by Bobby Knight | May 22, 2016 | Blog
The Cinderella team of this year’s NCAA Tournament kept its magic going on Saturday as the local team, Oklahoma State, stunned No. 4 Ohio State 4-2 in front of a large pro-Cowboys crowd in Tulsa. Oklahoma State won the doubles point for the for the 31st time in 32 matches by picking a 6-1 win at No. 3 and it clinched the point with a 7-5 win at No. 1. There was some controversy on match point because some fans yelled out prematurely so Ohio State was seeking to have the final point replayed. After a discussion it was determined the point would stand however a point penalty was assessed to that court so Oklahoma State’s No. 1 Katarina Adamovic...
by Bobby Knight | May 22, 2016 | Blog
One half of the women’s semifinals are set after both Vanderbilt and Stanford came through their respective quarterfinal matches against Virginia and Michigan.While the scores of the two matches look fairly similar in reality they didn’t have much in common. Vanderbilt absolutely crushed Virginia in doubles winning at both No. 2 and No. 3 by 6-0 scores. The match at No. 2 finished in 24 minutes while the match at No. 3 took 26 minutes.Vanderbilt won four opening sets in singles and was really in control of this match from start to finish. Virginia’s biggest highlight came from Danielle Collins at No. 1 as the ITA second-ranked player...
by Bobby Knight | May 21, 2016 | Blog
After a great first half of the day in Tulsa we were treated to a gem in the evening as Georgia and USC went toe-to-toe for the better part of three hours. USC came into the round of 16 with the worst doubles winning percentage (.409) out of the teams still left in the field but that didn’t stop them from getting off to a quick start against Georgia.USC’s No. 1 team of Nick Crystal and Laurens Verboven opened the match by holding on the deciding point to take a 1-0 lead and then they’d break Austin Smith to go up 2-0. Crystal held for 3-0 before Ben Wagland finally put Georgia on the board with a hold for 1-3. Verboven held on the deciding...
by Bobby Knight | May 21, 2016 | Blog
I think we now know that nothing is going to be easy for anyone in this year’s NCAA Tournament as evidenced by yesterday’s women’s matches and today’s first three men’s matches.Ohio State and Texas were supposed to start at 9 a.m. this morning but due to the wet courts outside they got put on hold and stayed on hold for a while. It seemed like the plan was to have them play indoors after the conclusion of the TCU/Cal match but the decision was made to move them outdoors so at 12:12 p.m. central time doubles finally begin under grey skies.Ohio State would take the all-important doubles point for the 31st time in 35 tries when...
by Bobby Knight | May 20, 2016 | Blog
Well that didn’t take long – we already have our first upset of the day as No. 13 California withstood a late rally by TCU to hold on for a 4-3 win. The match was supposed to be played outdoors but it had to be played indoors since the courts were still wet from yesterday’s rain plus there was still a light mist in the air up until about 10:30 a.m.Cal dropped the doubles point in the regular season meeting but then took over in singles and won 4-2; today Cal got off to the quick start in doubles by going up early breaks on a few courts but closing them out wouldn’t be easy.TCU’s Cameron Norrie and Alex Rybakov jumped out to a 4-2...
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