by Bobby Knight | Jul 23, 2016 | Blog
There was plenty of action today on the pro circuit but before I get into those results I wanted to give everyone an update on Luke Siegel who is the 10-year old son of former Texas Tech men’s coach Tim Siegel. I’m sure many know the story but for those that don’t Luke was involved in a golf cart accident almost a year ago (July 28, 2015) which caused serious head and chest trauma and left Luke with an anoxic brain injury. The Siegels were told that Luke would never regain the use of his limbs, eyes, or voice but he has managed to make progress over the last several months. KAMC TV in Lubbock did a story on Luke and the community support...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog
North Carolina junior Brayden Schnur announced today that he would be foregoing his final year of eligibility and turning pro effective immediately. Schnur compiled a 49-25 overall singles record, 38-22 in dual-match play, with all but three dual-matches coming at the top spot in the singles lineup. Schnur battled injuries in each of the last two seasons but when he was healthy he was a very tough out. Brayden’s top individual accomplishments came during the fall of 2014 (only fall he played) when he went 11-0 and won the prestigious USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Brayden will make his pro debut on Saturday afternoon against...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog
Ole Miss released it’s schedule for the 2016-17 season and the dual-match portion begins with a trip to Hawaii. Ole Miss will play SMU during the ITA Kickoff Weekend and then depending on the outcome of that match they’d meet Texas A&M or Baylor. The Rebels only other substantial non-conference opponent will be North Carolina with the Rebs going to Chapel Hill the week of the National Team Indoors. The Toby Hansson coached team will have to replace Stefan Lindmark who played at No. 1 most of the season as well as Vinod Gowda who started in two SEC matches.
by Bobby Knight | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
The weather in Greater St. Louis has been extremely hot and humid this week but that hasn’t slowed down 2013 Rice graduate Jonathan Chang as he has blazed his way into the quarterfinals at the $25K Godfrey, Illinois, USA F24 Futures. Chang came into this week’s Futures event having won just one main draw match but he’s managed to come through qualies and knock off a pair off a pair of guys that spent most of last year in the ITA top 10. Chang defeated Georgia Tech’s Chris Eubanks 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round then today he came back from a 5-2 third set deficit to beat recent Tulane graduate Dominik Koepfer 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5 in a match...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
Seton Hall Athletic Director Patrick Lyons announced that former UCLA All-American Riza Zalameda has been named as the Pirates new women’s head coach. Zalemeda, who graduated from UCLA in 2008, has spent the last four years as an assistant coach at Columbia. Zalameda replaces Greg Wyzykowski who resigned after going 64-111 (.366) over the last nine seasons at the South Orange, New Jersey, school.Excited to welcome Riza Zalameda to the family as our new @SHU_Tennis head coach! https://t.co/hOeqCqWJ5k #HALLin pic.twitter.com/QalIqyuVNR Seton Hall Athletics (@SHUAthletics) July 20, 2016Nebraska-Omaha Athletics Director Trev Alberts announced that recent...
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