UNC Women Win Top 3 Showdown At Vandy; Ohio State Crushes Stanford; Texas Outlasts UNC; Florida Chomps Past FSU, UCLA Women Over Oklahoma State
The big match of the day on Saturday came on the women’s side with No. 3 North Carolina picking up a 5-2 road win over No. 2 Vanderbilt. The Heels came out strong in doubles and took the point with a pair of 6-2 wins at No. 1 and No. 2 and in singles Alexa Graham quickly made it 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles. Fernanda Contreras, ITA No. 6, put Vandy on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 2 ranked Makenna Jones but that’d be just about all Vandy could muster. UNC freshman Cameron Morra made it 3-1 with a 7-5, 7-5 win over fellow freshman Carolyn Campana at No. 4 and UNC sophomore Alle Sanford would provide the clincher at No. 5 with a 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 win over Emily Smith. The final two matches were played out with Vandy getting its second point with a win from Georgia Drummy at No. 3 while UNC’s Jessie Aney rolled at No. 6 in a match that didn’t start until after the first singles match was completed since Vandy’s indoor facility has only five courts.
If you tried to follow this top 3 showdown at home the only way you could see the scores was if you clicked on the video link for each court because for some reason Vandy has stopped providing live scoring. While streaming video is great not having a live scoring page to summarize everything is extremely poor. The summarized scoring updates on twitter were bad at best with neither team putting forth much effort. If you’re looking to grow the sport making it extremely difficult to get basic scoring updates is not the way to go.
Friday Recap of an Action Packed Day
Friday was a tremendous way to start off the weekend with 4-3 thrillers the story of the day. The only men’s showdown between top 25 teams took place in South Bend between No. 13 Notre Dame and No. 12 Virginia. The Cavaliers came into the match riding a 12-match winning streak against the Irish with Notre Dame’s only win in the series coming all the way back in 2000. The Irish grabbed the early lead with lopsided wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles but the Cavs came back in singles with straight set wins from Carl Soderlund, Henrik Wiersholm, and Gianni Ross at No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 to make it 3-1. Notre Dame’s Guillermo Cabrera made it 3-2 with a straight set win at No. 6 but Virginia looked to be in control after first semester freshman Brandon Nakashima led 4-2 in the third at No. 1 and fellow freshman Ryan Goetz was up a break at 3-2 in the third at No. 5.
Notre Dame’s Alex Lebedev would come back to win five of the final six games to defeat Nakashima 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to even the match at 3-3 and William Howells would erase his break deficit and add another break to clinch the match with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win. In the final game, Goetz was overruled after the opening point and since it was his fourth overrule the corresponding game penalty ended the match.
ITA Kickoff Weekend – Scoring/Video Links & Where to Get Previews & Info
I’ve updated my live scoring page with all the known links for the upcoming ITA Men’s & Women’s Kickoff Regionals. If you want some insight into each regional head over to Chris Halioris’s site College Tennis Ranks. Chris has done several regional previews and will likely have one on each regional by Friday. Also make sure you check out the latest podcast from Cracked Racquets which has plenty of good conversation about the kickoff weekend.
2019 Past Live Scoring Links
#3 Stanford vs. #6 Pepperdine (2 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
#1 Georgia vs. #8 Vanderbilt (5 pm) – Live Scoring/Tennis Channel
#4 South Carolina vs. #5 Duke (NB 7 pm) – Live Scoring/Tennis Channel
SoCon (SF): #2 Furman vs. #6 Mercer (10 am) – Live Scoring
BigEast (QF): #2 DePaul vs.#7 Creighton (9 am) – Live Scoring
BigEast (QF): #4 St. Johns vs. #5 Seton Hall (12:30 pm) – Live Scoring
BigSouth (SF): #2 Campbell vs. #3 UNC Asheville (9 am) – Live Scoring
BigEast: #2 Butler vs. #7 Villanova (9 am) – Live Scoring
BigEast: #3 Marquette vs. #6 Georgetown (9 am) – Live Scoring
CUSA: #4 Charlotte vs. #5 Rice (11 am) – Live Scoring
Colonial (SF): #2 Elon vs. #3 William & Mary (2 pm) – Live Scoring
SoCon (SF): #2 Furman vs. #6 Mercer (2 pm) – Live Scoring
CUSA: #3 Middle Tennessee vs. #6 UTSA (3 pm) – Live Scoring
BigEast: #2 DePaul vs.#7 Creighton (12:30 pm) – Live Scoring
BigEast: #4 St. Johns vs. #5 Seton Hall (4 pm) – Live Scoring
ACC: #5 Miami FL vs. #12 Clemson (9 am) – Live Scoring/Video
AAC: #9 SMU vs, #8 East Carolina (9 am) – Live Scoring/Video
BigSouth: #4 Presbyterian vs. #5 Radford (9 am) – Live Scoring
