by Bobby Knight | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog
For the second time this week No. 2 Ohio State came up short in the state of Texas after No. 11 Texas A&M rallied to win 4-3.Ohio State jumped out to the early 1-0 lead after claiming the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. Ohio State’s No. 1 team of Mikael Torpegaard and Herkko Pollanen broke for 2-1 and then they’d break again for 5-2 and would serve it out for 6-2. Ohio State’s No. 3 team of JJ Wolf and Hunter Tubert came back from 0/40 down to hold for 3-2 and then they broke from 30/40 for 4-2. After two more holds they’d serve it out from 40/15 to win 6-3. The match at No. 2 went unfinished with Texas A&M serving...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog
Saturday was a busy day out west with USC and Baylor advancing to the finals of the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge while Oregon defeated Tulane to win the San Diego Spring Break Tournament. Virginia played its first competitive match in a month and dominated Notre Dame in South Bend. Mississippi State, Auburn, and Florida each went on the road in the SEC and won 4-3 matches.USC booked its spot in Sunday’s final with a 4-1 win over No. 9 Oklahoma. The Trojans took the doubles point with quick wins at No. 1 and No. 2 and then they added five first sets in singles. Riley Smith, Logan Smith, and Nick Crystal won in straight sets while OU picked...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog
It was almost a great day to be a Georgia Bulldog but it ended up being just a good day after the Georgia women rocked No. 1 Florida while the Georgia men fell just short against No. 1 Wake Forest. In the men’s match, Wake Forest jumped out to the early break lead at No. 2 doubles when Borna Gojo and Alan Gadjiev broke Georgia’s Nathan Ponwith and Emil Reinberg to go up 1-0 but Georgia broke back on the no-ad point for 1-1. Georgia won the next three games to go up 4-1 but Wake came back and took the next three to even it at 4-4. The match at No. 3 stayed on serve through the first eight games but then Georgia got the break when Walker Duncan...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
The weekend is here and with it we’ve got two tournaments taking place out on the west coast plus a lot of ranked teams will do battle on campus sites across the country. The BNP Paribas Collegiate Challenge is underway in Indian Wells with several interesting first round matches while the San Diego Spring Break Tournament begins its second of three days. I did a preview of the biggest matches for the ITA at this link.Both the Georgia men’s and women’s teams will face the top ranked team in the country on Friday as the men host Wake Forest while the women visit Florida. Can either of the Dawgs pull the upset or will be an 0 for 2 day?Texas is...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Thursday was a busy day in the SEC with eight teams in action since the conference is playing on Thursday and Saturday this week. Three of the four matches saw the road team pick up a win while No. 17 Kentucky was the only team to win at home. TCU finished off its West Coast trip with another win while just down the road UCLA knocked off Duke. South Carolina rallied from a 3-1 deficit on the road to defeat Arkansas 4-3. South Carolina took the doubles point when its No. 3 team of Gabriel Friedrich and Andrew Schafer broke for 6-5 and then Schafer held on the no-ad point to clinch it 7-5. Arkansas turned it around in singles and took five opening...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Real-time ITA Top 50 using nine best wins for the 5/2 rankings – both first run and second run listed. The at-large cutoff for the women will be 40 while the men’s at-large cutoff will be 48 due to Texas Tech, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt having losing records. Portland is 48 however the team behind it, Washington, owns a head-to-win so the committee may bump Washington ahead of Portland. {rsmembership id=”1,2″} 4/25 Men’s Notes: South Florida’s win over UCF in the AAC Final should have counted as a road win but was keyed as neutral, Harvard’s win at Penn wasn’t keyed in...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 16, 2017 | Blog
San Diego Spring Break TournamentThursday ScheduleIowa vs. Harvard (@SDSU 1 p.m. ET) #25 Oregon at San Diego State (5 p.m. ET)#30 Tulane vs. Arizona (@USD 1 p.m. ET) Drake at San Diego (5 p.m. ET) Friday Schedule Arizona vs. Drake (@USD 1 p.m. ET)Iowa vs. #25 Oregon (@SDSU 1 p.m. ET)Harvard at San Diego State (5 p.m. ET)#30 Tulane at San Diego (5 p.m. ET) Saturday ScheduleChampionship: #30 Tulane vs. #25 Oregon – 1 p.m. ET) Drake vs. Harvard (@SDSU 1 p.m. ET)Third Place: Iowa at San Diego (5 p.m. ET) Arizona at San Diego State (5 p.m. ET) Thursday#30 Tulane 4, Arizona 0Mar 16, 2017 at...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 16, 2017 | Blog
2017 BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge presented by OracleFriday SchedulePurdue vs. #13 California (11:30 a.m. ET)#6 Baylor vs. #33 SMU (2 p.m. ET)#7 USC vs. #32 South Florida (5 p.m. ET)#45 Tulsa vs. #9 Oklahoma (8 p.m. ET) Saturday SchedulePurdue vs. #33 SMU (11:30 a.m. ET)#6 Baylor vs. #13 California (2 p.m. ET)#7 USC vs. #9 Oklahoma (5 p.m. ET)#45 Tulsa vs. #32 South Florida (8 p.m. ET) Sunday Schedule#32 South Florida vs. #33 SMU (11 a.m. ET) #6 Baylor vs. #7 USC (1 p.m. ET) Purdue vs. #45 Tulsa (3 p.m. ET) #13 California vs. #9 Oklahoma (5 p.m. ET) Streaming Video (Courts 7...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
Most of the best tennis is usually reserved for the weekend but there was a barnburner on Wednesday afternoon in Austin between No. 8 Texas and No. 2 Ohio State. Ohio State’s Martin Joyce and Hugo Di Feo cruised to a quick 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles and then about 10 minutes later Ohio State’s No. 1 team of Mikael Torpegaard and Herkko Pollanen would break Texas on the no-ad point for 5-4 and then serve it out for 6-4. The match at No. 3 was abandoned at 5-5. Ohio State would take four of six first sets in singles but none of the matches would finish in straight sets. Ohio State managed to put the next two points on the board with wins from...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
The College MatchDay series wrapped up its Lake Nona schedule on Tuesday evening with a top two showdown between No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Ohio State. Florida’s No. 3 doubles team of Josie Kuhlman and Belinda Woolcock went down an early break at 2-1 but they broke back from 30/40 and held for 3-2. They’d break for 4-2 but Ohio State’s Miho Kowase and Ferny Angeles Paz would break from 30/40 to put it back on serve at 4-3. It didn’t stay on serve for long because Florida broke back at love and then served it out from 40/30 to win 6-3. Florida’s Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan jumped out to a 2-0 lead at No. 1 doubles but Ohio...
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