by Bobby Knight | Jul 16, 2016 | Blog
South Carolina men’s head coach Josh Goffi announced the hiring of Kyle Bailey as the Gamecocks new assistant coach. Bailey, who was the head coach at Monmouth last season, replaces Ryan Young who left two weeks ago to take the assistant job at Clemson.South Carolina women’s head coach Kevin Epley announced that Mia Horvit (UTR 11.32) has signed a National Letter of Intent to play at South Carolina next season. Horvit was ranked as high as No 5 in her high school class as a sophomore and junior per The Tennis Recruiting Network and was ranked No. 11 last season.Eudice Chong (Wesleyan Rising Jr) and Katherine Ip (Rice Rising Sr) won the doubles...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog
Duquesne Athletic Director Dave Harper announced the hiring of Vanessa Steiner as the Dukes new Director of Tennis (Men’s/Women’s Coach). Steiner, who had been the women’s assistant the last two seasons, replaces Rob Gregoire who resigned on March 1st which was in the middle of his second year on the job. Steiner graduated from Boston University in 2011 but played at Duquesne in 2012 since she had a year of eligibility remaining.Paige Madara was named as the new men’s and women’s head coach at Grinnell College (D3) in Grinnell, Iowa. Madara replaces Andy Hamilton who was recently promoted to Director of Athletics and Recreation...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog
The Davis Cup is back on the schedule this week with several current and former college guys playing for their respective home countries. Below is a look at who is playing and where. World Group Quarterfinals John Isner (Georgia ’07), Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98), and Bob Bryan (Stanford ’98) will represent the United States versus Croatia.Dominic Inglot (Virginia ’09) will represent for Great Britain versus Serbia. _______________________________________________________________________Group 1 Americas Brazil vs. EcuadorEmilio Gomez (USC ’13), Roberto Quiroz (USC...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
The first thing I wanted to mention is that I wrote an article for the Tennis Recruiting Network that ran today with the topic being the Road to Tulsa. It talks about the teams that I think are contenders for the national championship along with the others that have some work to do so make sure you give it a read.After the release of the latest Oracle/ITA rankings, I wanted to do a comparison between those and the most recent Universal Tennis Ratings. Below is a chart of the top 25 men and women sorted by UTR and ITA rankings.Here are some men’s ranking notables:There are 6 men in both the ITA and UTR top 10Andrew Harris at No. 2 in the UTR chart...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog
It had been 12 years since Tulane last defeated LSU but the Green Wave were able to get it done on Wednesday afternoon with a 4-2 win.LSU took the doubles point with wins at #1 and #2 but Tulane rebounded in singles by picking up five first sets. Tulane’s Constantin Schmitz rolled over Justin Butsch 6-0, 6-2 at #2 but LSU went back ahead when Gabor Csonka beat Alex Van Cott 6-2, 6-0 at #4. Tulane’s Chi-Shan Jao evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Simon Freund at #5.Each of the three remaining matches would go the distance. The current ITA #1 Dominik Koepfer would put Tulane ahead 3-2 with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 win over Jordan Daigle at #1...
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