by Bobby Knight | Nov 7, 2015 | Blog
Pepperdine, Baylor, and South Carolina each have 2 guys still remaining in the Gold Draw of the USTA Clay Court Invitational while Georgia Tech and Troy have the others.The Nebraska brother duo of Dusty and Toby Boyer won the Big 10 Indoors doubles championship with a 6-3 win in the final over Penn State’s David Kohan and Christian Lutschaunig. Singles play begins on Saturday and finished on Monday.It hasn’t been the best fall so far for Wake Forest’s Romain Bogaerts (14.29) as he fell to 0-5 after getting upset by Navy’s Austin Jones (12.36) 7-6(4), 6-3 at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational.USTA Clay Court...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog
Thursday wasn’t a great day to be a top 8 seed at the USTA Clay Court Invitational in Orlando with seeds in the Gold singles flight scratching out a sub-par 2-6 record. Of course the seeds were based on the preseason ITA rankings and didn’t take into account whether guys had much clay court experience and as you’ll see below the guys with clay court experience excelled. Women’s seeds on the other hand faired very well going 6-2..The #1 seed Florida’s State Michael Rinaldi (13.62) was upset by Troy’s Giovani Samaha (12.94) 7-5, 6-3 though Samaha had to be much more comfortable with the surface and having played in multiple...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog
Florida State is the host for the 2015 USTA Clay Court Invitational which will take place in Orlando at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. ESPN3 will have streaming video on Thursday and Sunday and all results will be posted on the tournament’s twitter feed. Tournament draws are posted below with the top 8 seeds from the top singles brackets shown as well.Participating men’s teams: Florida State, Baylor, Central Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Penn State, Pepperdine, South Alabama, South Carolina, Stetson, and Troy.Men’s Seeds (Gold)1. Michael Rinaldi (Florida St)2....
by Bobby Knight | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog
USC senior Max De Vroome won the 59th annual Southern California Intercollegiate Championships by defeating UCLA senior Karue Sell 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-2 in the championship match which was held on the campus of UCLA at the LA Tennis Center. De Vroome was the #1 seed and Sell was the #3 seed.Congrats on a great tournament, Karue! #UCLA #gobruins @USTASoCal @USCollegeTennis pic.twitter.com/ddEcaCknfs UCLA Men’s Tennis (@uclatennis) November 1, 2015UC Santa Barbara’s Nathan Eshmade and Miles Seemann won the doubles draw with a 6-3, 6-3 win over USC’s Kalman Boyd and David Laser. Eshmade and Seemann beat the #2 seed...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog
We’re still 2 weeks out from the National Intercollegiate Indoors so between now and then there are a few fall tournaments taking place throughout the country.Louisville is hosting the Louisville Invitational this weekend with teams several teams from the Ohio Valley Region participating along with Marquette and Northwestern Ohio. The tournament format features three flights of singles and doubles and will be played both indoors and outdoors. Draws are below and here (updated with Saturday’s results). Louisville’s twitter will have score updates. A Singles Final: Gian Issa (MTSU 13.05) vs. Nils Ellefsen (KY 12.55)B...
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