them with a top ranking and on a roll. 6-3 Deacs
Singles:
#1 - #7Gojo vs. #6Torpegaard - Originally thought Gojo would win this one, but the Torp is coming off 3 set wins against the #1 and #2 ranked singles in back to back days. Gojo rolled over a #5 player 2 & 1, so really think this is a toss up and home crowd could be huge in this win. Unfortunately hard to bet against a player with 2 top Ws, so going OSU in 3 sets.
#2 - #4 Petros vs. #41 Wolf - Wolf has split the last couple of days with a loss vs. #23 of MSU but bounced back with W over #81 from UCLA. Petros beat Wolf in the fall in 3 sets, but Petros is on fire now and think he wins easily in 2 sets 2 &2.
#3 - #38 Skander vs. #92 McNally - McNally is coming a W over the #84 player and appeared to be on way to W yesterday vs. # 56. Another tough match, but think Skander bounces back from loss to #48 and wins in 3 sets although wouldn't be surprised if Skander takes in only 2.
#4 - Bar vs. #96 Seelig - Seelig is coming off 2 Ws including over #103 in 3 sets, so this is a tough match for Deacs and hard match to bounce back from. OSU in 2 sets.
#5 - Nav/Alan vs. #112 Joyce - tough match @ #5 with another ranked OSU player. Think OSU takes another one here in 2 sets to even the matches to 3 points a piece.
#6 - Seraphim vs. Hunter Tubert - Hunter is coming off 2 straight losses and think Christian is playing with tremendous confidence and wins easily in 2 sets.
So Deacs take the Natty with a 4-3 win.