by Bobby Knight | May 10, 2017 | Blog
Former Virginia Tech Hokie Sebastien Jacques is making his way across the country, by foot, after not being able to walk across a room just a few years ago. Jacques played at Virginia Tech from 2007 to 2010 but during his senior year he had to quit playing due to a lack of energy. After graduating with a degree in marketing he returned home to Magog, Canada, and after seeing several doctor he was eventually diagnosed with a pineal cystic tumor in his brain which was the cause of the energy drain. The doctors in Canada determined the procedure was too risky and the health care system wouldn’t cover the cost so Jacques ended up raising $80000 and had the...
by Bobby Knight | May 14, 2016 | Blog
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...
by Bobby Knight | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Ohio State RegionalStickney Tennis Center (Varsity Courts) – Columbus, OH[5] Ohio State Buckeyes (30-2) vs. [49-64] Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (15-6) – Saturday 1pm ET – Ohio State earned the Big Ten’s automatic berth after defeating Illinois in the finals of the conference tournament while Tennessee Tech earned the Ohio Valley’s automatic berth after knocking off Eastern Kentucky in the finals. TTU will be playing without its No. 2 singles player, Alex Arovin, who was defaulted in the finals of the conference tournament so I’m guessing whatever he did must have carried at least a two-match suspension...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog
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...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 10, 2016 | Blog
There were two bigger stories on Saturday – the rain that wiped out several matches and Lamar upsetting No. 28 Rice 4-1. The bad weather out in California washed out the Oregon/Cal and San Diego/Santa Clara matches while UNC Wilmington and VCU were rained out in Richmond. Both of the matches in California are set to be played on Sunday while UNC Wilmington and VCU won’t make their match up.Earlier this season Lamar upset then No. 47 Iowa 4-2 but today’s win over Rice took it to a new level. Lamar took the doubles point by winning the deciding match at No. 2 in a tiebreak and then the Cardinals took four opening sets in singles. Lamar junior...
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