#2 singles – Frank has won 8 of his last 9 completed matches though both of his matches last weekend went unfinished with him tied 1-1 in the 3rd against Minnesota’s #60 Matic Spec and ahead of St. John’s Erick Reyes 6-2, 4-2. Ignat has won 7 of his last 8 and last weekend he beat Georgia Tech’s Carlos Benito 6-2 in the 3rd and then had his match with Ole Miss’s #86 Stefan Lindmark go unfinished with the match on serve early in the 3rd. This is a match Frank should win but with his back possibly still not 100% you never know. Prediction: DNF with Frank (UVA) leading.

#3 singles – Altamirano has split his last 4 completed matches with 3 others going unfinished but he did finish off Minnesota’s Felix Corwin 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.  Narayana has won his last 6 and 9 of his last 10 and won both matches last weekend over Georgia Tech’s Nathan Rakitt 6-1, 7-6 and Ole Miss’s Gustav Hansson 6-3, 7-6. Altamirano has cooled off a bit since his great start and I think Narayana has a good shot in this one though it’ll likely go unfinsihed. Prediction: DNF with Narayana (CU) leading.

#4 singles – Kwiatkowski has won 9 in a row and 13 of 14 and last weekend he beat St. John’s Elio Livi 6-0, 6-0 and then his match with Minnesota’s Ruben Weber went unfinished with TSK leading 7-5, 4-3. Vermeer has won his last 7 and he’s coming off a 6-1, 6-4 win over Georgia Tech’s Michael Kay and his match with Ole Miss’s William Kallberg went unfinished with Vermeer up a break in the 3rd. Kwiatkowski is took good to lose this one. Prediction: Kwiatkowski (UVA) in 2

#5 singles – Ritschard has won his last 5 with 2 others in between going unfinished including his match against Minnesota’s Jack Hamburg though Alex led 6-4, 6-5.  Hadavi has won his last 6 and last weekend he beat Ole Miss’s Ricardo Jorge 7-6, 6-2 and his match with Georgia Tech’s Cole Fiegel went unfinished though Hadavi was up a break in the 3rd. We’ll probably see a close first set (7-5 or 7-6) and then Ritschard will go up an early break in the 2nd. Prediction: DNF with Ritschard (UVA) leading

#6 singles – Aragone has won 15 in a row including a pair last weekend over Minnesota’s Mathieu Froment 6-1, 7-6 and St. John’s Federico Ruiz 6-1, 6-1. Vancura has won 4 in a row and 6 of his last 7 and last weekend he beat Ole Miss’s Vinod Gowda 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and his match with Georgia Tech’s Eduardo Segura went unfinished with Vancura up 6-4, 3-4. I think this will be the most lopsided of the bunch as Aragone should cruise.   Prediction: Aragone (UVA) in 2

I like Virginia in doubles and Shane, Kwiatkowski, and Aragone in singles. If Columbia were to pull the stunner of all stunners they’d have to take the doubles point and get wins from Lin, Narayana, and Hadavi but I can’t see that happening. I think Columbia will keep this one close on a few courts but I just don’t see any points coming their way. Prediction: Virginia 4-0

[6] Texas A&M (23-4) vs. [11] Ohio State (27-8) – Thursday 5pm – Texas A&M is coming off a 4-0 shutout over Eastern Kentucky and a 4-2 nail-biter over Oklahoma State while Ohio State blanked both Buffalo and Vanderbilt although the Vandy match was tightening up at the time of the clinch. This will be the 2nd meeting this year between these two and the 5th meeting in the last 27 months. Texas A&M won the regular season meeting in College Station 4-3 in a match that came down to a 3rd set between Arthur Rinderknech and Kevin Metka at #5 singles. Both teams lineups look vastly different for this meeting and it should be noted that Ohio State’s current #3 Herkko Pollanen didn’t play in the first meeting nor did Texas A&M’s current #6 Jordi Arconada.  

