by Bobby Knight | May 30, 2016 | Blog
In a stunning development it was announced this evening that John Roddick is stepping down as head coach at University Oklahoma to take over as Director of Tennis and head men’s coach at the University of Central Florida. Roddick just finished up his seventh year in Norman after guiding OU to its third consecutive national runner-up finish. Prior to Roddick’s arrival in Norman, OU had never made it past the NCAA Round of 16 so the job he did in those seven years was nothing short of phenomenal. If Roddick had stayed at OU for an eighth season he would have had to replace his top two players with Axel Alvarez graduating and Andrew Harris turning...
by Bobby Knight | May 29, 2016 | Blog
Women’s Semifinals (Noon CT) – Live Scoring/Video#1 [1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina) vs. #8 [8] Sinead Lohan (Miami (FL)#2 [2] Danielle Collins (Virginia) vs. #6 [7] Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine)Men’s Semifinals (2 p.m. CT) – Live Scoring/Video#1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) vs. #5 [5] Cameron Norrie (TCU) #6 [6] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) vs. #14 [9-16] Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech)Women’s Doubles Semifinals (4 p.m. CT) – Live Scoring/Video#2 [1] Hayley Carter-Whitney Kay (North Carolina) vs. #4 [4] Maegan Manasse-Denise Starr (California)#3 [3] Brooke Austin-Kourtney Keegan (Florida)...
by Bobby Knight | May 29, 2016 | Blog
ALL TIMES IN EASTERN SEASON CANCELED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS **** Pulling daily schedule from College Tennis Ranks which pulls from ITA – unfortunately not all schools have their schedules inputted into the ITA’s system so that’s why some don’t show up in the daily schedule {loadposition ads}
by Bobby Knight | May 28, 2016 | Blog
Ohio State sophomore, and ITA No. 1, Mikael Torpegaard became the first Buckeye since Blaz Rola in 2013 to advance to the NCAA semifinals. Torpegaard booked his spot with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Wake Forest freshman Petros Chrysochos. Post-Match Comments from Torp:On what it’s like to move on to the semifinals as the No. 1 seed…”It’s a relief. Playing with a target on my back its nice to come out to this match really feeling that I am playing the game I want to. I am taking the initiative in the points, and playing the points in my premises and that’s a great feeling to leave the court with today. On what he takes most from...
by Bobby Knight | May 27, 2016 | Blog
Mikael Torpegaard, Skander Mansouri, Mackenzie McDonald, and Dominik Koepfer were the guys still playing in both the singles and doubles draw coming into today while Hayley Carter, Danielle Collins, Breunna Addison, Luisa Stefani, and Maegan Manasse were the girls still in both.Mackenzie McDonald was the only guy to advance to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles while Hayley Carter was the only girl to do it.According to TRN’s projections Mackenzie McDonald has the highest probability (30%) of winning on the men’s side followed by Mikael Torpegaard (18%) and Aleks Vukic (13%). Danielle Collins has the highest probability (30%) of winning...
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