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NCAA 1st Round Previews: Virginia Tech & Baylor Regionals

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Virginia Tech Regional
Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center – Blacksburg, VA

[15] Virginia Tech (19-4) vs. [49-64] East Tennessee State (17-7) – Friday 2pm – #15 Virginia Tech got an at-large bid after getting upset 4-3 in the ACC quarterfinals by #42 Georgia Tech while ETSU punched its ticket for the 9th year in a row after shutting out Furman in the Southern Conference Championship. ETSU went 2-6 against ranked opponents with the wins over #56 Texas A&M Corpus Christi and #73 UNC Wilmington. ETSU finished the season by winning 13 in a row and 16 of its last 17 with the Bucs only yielding 11 points in the 16 wins. 

Doubles Records: Virginia Tech 13-10, ETSU 17-7

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia Tech 83, ETSU 79

FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of May 1st.  For more details about UTR check out their website. 

The UTR Power 6 is the combined UTRs of the starting 6 (rounded to a whole #).  An individual win/loss to anyone with a UTR difference of 1.0 or greater would be considered an upset.   


Projected Singles Lineups

1. #68 Amerigo Contini (VT 14.20) vs. David Biosca (ETSU 13.59) 
2. #43 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT 13.99) vs. Rogerio Ribeiro (ETSU 13.44)
3. #109 Joao Monteiro (VT 13.80) vs. Diego Nunez (ETSU 12.44) 
4. #105 Hunter Koontz (VT 13.89) vs. Conner Huertas (ETSU 12.84) 
5. Edoardo Tessaro (VT 13.44) vs. Sebastian Yllera (ETSU 12.89)
6. Jai Corbett (VT 13.03) vs. Robert Herrera (ETSU 13.61)  
Others who could play: Florian Nicoud (VT 13.32), Ismael Merino (ETSU 12.88)

#1 singles – Biosca won his final 10 and 12 of 13 with the only loss coming to #30 Austin Smith and that loss was 7-6 in the 3rd while Contini split his final 6. Prediction: DNF with Biosca (ETSU) leading.

#2 singles – Ribeiro won his final 9 and 12 of his last 13 with the only loss coming to #24 Wayne Montgomery while Bjerrehus split his final 6  Bjerrehus’s best two wins this year came against #13 Nicolas Alvarez and #28 Ronnie Schneider.  Prediction: Bjerrehus (VT) in 3

#3 singles – Nunez won 4 of his last 5 after missing most of the season with an injury while Monteiro won his final 5 including a win of Diego Nunez’s brother Marco who plays #3 for Florida State. Prediction: Monteiro (VT) in 2

#4 singles – Huertas won his last 4 after dropping the previous 5 of 7 while Koontz won his final 6 and went 18-2 on the year. Prediction: Koontz (VT) in 2
#5 singles – Yllera won his last 6 while Tessaro won his last 5 and went 18-3 on the year. Prediction: Tessaro (VT) in 2

#6 singles – Herrera won his last 3 while Corbett split his last 6. Prediction: DNF with Corbett (VT) leading.

I’m going to take ETSU in doubles and I think Biosca will be close at #1 but I like Virginia Tech everywhere else though the Bucs will keep this one close. Prediction: Virginia Tech 4-1 



[17-32] South Florida (19-6) vs. [33-48] Boise State (15-15) – Friday 11am – #18 South Florida got the automatic bid by winning the AAC over #30 Tulsa while #63 Boise State made an unbelievable run through the Mountain West tournament by beating #66 Fresno State, #38 New Mexico, and Nevada. Boise State finished the season on a 5-match winning streak and won 8 of its final 9. South Florida won the regular season meeting 4-0 (box score below) though only 1 of the singles match-ups will be a repeat. 

Regular Season Meeting:

#24 South Florida 4, #57 Boise State 0

Feb. 20, 2015 – Blue Gray National Tennis Classic – Montgomery, Ala. (Lagoon Park Tennis Center)
Doubles Results 
1. Mitchell/Patton (BSU) Vs. Oliver Pramming/Roberts (USF) 6-5 DNF
2. Gozun/Kalyzhnyy (USF) def. Hewko/Tenreiro (BSU) 6-1
3. Gonzalez/Cid (USF) def. Foley/Moyer (BSU) 7-5
Order of finish: 2,3
Singles Results
1. Roberto Cid (USF) Vs. Thomas Tenreiro (BSU) 6-2, 4-1 DNF
2. Sasha Gozun (USF) Vs. Garrett Patton 6-7 (7), 2-1 DNF
3. Ignacio Gonzalez (USF) def. Toby Mitchell (BSU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Justin Roberts (USF) Vs. Brian Foley (BSU) 6-3, 4-0 DNF
5. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Abe Hewko (BSU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Everth Dzib (USF) def. Danny Moyer (BSU) 6-4, 6-1
Order of finish: 3,5,6

Doubles Records: South Florida 20-5, Boise State 17-13

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: South Florida 82, Boise State 78

