Rutgers Director of Athletics Patrick Hobbs announced that Hilary Ritchie had been elevated from acting women’s head coach to full-time head coach. Ritchie, who played at Iowa and Colorado State, had been the assistant coach at Rutgers for the past six years under Benjamin Bucca who recently stepped down after 13 years to become a New Jersey Superior Court judge.
RELEASE: Ritchie elevated to head coach of Rutgers tennis program: https://t.co/k7ghCkbl1dpic.twitter.com/Jkfz3l6QAW— Rutgers Tennis (@RutgersTennis) August 25, 2016
Duke men’s head coach Ramsey Smith announced that Diego Garavito (Bethune-Cookman ’16) will be the Blue Devils volunteer assistant coach this coming season.
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Thursday was a solid day for players with college ties at the US Open. 5 of 7 guys that played advanced to the final round of qualies while both girls moved on.
Men’s Second Round (Thursday)
#216 Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) def. #140 Quentin Halys 7-6(1), 6-2
#218 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma St ’10) def. #167 Darian King 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
#181 Ilya Ivashka def. #652 [WC] Ryan Shane (Virginia ’16) 6-3, 6-3
#200 Pedja Krstin def. #120 [13] Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) 7-6(0), 7-5
#143 [26] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) def. #221 Mitchell Krueger 7-6(6), 6-4
#193 Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) def. #145 [28] Michael Berrer 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
#246 [WC] Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. #151 Thiemo De Bakker 6-2, 6-3
Men’s Second Round (Friday)
#216 Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) vs. #203 Guilherme Clezar – 11:00 am (1st Match)
#218 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma St ’10) vs. #227 Jan Satral – 12:30 pm (2nd Match)
#143 [26] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) vs. #200 Pedja Krstin – 12:30 pm (2nd Match)
#193 Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) vs. #96 [3] Karen Khachanov – 12:30 pm (2nd Match)
Women’s Second Round (Thursday)
#226 Kristie Ahn (Stanford ’14) def. #108 [5] Kai-Lin Zhang 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
#125 Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’16) def. #148 Julia Glushko 6-4, 6-0
Women’s Final Round (Friday)
#226 Kristie Ahn (Stanford ’14) vs. [27] Elise Mertens – 11:00 am (1st Match)
#125 Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’16) vs. #146 Taylor Townsend – 2:00 pm (3rd Match)
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The following schools released schedules for the upcoming season:
Minnesota women
Texas Tech women
LSU women
Texas men
Holy Cross College (NAIA) in Notre Dame, Indiana, announced they are starting a tennis program in the fall of 2017. The newly formed program will be led by longtime high school coach Steve Bender who is a member of the Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame.
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