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Martin Stiegwardt Named New Men’s Coach at ETSU, Summer Circuit Starts This Weekend, Pro Success, Assistant Coaching News

East Tennessee State Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sander announced the hiring of Martin Stiegwardt as the Buccaneers new Director of Tennis and Men’s Tennis Head Coach. Stiegwardt had spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at three different schools (VCU/Auburn/LSU) with his most recent stop at LSU last season. Stiegwardt replaced Yaser Zaatini who resigned after 14 season due to allegations of falsified documents. Below are some quotes from ETSU’s release and the video below is from today’s press conference (starts at 1:21 mark). “Having one of the most successful tennis programs in the country, it was important to...

Eubanks Get Wild Card Into BB&T Open, NCAA D2 Results, NCAA D3 & NAIA Brackets Revealed, D1 Men’s Regional Previews (North Carolina, California, UCLA, Texas A&M, Georgia, USC)

Georgia Tech junior Chris Eubanks accepted a main draw wild card into the BB&T Atlanta Open, which is an ATP 250 event, with his opening round match scheduled for Tuesday, July 25. Eubanks has played in the main draw of the Atlanta event two years in a row though he had to go through qualies last year to do so. Eubanks has been ranked in the ITA Top 10 all year and was recently named the ACC Men’s Player of the Year for the second year in a row. For more information see the release from the BB&T Atlanta Open. The NCAA Division II Men’s Round of 16 got underway today in Altamonte Springs, Florida, with #1 West Florida, #2 Barry, #3...

Friday Men’s Recap – LSU and Oregon Pull Off Seeding Upsets

The opening day of the NCAA Tournament is in the books and as you can see from the scores below there were a few surprises. All the top seeds cruised with only Illinois yielding a point while a pair of 33-48 seeds pulled off mild upsets.Friday Finals:[3] UCLA def. Weber State 4-0[4] TCU def. Jackson State 4-0[6] Wake Forest def. Coastal Carolina 4-0[10] USC def. UNLV 4-0[11] Oklahoma def. UT Arlington 4-0[12] Texas A&M def. George Washington 4-0[15] Illinois def. Western Michigan 4-1[17-32] Texas def. Lamar 4-0[17-32] San Diego def. Vanderbilt 4-0[17-32] Michigan def. East Tennessee State 4-3[17-32] Georgia Tech def. UC Santa Barbara 4-1[17-32] Mississippi...

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: Wake Forest & Oklahoma Regionals

Wake Forest RegionalWake Forest Tennis Complex – Winston-Salem, NC[6] Wake Forest Demon Deacons (29-5) vs. [49-64] Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (21-3) – Friday 3pm ET – Wake Forest earned the ACC’s automatic berth after defeating No. 1 Virginia in the finals of the conference tournament while Coastal Carolina won the Big South’s automatic berth after defeating Presbyterian 4-3. CCU only faced one ranked team this season with Duke shutting them out 4-0. Doubles Records: Wake Forest 27-6, Coastal Carolina 15-9UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Wake Forest 84, Coastal Carolina 75FYI, the number beside the...

More Conference Tournaments: South Florida Too Good For Tulsa, Charleston Beats UNCW, UT Arlington Rules The Sunbelt, & More

A good crowd of around 100 gathered in Memphis for the finals of the American Conference Championship where South Florida was looking to win the title for the third consecutive year. South Florida and Tulsa met just nine days prior with USF winning 7-0 though Tulsa sat its top singles player Or Ram-Harel so this one figured to be much closer.The top seeded Bulls got off to a good start at No. 1 doubles while Tulsa went up an early break at No. 2.  USF’s Vadym Kalyuzhnyy and Sasha Gozun broke on the no-ad point when Gozun cleaned it up the net to make it 4-2USF break on the no-ad point to go 4-2 on 1 pic.twitter.com/3XksKBhOVh Bobby Knight...