by Bobby Knight | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
The ITA Carolina Regional had a strong field with the likes of Nicolas Alvarez, Gabriel Friedrich, Robert Kelly, and Christian Seraphim but when play commenced on Tuesday morning the big winner was UNC Asheville junior Henry Patten. The reigning Big South Player of the Year won all six matches in straight sets, including a 6-3, 6-1 win in the singles final over Clemson’s Alex Favrot, to earn an automatic bid in the ITA National Fall Championships. Below are some comments from UNCA’s recap:”It shows a lot of the hard work is worth it and the progression is really nice,” Patten mused. “I just want to thank Coach Tom Hand as he has...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog
New Mexico VP of Athletics Paul Krebs named Stephanie Wooten-Quijada as the Lobo’s new women’s coach. Wooten-Quijada, a 2009 Purdue graduate, resigned as the women’s coach at UTRGV on July 24 after leading the program to an 11-11 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Wooten-Quijada replaces Kelsey McKenna who left after one year to take the head coaching position at Wisconsin.Wooten-Quijada Named Head Women’s Tennis Coach At New Mexico https://t.co/Tg6ebYR4ZI— Bobby Knight (@College10s2day) August 4, 2016 Mississippi State men’s head coach Matt Roberts announced the hiring of Matt Walters as the Bulldogs new assistant...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog
The NCAA recently released its sports sponsorship and participation rates report and the numbers confirmed what we all knew – tennis, especially men’s tennis, is on the decline. The report tracks student-athlete participation by sport and gender dating back to the 1981-82 season and tracks teams dropped and added since 1988-89.Here is some of the highlights or should I say lowlights of the report:In 2014-15, the sport with the highest number of women’s teams dropped was tennis with nine, followed by golf and lacrosse. The women’s sports that have been dropped the most since 1988-89 are cross country and golf with 241 programs dropped...
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