by Bobby Knight | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog
The 69th Blue Gray Tennis Classic came to an end on Saturday with the Rice men and Auburn women capturing titles by winning three matches in a 30-hour window. Rice started the day on Friday with a 4-0 win over Boise State and then Rice and Virginia Tech met in the semifinals with the doubles point played on Friday while singles was played Saturday morning. Rice only dropped two points in doubles and then the Owls won 9 of 11 sets in singles with David Warren clinching the 4-0 win. In Saturday afternoon’s championship match, Rice took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 but then the teams split first sets in singles. South Carolina picked up...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 25, 2017 | Blog
For the second day in a row USC got pushed on its home courts but just as they did yesterday against Cal Poly they fought back and came away with a 4-3 win over Stanford. Stanford jumped out to the early 1-0 lead in this non-conference matchup after taking the doubles point but USC came back with wins from Brandon Holt, Jack Jaede, and Riley Smith to go in front 3-1. Stanford sophomore Sameer Kumar trimmed the deficit to 3-2 with a three set win at No. 2 but USC sophomore Logan Smith clinched the match with a three set win at No. 3. #12 USC 4, #35 Stanford 3February 24, 2017 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)Doubles competition(1) #29 Holt/R. Smith...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
The ITA announced the Men’s National Team Indoors All-Tournament team on Thursday with Virginia filling four of the six singles spots and two of three doubles teams. Ohio State junior Mikael Torpegaard was named the tournament MVP after going 4-0 in singles at No. 1 with wins over Oklahoma’s Andrew Harris, Oklahoma State’s Julian Cash, Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos, and Virginia’s Collin Altamirano. No other player went 4-0 in singles although Virginia’s Collin Altamirano and JC Aragone pulled off the feet in doubles.NTI All-Tournament Team Singles1. Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State) 4-02. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia)...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
The #1 Florida Gators kept up their winning ways, after winning their seventh ITA National Team Indoors Championship, with a 4-2 win over #6 Oklahoma State. A key to the Cowgirls strategy is claiming the doubles point which they won with an upset on court No. 3. In singles on court No. 1, Viktoriya Lushkova retired halfway through her second set and Ingrid Neel continued her strong play from Indoors with a win on court No. 2 to give UF a 3-0 lead. Aliona Bolsova earned the biggest upset of the night giving OSU their first singles point on court No. 3. Brooke Austin would provide the clincher for the Gators on court No. 5 with a 3-set win.No. 1 Florida 4, No. 6...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
The USTA released its top 25 on Wednesday with both the Virginia men and Florida women unanimous No. 1s. Ohio State and Wake Forest were unanimous No. 2 and No. 3 on the men’s side while North Carolina and Cal were No. 4 and No. 5. The women’s top three stayed the same while Stanford and Georgia swapped spots at No. 4 and No. 5. Texas made the biggest jump on the men’s side rising five spots to No. 9 while Northwestern took the biggest plunge falling seven spots to No. 13. There wasn’t a whole lot of movement on the women’s side with UCLA and Baylor each rising three spots to No. 14 and No. 19 respectively while no one...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
As I mentioned yesterday in my men’s recap this set of rankings is the first set of computerized team rankings after having a ranking committee make all the selections up until now. The computer ranks teams based off their four best wins with all losses also included in the equation. The teams that racked up a lot of wins with very few losses were rewarded while the ones that haven’t played much were penalized. If you team is lower than expected be patient; if your team is higher than expected don’t become overly confident. With each passing week more best wins are added to the equation so as that number increases the rankings...
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