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NCAA 1st Round Previews: Virginia Tech & Baylor Regionals

Virginia Tech RegionalBurrows-Burleson Tennis Center – Blacksburg, VA[15] Virginia Tech (19-4) vs. [49-64] East Tennessee State (17-7) – Friday 2pm – #15 Virginia Tech got an at-large bid after getting upset 4-3 in the ACC quarterfinals by #42 Georgia Tech while ETSU punched its ticket for the 9th year in a row after shutting out Furman in the Southern Conference Championship. ETSU went 2-6 against ranked opponents with the wins over #56 Texas A&M Corpus Christi and #73 UNC Wilmington. ETSU finished the season by winning 13 in a row and 16 of its last 17 with the Bucs only yielding 11 points in the 16 wins. Doubles...

NCAA 1st Round Previews: USC & Duke Regionals

USC RegionalMarks Stadium – Los Angeles, CA[7] USC (22-4) vs. [49-64] Idaho (16-11) – Friday 4pm – The Vandals are in the NCAAs for the 2nd year in a row after beating Northern Arizona 4-2 in the Big Sky Championship. #8 USC got the Pac 12’s automatic bid after beating #23 Stanford 4-3 in the Pac 12 Championship.Doubles Records: USC 15-11, Idaho 15-12UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: USC 86, Idaho 71FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of May 1st.  For more details about UTR check out their website. The UTR Power 6 is the combined UTRs of the...

NCAA 1st Round Previews: Ohio State & Texas A&M Regionals

Ohio State RegionalOSU Varsity Tennis Center – Columbus, OH[11] Ohio State (25-8) vs. [49-64] Buffalo (12-10) – Friday 1pm – #11 Ohio State got an at-large bid after losing to Illinois 4-0 in the Big 10 Championship Finals while Buffalo earned its first ever NCAA bid after beating Binghamton 4-2 in the MAC Championship. Buffalo went 0-4 on the year against ranked opponents. Doubles Records: Ohio State 26-7, Buffalo 11-11UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Ohio State 84, Buffalo 74FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of May 1st.  For more details about UTR check out...

NCAA 1st Round Previews: Virginia & Ole Miss Regionals

Virginia RegionalSnyder Tennis Center – Charlottesville, VA[3] Virginia (23-3) vs. [49-64] St. John’s (15-8) – Friday  1pm – #3 Virginia received the ACC’s automatic bid after beating #12 Wake Forest 4-2 in the ACC Championship while St. John’s got the Big East’s automatic bid after defeating Marquette 4-2 in the Big East Championship. St. John’s finished the year on a 6-match winning streak and won 11 of its final 12.  The Red Storm went 0-6 against ranked teams on the year.Doubles Records: Virginia 23-3, St. John’s 11-11UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 87, St....

NCAA 1st Round Previews: North Carolina & Illinois Regionals

North Carolina RegionalCone-Kenfield Tennis Center – Chapel Hill, NC[13] North Carolina (21-10) vs. [49-64] William & Mary (16-12) – Friday 1pm – William & Mary got the automatic bid by beating the College of Charleston 4-1 in the Colonial Championship while North Carolina got an at-large bid after falling to #3 Virginia 4-0 in the ACC semifinals. William & Mary went 0-7 against ranked opponents with the closest loss being 4-3 to Old Dominion.The UTR Power 6 is the combined UTRs of the starting 6 (rounded to a whole #).  An individual win/loss to anyone with a UTR difference of 1.0 or greater would be considered an...