by Bobby Knight | Oct 15, 2016 | Blog
Oracle ITA Masters Singles – you can view doubles and consolation bracket results on the tournament’s home page. D1 – Women’s Semifinals [1] Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine 12.26) def. [5] Hayley Carter (North Carolina 11.93) 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-3[2] Ena Shibahara (UCLA 12.07) def. [3] Sara Daavettila (N Carolina 11.96) 6-3, 6-3 Championship (Sunday 12:30 p.m. PT) [1] Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine 12.26) vs. [2] Ena Shibahara (UCLA 12.07)D1 – Men’s Semifinals[20] Shawn Hadavi (Columbia 13.72) def. [9] David Biosca (East Tennessee St 14.20) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1[2] Ryotaro Matsumura (Kentucky 14.45) def. [19] Adam Moundir (Old Dom...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 15, 2016 | Blog
Qualifying for November’s National Indoor Intercollegiates in New York City is underway at 8 different sites across the country. There are 12 ITA Regions on both the men’s and women’s sides with the winner at each location earning a spot in the main draw at the last big event on the fall college tennis schedule. The other 16 regionals (8 men/8 women) will take place next week. Down at the bottom of this post I have a list of those that have already qualified for the NIICs so I wouldn’t expect to see any of them participating at an ITA Regional (unless they are trying to qualify for doubles). Players must at least make the quarterfinals...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog
Oracle ITA Masters Singles – you can view doubles and consolation bracket results on the tournament’s home page.D1 – Women’s Round of 16 [1] Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine 12.26) def. [16] Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa 10.87) 6-3, 6-1 [9] Blair Shankle (Baylor 11.48) def. [8] Viktoriya Lushkova (Okla St 11.63) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4[4] Ashley Lahey (Pepperdine 12.06) def. [20] Kana Daniel (Penn 10.68) 6-1, 7-5[5] Hayley Carter (North Carolina 11.93) def. [12] Laura Gulbe (Pepperdine 11.22) 6-2, 1-6, 7-5[3] Sara Daavettila (N Carolina 11.96) def. [14] Maeva Razakasoa (Long Bch St 11.01) 6-2, 6-2[11] Katarina Adamovic (Oklahoma State 11.45) def....
by Bobby Knight | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog
The Oracle ITA Masters got underway on Thursday morning in Malibu with mixed doubles and progressed through the singles draws as the day went on. 12 of the 16 men’s singles matches were won by the higher seed with Columbia’s Shawn Hadavi, Old Dominion’s Adam Moundir, Denver’s Diogo Rocha, and Valparaiso’s Jeffrey Schorsch the four lower seeds to prevail. On the women’s side the higher seed won 15 of 16 matches on Thursday with the lone seeded upset coming when Penn’s Kana Daniel, seeded No. 20, defeated Rice’s Katherine Ip, seeded No. 13, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. You can view doubles and consolation bracket results...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog
The ITA Oracle Cup (formerly Small College Nationals) gets underway today in Sunrise, Arizona, with the top players from D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO competing for a chance to win the Oracle Cup. The participants earned their spots after winning an ITA Regional Championship in September with a few at-large selections awarded at the NAIA and JUCO level due to their being less than eight ITA regions. There were nine qualifiers at D3 level due to their being nine ITA regions so a play-in match was held between the winners of the Northwest and Southwest Regions.CMS’s Nikolai Parodi got an at-large into the D3 men’s draw after finishing as runner-up to...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
The draws are out for the second Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu with this year’s format differing a good bit from last year. Last year the singles field was limited to 16 players with the field selected based on preseason ITA rankings; this year the field has been expanded to 32 players with the goal to have one player per conference. The other change relates to doubles – last year there was a men’s and women’s doubles draw but this year those have been scrapped in favor of a mixed doubles draw. The seeding is completely based on Universal Tennis Rating using a UTR from a few days ago. Texas freshman Yuya Ito is the top seed in the...
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