Ohio State’s James Trotter and Andrew Lutschaunig won the NCAA men’s doubles championship Saturday afternoon with a straight-set victory. © Ohio State Athletics Ohio State men’s tennis player James Trotter competes for the Buckeyes. Trotter and Lutschaunig defeated Texas’ Cleeve Harper and Eliot Spizzirri 6-4, 6-4 to become the second Buckeyes doubles team to win an NCAA title. Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola won the championship in 2012. Since then, three Buckeyes teams have lost in the final. Trotter, a fifth-year senior from Japan, ends his Ohio State career as a national champion. Lutschaunig is a senior but has one year of eligibility remaining. More: Rob Oller’s Second Thoughts: Ohio State football hiring Joe Philbin makes sense Both teams held serve for the first eight games of the match before Ohio State got a break to lead 5-4. Lutschaunig then served out the first set easily. Each team broke serve…
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