by Bobby Knight | May 26, 2016 | Blog
Men’s seeds faired well on Day 2 by going 10-2 with Stanford’s Tom Fawcett and Florida State’s Benjamin Lock the two seeded losers.Women’s seeds took care of business too by going 9-3 with Georgia’s Ellen Perez, Cal’s Klara Fabikova, and Michigan’s Ronit Yurovsky bowing out.Men’s Singles Second Round#1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) def. #29 William Bushamuka (Kentucky) 7-6, 6-3#39 Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss) def. #15 [9-16] Tom Fawcett (Stanford) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4#16 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) def. #52 Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-2#27 Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) def. #53 Alfredo Perez...
by Bobby Knight | May 26, 2016 | Blog
Tuesday was a pretty good day for the top 16 seeds with 12 of 16 on the men’s side advancing to the second round while 14 of 16 on the women’s side pulled through.The biggest men’s upset was Georgia Tech’s Chris Eubanks, the No. 7 seed, going down to Texas A&M’s Shane Vinsant 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.The biggest women’s upset was Florida’s Brooke Austin, the No. 4 seed, getting beat by Rice’s Katherine Ip who had an ITA ranking of No. 104.Singles will continue today with second round action while doubles gets started today with first round matches.USF’s Roberto CidThe fine folks at The Tennis Recruiting Network...
by Bobby Knight | May 25, 2016 | Blog
The Virginia dynasty picked up another passenger today as the Cavaliers repeated as the NCAA Men’s Tennis National Champions with a 4-1 win over No. 10 Oklahoma.The match was originally supposed to start at 6 p.m. central time but due to lightning in the area the start time was pushed back to 7 p.m. The plan was to play the match outdoors, since this is an outdoors event, but around 6:30 p.m. the skies opened up and it started pouring so without too much hesitation they decided to officially move the match indoors.From a spectators standpoint playing indoors was definitely not an ideal situation. They had metal bleachers set up so if you were able to get...
by Bobby Knight | May 25, 2016 | Blog
Stanford junior Taylor Davidson clinched national title No. 18 for the Cardinal with a dramatic win over Vladica Babic in the deciding match at No. 2 singles. There was a huge orange-clad crowd of over 1600 on hand cheering every point but it wasn’t enough to push Oklahoma State over the top.The Clincher (Photo By Bill Kallenberg – CapturedInAction.com)Oklahoma State actually played from ahead most of the match and it all started with the Cowgirls claiming the doubles point for the 32nd time in 33 matches. Oklahoma State’s Katarina Adamovic and Vladica Babic rolled to a 6-1 win at No. 3 while Maria Alvarez and Kelsey Laurente clinched the...
by Bobby Knight | May 24, 2016 | Blog
[1] Virginia Cavaliers (29-4) vs. [11] Oklahoma Sooners (20-10) – Tuesday 6pm CT – Well here we are again with the same matchup as last year though for most of the regular season it didn’t look like it would end up that way. Virginia had some ups and downs and had its ACC regular season and postseason winning streaks get snapped while Oklahoma lost 10, yes 10, matches and went out in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Both teams have hit their peak this week with the return of a pair of starters that missed most of the year with regular season injuries. Andrew Harris (knee/groin) is anchoring the OU lineup which has...
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