by Bobby Knight | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog
It was a bit of a slow week in women’s college tennis, with a few top teams not even playing this week. The biggest upset of the week went to the USC Trojans, who hosted No.4 Michigan and ran off with a 5-2 win. No. 2 Ohio State had a successful trip out west, defeating No. 9 Pepperdine and No. 35 Arizona State. Below are the results from last weekend for the Top 10:3/3No. 1 Florida def. No. 37 LSU 7-0No. 3 North Carolina def. Clemson 6-1No. 32 Southern Cal def. No. 4 Michigan 5-2No. 5 Georgia Tech def. No. 48 Virginia Tech 6-1No. 6 Auburn def. No. 33 Mississippi State 6-1No. 9 Pepperdine def. No. 35 Arizona State 4-33/4No. 2 Ohio State def. No. 9...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog
There are six men’s and ten women’s matches this weekend between top 25 teams. The biggest match on the men’s side takes place at 1 p.m on Friday (who came up with that time) as No. 2 Wake Forest hosts No. 5 North Carolina. The other top 10 men’s match is on Saturday as No. 6 Cal hosts No. 8 Texas during the Big 12/Pac 12 Shootout (don’t think its actually called that this year but it should be). Almost all the women’s SEC matches will be between ranked teams since 10 of the 14 members are ranked inside the top 25. The Auburn/Georgia match on Sunday appears to be the frontrunner for match of the week. Below are...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog
It seems like usually when USC and UCLA meet the match comes down to a deciding court but that was not the case tonight. USC jumped out to the early 1-0 lead after picking up wins at No. 2 and No. 3 and then the Trojans took four opening sets in singles. Three weeks ago when these teams met Thibault Forget lost to Austin Rapp in three sets at No. 4 but tonight Forget cruised to a straight set win over Rapp at No. 5. In the last meeting, USC freshman Brandon Holt lost the decider to Martin Redlicki 6-4 in the third but tonight Holt got revenge with a straight set win which made it 3-0. UCLA senior Gage Brymer put the Bruins on the board with a straight set win...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
The latest Oracle/ITA women’s singles and doubles rankings came out on Tuesday and I’ve got your full breakdown down below. Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo remains at the top spot in the singles rankings while North Carolina senior Hayley Carter and UCLA freshman Ena Shibahara swapped spots at No. 2 and No. 3 with Carter at No. 2. North Carolina freshman Sara Daavettila and Vanderbilt junior Astra Sharma remain at No. 4 to No. 5. There is a new doubles No. 1 with North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Jessie Aney rising two spots from No. 3 to No. 1 while Michigan’s Kate Fahey and Alex Najarian...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
The latest USTA Top 25 is out with both the men’s and women’s top 5 staying the same. Texas A&M was the only team on the men’s side to move more than three spots with the Aggies rising seven spots to No. 16 after defeating both Florida and South Carolina on the road. USC and Baylor made the biggest leaps on the women’s side with USC rising eight spots to No. 15 after defeating Michigan while Baylor rose four spots to No. 14 after defeating UCLA and Old Dominion. Michigan fell four spots to No. 13 after losing to USC while four teams fell three spots. Mississippi State was the only team to drop out of the top 25 after losing to...
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