Projected Singles Lineups
1. #21 Roberto Cid (USF 14.37) vs. Garrett Patton (BSU 13.35) 
2. #124 Sasha Gozun (USF 13.61) vs. Thomas Tenreiro (BSU 13.00)
3. Oliver Pramming (USF 13.69) vs. Toby Mitchell (BSU 12.60)
4. Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz (USF 13.40) vs. Brian Foley (BSU 12.67) 
5. Justin Roberts (USF 13.21) vs. Lewis Roskilly (BSU 12.41) 
6. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF 13.29) vs. Abe Hewko (BSU 12.26)

South Florida won the doubles point 80% of the time this year and I think they get it here to take the early 1-0 lead. There aren’t too many singles courts where I’d give Boise much of a chance because Cid, Pramming, Gonzalez-Muniz, Roberts, and Kalyuzhnyy should all win for USF. Prediction: South Florida 4-0

Baylor Regional
Hurd Tennis Center – Waco, TX


[2] Baylor (21-5) vs. [49-64] Bryant (8-11) – Friday 7pm – Bryant earned an automatic bid by beating Fairleigh Dickinson 4-3 in the NEC Championship while #2 Baylor got an at-large after losing 4-3 to #1 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship. Bryant went 0-3 against ranked opponents losing to #34 Harvard, #37 NC State, and #44 Dartmouth.

Doubles Records: Baylor 23-2, Bryant 9-9

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Baylor 85, Bryant 71


Projected Singles Lineups

1. #2 Julian Lenz (BU 15.01) vs. Matt Kuhar (BRY 13.17)
2. #35 Tony Lupieri (BU 14.10) vs. Zachary Morris (BRY 12.06)
3. #58 Max Tchoutakian (BU 14.38) vs. Luke Lorenz (BRY 11.66)
4. Diego Galeano (BU 13.79) vs. Oliver Welsh (BRY 11.58)
5. #116 Mate Zsiga (BU 14.01) vs. Max Vogt (BRY 11.06)

6. Felipe Rios (BU 14.07) vs. Jorge Ortiz-Garcia (BRY 10.56)
Others who could play: Vince Schneider (BU 13.51)

Baylor wins easily by taking the doubles point and then picking up singles wins from Tchoutakian, Zsiga, and Rios. Prediction: Baylor 4-0

[17-32] LSU (17-8) vs. [33-48] Texas-San Antonio (17-8) – Friday 4pm – #29 LSU got an at-large bid after losing 4-0 to #5 Texas A&M in the SEC quarterfinals while #59 UTSA earned an automatic bid by beating #62 Rice 4-2 in the Conference USA Championship. UTSA faced 12 ranked teams going 4-8 with its best win over #61 Old Dominion. UTSA took #5 Texas A&M down to the wire before losing 4-3 in a match that saw the doubles point decided by a tiebreak at #2 and with the final singles match finishing 6-3 in the 3rd. LSU went 8-8 against ranked teams with its best win over #24 Vanderbilt.  

Doubles Records: LSU 18-8, UTSA 18-6

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: LSU 81, UTSA 77

Projected Singles Lineups

1. #76 Jordan Daigle (LSU 13.30) vs. #70 Tomas Stillman (UTSA 13.93)
2. Chris Simpson (LSU 13.85) vs. Yannick Junger (UTSA 12.98)
3. Boris Arias (LSU 13.63) vs. Tito Moreiras (UTSA 13.23)
4. Andrew Korinek (LSU 13.13) vs. Joel Rubio (UTSA 12.54)
5. Justin Butsch (LSU 13.59) vs. Joao Riquelme (UTSA 12.10)
6. Simon Freund (LSU 12.86) vs. Diogo Casa (UTSA 12.20)

Others who could play: Tam Trinh (LSU 13.02)

Tam Trinh is listed at #4 in the lineup but he’s only played twice in the last month (injury?) so I think they probably move 5, 6, and 7 up a spot.

#1 singles – Tomas Stillman went 20-3 on the year with wins over #47 Jeremy Efferding and #99 Peter Nagy while Jordan Daigle went 9-4 with 5 of his last 6 matches going unfinished. Daigle’s best win came over #12 Dominik Koepfer earlier in the year. Prediction: Stillman (UTSA) in 2

#2 singles – Simpson went 14-6 though he dropped 3 of his last 4 while Junger went 9-13 losing his last 4 along the way. Prediction: Simpson (LSU) in 2.

#3 singles – Arias went 15-3 and won 8 of his last 10 while Moreiras went 17-5 winning 3 of his last 4. Prediction: Arias (LSU) in 3

#4 singles – Korinek went 7-9 dropping his last 3 while Rubio went 7-14 losing 5 of his last 6. Prediction: Korinek (LSU) in 2

#5 singles – Butsch went 17-6 splitting his last 6 while Riquelme went 10-8 winning his last 3. Prediction: Butsch (LSU) in 2

#6 singles – Freund went 9-4 dropping 3 of his last 5 while Casa went 10-5 winning his last 9. Prediction: Casa (UTSA) in 3

LSU dropped the doubles point in 5 of its last 6 matches while UTSA won it in its final 4 matches. I think UTSA has a decent shot at stealing the point to grab the early lead. I like Stillman and Casa in singles for the Roadrunners but LSU picks up wins from Simpson, Arias, Korinek, and Butsch to pull it out.  Prediction: LSU 4-3


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