Doubles Records: Texas A&M 22-5, Ohio State 28-7
UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Texas A&M 85, Ohio State 84

Projected Singles Lineups with UTRs in ( ):
1. #47 Jeremy Efferding (TAMU 14.38) vs. #50 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU 13.94)

1. Efferding 11-3 (3-3) vs. Torpegaard 15-9 (4-8)
2. Vinsant 7-3 (5-2) vs. Diaz 17-7 (2-7)
3. Rinderknech 13-4 (1-3) vs. Pollanen 13-7 (1-4)
4. Adams 5-9 (1-6) vs. Callahan 20-6 (1-5)
5. Catanzariti 20-4 (1-0) vs. Metka 19-6 (0-2)
6. Arconada 10-3 vs. Steinbach 21-6 (0-4)

#1 singles – 9 of Efferding’s last 11 matches have gone unfinished including his match on Saturday against Oklahoma State’s #32 Jakob Sude which got stopped with Efferding leading 6-5 in the 3rd (Efferding trailed 5-3). Torpegaard has won 5 of his last 6 completed matches with 4 others going unfinished including his match on Saturday against Vanderbilt’s #10 Gonzales Austin in which Torpegaard trailed 7-6, 5-4. Prediction: Efferding (aTm) in 3

#2 singles – Vinsant is coming off a 7-6, 6-1 win over Oklahoma State’s #115 Lucas Gerch which snapped a streak of 3 unfinished matches in a row and actually 5 of his last 7 matches have gone unfinished. Diaz went 2-0 last weekend with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Vanderbilt’s Rhys Johnson and a 6-2, 6-1 win over Buffalo’s Pablo Alvarez. Diaz is 11-0 in his last 16 matches with the other 5 going unfinished though he was a set down in all 5 of the unfinished matches. Vinsant won the regular season meeting 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 but I think he gets this one done in straights. Prediction: Vinsant (aTm) in 2

#3 singles – Rinderknech has won 2 of his last 3 but is coming off a 7-6, 6-1 loss to Oklahoma State’s #122 Arjun Kadhe while Pollanen’s last 5 matches have gone unfinished including his match from Saturday against Vanderbilt’s #88 Danny Valent in which Pollanen trailed 6-3, 5-3. Pollanen did win the previous 4 before that. I’d be surprised if Rinderknech didn’t win this in straight sets. Prediction: Rinderknech (aTm) in 2.

#4 singles – Adams is coming off a weekend where he went 2-0 which included a 6-1, 6-1 shellacking of Oklahoma State’s Tristan Meraut and Adams has now gone 5-1 since April 1st with 4 other matches going unfinished. Callahan has won 3 of his last 4 completed matches though both matches last weekend went unfinished including his match with Vanderbilt’s Kris Yee which was heading to a 3rd set when the Buckeyes clinched. It’s taken a few months but Adams is finally playing like the guy who started 24 matches last year at #1 singles. Prediction: Adams (aTm) in 3

#5 singles – Catanzariti has won 4 straight and 16 of his last 17 including a 6-3, 6-4 win on Saturday over Oklahoma State’s Lukas Finzelberg. Metka has won 3 of his last 4 including a 6-2, 7-6 win on Saturday over Vanderbilt’s Baker Newman. Catanzariti has been the better player this year but I think the serve and volley of Metka will be a little too much for Catanzariti to handle. Prediction: Metka (OSU) in 2

#6 singles – Arconada has won 8 of his last 9 completed matches including the match clincher on Saturday against Oklahoma State’s Nicolai Ferrigno which finished 7-6 in the 3rd. Steinbach has won his last 6 completed matches with 4 other unfinished matches sprinkled in between. Steinbach rolled over Vanderbilt’s Jeff Offerdahl on Saturday 6-1, 6-3 and while I don’t think he’ll roll over Arconada I think he’ll get the W. Prediction: Steinbach (OSU) in 2

I like Ohio State in doubles especially after Texas A&M struggled against Oklahoma State and I see the Buckeyes picking up wins at 5 and 6 but I think Texas A&M gets it done at 1 through 4 to pull out a tight win. Prediction: Texas A&M 4-3