Oct. 20, 2012

Singles Bracket | Doubles Bracket 

COLUMBUS, Ohio– Peter Kobelt and Constantin Christ, members of the Ohio State men’s tennis team, advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles bracket of the USTA/ITA Midwest Regionals at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility in East Lansing, Mich., Saturday. Kobelt also will compete in the doubles quarterfinals with teammate Kevin Metka, as well as the Buckeye duo of Connor Smith and Hunter Callahan.

In addition to quarterfinal action in both singles and doubles play, doubles semifinals matches at the Midwest Regionals will be contested at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Kobelt and Christ will face a pair of Illinois student-athletes in No. 11 seed Stephen Hoh and No. 13 Jared Hiltzik, respectively. In doubles, Kobelt and Metka will play No. 8 Farris Gosea and Tim Kopinski, also from Illinois, while Smith and Callahan will prepare for Michigan’s Barrett Franks and Vlad Stefan.

After a long day Friday, Kobelt, a redshirt junior from New Albany, Ohio, returned to action and recorded back-to-back singles wins vs. Petr Satral of Wisconsin and Illinois’ Ross Guigmon. Kobelt, the No. 2 seed, defeated Satral, 6-2, 6-2, before downing Guigmon, 6-4, 7-6. Following a tough three-set win (7-5, 4-6, 6-3) over Gosea, Christ , the 15th seed from Eppstein, Germany, relinquished only four games to Chris Jackman of Northwestern to win 6-1, 6-3.

In doubles, No. 2 Kobelt and Metka, a redshirt sophomore from Worthington, Ohio, were forced into a tiebreaker in the second round by DePaul’s Sten Leusink and Jan-Willem Feilzer, but prevailed 9-8(6). The Buckeye tandem’s next meeting was a little less stressful as they beat No. 9 seed Erik Finkenbrink and Craig Cox of Wisconsin Green Bay, 8-1.

The seventh seed, Smith, a senior from Tampa, Fla., and Callahan, a redshirt sophomore from Lower Gwynedd, Pa., opened Saturday with an 8-2 victory vs. Wisconsin Green-Bay’s Joey Leto and Gary Notkin before downing Illinois’ Hiltzik and Alex Jesse, 8-4.

Metka, Smith, Callahan and redshirt junior Wyatt Lippert were eliminated from singles competition Saturday. Metka dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision to No. 1 seed Evan King of Michigan after beating Michigan State’s Will Davis, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3.

Smith posted a second-round 6-2, 6-4 triumph vs. Quinton Monaghan of Notre Dame, but lost his third-round match to Stefan , 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Upsetting No. 3 seed Greg Andrews of Notre Dame, 6-4, 6-4, Callahan fell to Illinois’ Brian Page in the next round, 6-1, 6-4. Lippert, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, lost to Hiltzik, 6-2, 6-2, in the second round.

2012 Midwest Regional Championships
Oct. 20, 2012
Host: Michigan State
MSU Indoor Tennis Facility
East Lansing, Mich.

Singles
No. 2 Peter Kobelt def. Kyle Johnson (DePaul), 7-6(4), 6-4
No. 2 Peter Kobelt def. Petr Satral (Wisconsin), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 Peter Kobelt def. Ross Guigmon (Illinois), 6-4, 7-6
No. 2 Peter Kobelt vs. No. 11 Stephen Hoh (Illinois)

No. 15 Constantin Christ def. Axel Lagerlof (Northern Illinois), 6-1, 6-1
No. 15 Constantin Christ def. Farris Gosea (Illinois), 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
No. 15 Constantin Christ def. Chris Jackman (Northwestern), 6-1, 6-3
No. 15 Constantin Christ vs. No. 13 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois)

Kevin Metka def. Filip Dzanko (DePaul), 7-6, 6-7, 7-6
Kevin Metka def. Will Davis (Michigan State), 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
No.1 Evan King (Michigan) def. Kevin Metka, 6-1, 6-3

No. 6 Connor Smith def. Ross VanderPloeg (Western Michigan), 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Connor Smith def. Quinton Monaghan (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-4
Vlad Stefan (Michigan) def. No. 6 Connor Smith, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Hunter Callahan def. Craig Cox (Wisconsin Green Bay), 7-5, 6-1
Hunter Callahan def. No. 3 Greg Andrews (Notre Dame), 6-4, 6-4
Brian Page (Illinois) def. Hunter Callahan, 6-1, 6-4

Wyatt Lippert def. Vukasin Teofunovi (Marquette), 6-3, 6-4
No. 13 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) def. Wyatt Lippert (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
No. 2 Peter Kobelt/Kevin Metka def. David Packowitz/James Stark (Marquette), 8-5
No. 2 Peter Kobelt/Kevin Metka def. Sten Leusink/Jan-Willem Feilzer of DePaul, 9-8 (6)
No. 2 Peter Kobelt/Kevin Metka def. No. 9 Erik Finkenbrink/Craig Cox (Wisconsin Green Bay), 8-1
No. 2 Peter Kobelt/Kevin Metka vs. No. 8 Farris Gosea/Tim Kopinski (Illinois)

No. 7 Connor Smith/Hunter Callahan def. Axel Lagerlof/Simon Formont (Northern Illinois), 8-3
No. 7 Connor Smith/Hunter Callahan def. Joey Leto/Gary Notkin (Wisconsin Green Bay), 8-2
No. 7 Connor Smith/Hunter Callahan def. Jared Hiltzik/Alex Jesse (Illinois), 8-4
No. 7 Connor Smith/Hunter Callahan vs. Barrett Franks/Vlad Stefan (Michigan)