by Bobby Knight | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
The John Roddick era is officially underway at Central Florida and it’s off to a great start after the Knights upset No. 23 Texas Tech 4-3. The Red Raiders started off the day at the brand new Home of the USTA by blanking New Mexico 4-0 and then in the second half of the doubleheader against UCF they got off to a good start after capturing the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3. UCF rebounded in singles by taking four first sets with three of them coming in tiebreaks. Texas Tech’s Bjorn Thomson made it 2-0 with a quick win at No. 4 but Central Florida evened it up at 2-2 when Chris Barrus and Alabama transfer Danny Kerznerman won in...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
Dominik Mueller made his head coaching debut on Friday afternoon in Raleigh and it was a successful one as Old Dominion defeated NC State 6-1. The Monarchs won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 then they won a slew of three-set singles matches with all but one going the distance. The dual was played indoors at NC State’s 4-court facility with matches at 1, 2, 3, and 4 singles going on first. ODU’s Jacob Nicolussi won the only straight set match at No. 3 to make it 2-0 and then Adam Moundir rallied from a set down at No. 1 to win in three to make it 3-0. NC State picked up its lone point when Igor Saveljic came back from a set down...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 13, 2017 | Blog
It didn’t take long to have our first dual-match that was decided by the final court but that’s what happened on Thursday night in Tulsa inside The Case. Tulsa, which hosted last year’s NCAA Championships, jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the defending Missouri Valley Conference Champs Wichita State after rallying to take the doubles point and picking up straight set wins from Majed Kilani and Daniel Santos at No. 2 and No. 6. During the doubles point the Shockers got a quick win at No. 1 and led 4-0 at No. 3 but the Golden Hurricane rallied with six straight points to take it 6-4. The doubles decider came at No. 2 with Tulsa’s Kilani and...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog
It looks like the 13-time NCAA Division II Championship tennis teams at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia, are on borrowed time after news of yesterday’s merger with nearby Georgia Southern University. The merger, which is expected to take 18 months to complete, will combined the two schools with the Georgia Southern name being retained while the Armstrong State name and history will most likely fall by the wayside. This article from WTOC.com in Savannah says current athletic scholarships will be honored however the ability for many of those student-athletes to compete will probably have to come somewhere else. This current season...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog
Duke finished it’s stay at the Rainbow Warrior Classic by taking four of six doubles matches over LSU plus the Blue Devils came out on top in four of seven singles matches with two of the losses due to retirement. Ole Miss and Hawaii played an actual dual match with the Rebels posting a 7-0 shutout. Ole Miss won five of six singles matches in straight sets and swept all three doubles courts.USC freshmen Brandon Holt and Riley Smith each earned their first career ATP points with first round wins at the Long Beach USA F2 Futures. Holt defeated Luke Bambridge (ATP 615) 6-1, 6-4 in a match where Holt won 77% of the points on his first serve while...
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