Colonial: #4 James Madison vs. #5 Charleston (9 am) – Live Scoring
ACC: #6 Georgia Tech vs. #11 Louisville (11:30 am) – Live Scoring/Video
BigSouth: #2 Campbell vs. #7 Winthrop (12 pm) – Live Scoring
BigSouth: #3 UNC Asheville vs. #6 Longwood (12 pm) – Live Scoring
Colonial: #3 William & Mary vs. #6 Drexel (1 pm) – Live Scoring
SEC: #8 Ole Miss vs. #9 Alabama (3 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
SEC: #5 Georgia vs. #12 Arkansas (6 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
CUSA: #7 Middle Tennessee vs. #10 LA Tech (10 am) – Live Scoring/Video
CUSA: #4 FIU vs. #13 UTEP (1 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
CUSA: #3 Florida Atlantic vs. #14 WKU (1 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
ACC: #8 Georgia Tech vs. #9 Syracuse (2:30 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
CUSA: #5 North Texas vs. #12 UAB (4 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
CUSA: #6 Charlotte vs. #11 Marshall (4 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
AAC: #12 UConn vs. #5 Wichita State (9 am) – Live Scoring/Video
AAC: #10 Cincinnati vs. #7 ECU (12 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
#3 Wake Forest vs. #7 North Carolina (1 pm)
#1 Ohio State vs. #5 Texas (4:30 pm)
Consolation
#2 Mississippi State vs. #11 Notre Dame (10 am)
#10 Baylor vs. #14 Columbia (10 am)
#6 UCLA vs. #15 TCU (1 pm)
#8 Virginia vs. #13 USC (4:30 pm)
#12 Illinois vs. #16 Tulane (7:30 pm)
#4 Florida vs. #9 Stanford (7:30 pm)
Quarterfinals:
#7 North Carolina vs. #15 TCU (10 am)
#3 Wake Forest vs. #6 UCLA (1 pm)
#1 Ohio State vs. #8 Virginia (4:30 pm)
#5 Texas vs. #13 USC (7:30 pm)
Consolation
#2 Mississippi State vs. #10 Baylor (10 am)
#14 Columbia vs. #11 Notre Dame (1 pm)
#9 Stanford vs. #16 Tulane (4:30 pm)
#4 Florida vs. #12 Illinois (7:30 pm)
#4 Florida vs. #13 USC (7:30 pm)
UC Irvine at BYU (7:30 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
Utah State at Drake (7 pm) – Live Scoring/Video
MKO: Drake at #13 Oklahoma (12 p.m.) – Live Scoring/Video
Upcoming Dual-Match Season
As it stands right now I’m most likely not going to have much coverage this season with free time still pretty hard to come by. I am going to try to put together live scoring links for the kickoff weekend (assuming no one else does on another site) and then after that it’ll just depend on what I can round up in the limited time that I have. For your daily news coverage keep heading over to ZooTennis plus the Tennis Recruiting Network and Cracked Racquets also continue to churn out quality content. This coming season should be as competitive as ever so I look forward to following all the action just as much as you folks.
Coaching Carousel and Transfers
FYI – while I haven’t been very active with new posts I have been keeping my coaching carousel and transfer pages updated so make sure you click on those tabs to stay in the loop.
Q&A With Nebraska Rising Senior Toby Boyer
University of Nebraska rising senior Toby Boyer recently finished up his third year of playing for the Scarlet and Cream and with his final season just around the corner we wanted to get to know a little more about the Ham Lake, Minnesota, native. This past season Boyer anchored the Huskers’ lineup for the second season in a row while winning 26 singles matches which was the fourth most single-season wins in program history. Boyer has played No. 1 doubles in each of his three seasons in Lincoln which included playing with his older brother, Dusty, in the 2015-16 season. Boyer has also excelled off the court being named to the Nebraska Scholar Athlete Honor Roll on three occasions plus being a two-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
CTT: You played a lot of sports growing up – how did you decide on tennis?
TB: I remember at one point Dusty and I were in 5 sports each at the same time. Basketball, baseball, tennis, gymnastics and soccer. Our parents threw us in everything and basically said we could pick whatever we liked. My dad homeschooled Dusty and I, and spent every day working with us in basketball, baseball and tennis. Baseball was our best sport no doubt. Its pretty crazy I had to pick between baseball and tennis at the age of 13 as they were the same high school season. I chose tennis probably because Dusty did as well. My mom played college softball and basketball for North Dakota State and basketball for University of North Dakota. My dad played some small college tennis but both of my parents are basketball junkies to the fullest so its kind of crazy we came out with tennis. Most of the time growing up I was tagging along and watching Dusty go through it all. My dad worked him so hard in these sports to make him into the athlete he is. I was content watching him get worked into the ground and learning from his success and mistakes.
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