by Bobby Knight | Apr 28, 2017 | Blog
It was an exciting morning/early afternoon of tennis in Norman that ended with a pair of seeding upsets. For the second time in five days Texas Tech upset Baylor with the Red Raiders riding a hot start in both singles and doubles to take the match 3-2. Baylor’s Max Tchoutakian fought off several match points at No. 2 to force a third set but shortly thereafter Texas Tech’s Connor Curry clinched the win at No. 4. Check out Texas Tech’s recap for all the details. In the other match that was taking place at the same time it was the host Oklahoma knocking off Texas 4-3. The Sooners won a crucial doubles point and then with the match tied at...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog
The latest USTA Top 25 is out with both the Wake Forest men and Florida women remaining at No. 1. The men’s top five stayed the same with UCLA surging up to No. 6 after defeating USC last week while USC actually comes up one spot to No. 7 after the loss. Cal moved up four spots to No. 8 after knocking off Stanford, idle Texas A&M moved up two spots to No. 9, while Oklahoma State fell four spots to No. 10 after Oklahoma whipped them. South Florida was the only newcomer in the top 25 while Tulane dropped out after UCF blanked in the AAC Tourney. The women’s top three remained the same with Vanderbilt and Stanford swapping...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
It’s been a season of milestone wins and broken records for the Oregon men’s tennis team.The Ducks (18-5, 4-3 Pac-12) closed the regular season tied for fourth place in the conference, their best Pac-12 finish ever, and now head to Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, Calif., as the No. 4 seed and with a first-round bye, awaiting either Stanford and Arizona in the quarterfinals.Oregon’s 18 wins are second-most under head coach Nils Schyllander, only behind last season’s 19, and its 4-3 win over No. 15 Stanford on April 16 matched the highest-ranked win in program history. The Ducks are currently ranked 21st in the nation and have been ranked...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog
The ITA released its latest team, singles, and doubles rankings today with the Wake Forest men and Florida women remaining in the top spots though Florida’s gap narrowed a good bit after its loss to Vanderbilt. TCU and UCLA entered the top five on the men’s side after TCU beat Baylor and Texas while UCLA defeated USC. Baylor’s losses to TCU and Texas Tech knocked them down two spots to No. 6, USC fell one spot to No. 7, and Oklahoma State fell three spots to No. 8 after losing to Oklahoma. Purdue made the biggest jump in the top 50 by coming up 19 spots to No. 35 after the Boilers went on the road and beat both Minnesota and...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog
This will be the final week of the regular season with 18 conference tournaments taking place on both the men’s and women’s side. Of the 18 conferences playing tournaments this week, the only two that don’t have both the men and women playing are the SEC and the Patriot League. The SEC women played last week while the men will play this week and the Patriot men played last week while the women will play this week. The only conference that doesn’t hold a tournament is the Ivy League.There have been 24 conference tournaments that have been played so far and in those 24 tournaments the No. 1 seed has won 20 (.833) times. The only teams to...
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