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Saturday Super Regional Recap: TCU and North Carolina Advance With Road Wins; Florida Escapes Another Upset by Tennessee; Virginia Pulls Away From Stanford; Chalk on the Women’s Side

The Super Regional round is officially in the books and after the host schools started off 14-0 they finished 14-2 with the final two matches on Saturday evening producing the two seeding upsets. In Starkville, No. 10 seed TCU knocked off No. 7 Mississippi State 4-2 in a match that finished just over six hours after it started due to a nearly three-hour rain delay that occurred early on in singles. In the first meeting between the two earlier this year it was Mississippi State winning the doubles point but on Saturday it was TCU that took the early lead after picking up wins at No. 1 and No. 3.Most of the first sets were five to six games in when...

Sunday NCAA Tournament Recap: Beiler Rallies Oklahoma Past Texas A&M; Texas A&M Women Whip Texas in Austin; NC State Advances to First-Ever Sweet 16; Several Shutouts Round out the Day

The Sweet 16 is set and while eight of the nine matches played on Sunday were on the women’s side it was the one men’s match that was the showstopper. Oklahoma jumped out to a quick start on the road against No. 13 Texas A&M by claiming the doubles point with 6-4 wins at No. 1 and No. 3 and then the Sooners added first sets at 4, 5, and 6.Texas A&M’s Hady Habib tied it at 1-1 with a 7-5, 6-0 win at No. 2 but OU retook the lead after Jochen Bertsch won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6.A&M’s Val Vacherot made it 2-2 with a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 3 but once again OU went back in front after a 6-2, 7-6 win by Ferran Calvo at No....

Mid-Week Recap: Rybakov Delivers TCU Win Over Texas A&M; Pepperdine Tops USC; Duke Too Much For NC State; New Rankings Released; Packed Weekend Slate

A trio of top 15 matches highlighted the mid-week slate with the TCU men, Pepperdine women, and Duke women all coming through with wins. TCU earned a hard fought 4-3 win at home over No. 8 Texas A&M. The Horned Frogs won a pivotal doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 and then each team took three opening sets in singles. Texas A&M’s Valentin Vacherot tied it up with a straight set win at No. 3 but TCU made it 3-1 with a three-set win from Luc Fomba at No. 5 and a straight set win from Sander Jong at No. 6. Texas A&M’s Barnaby Smith made it 3-2 with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 4 and Juan Carlos Aguilar tied it up with a 7-6,...

Friday Recap: UCLA Wins Classic Over USC; Baylor Blows Out Oklahoma; Texas A&M Escapes Vandy; Washington Wins Top 20 Showdown at Cal; UNC Rocks FSU; & More

Friday afternoon’s Battle for LA between UCLA and USC went down to the wire, as many of these encounters do, and in the end it was the No. 13 Bruins prevailing with a close as it gets 4-3 win over the No. 9 Trojans. UCLA jumped out to the early 1-0 lead after a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles and a 6-3 win at No. 2. Each team claimed three opening sets in singles and four of the six matches would finish in straight sets. USC took a 3-2 lead after getting straight set wins from Brandon Holt, Laurens Verboven, and Mor Bullis at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 6 while Keegan Smith won in straights at No. 2 for UCLA. UCLA tied it up at 3-3 after Ben Goldberg knocked off...

Sunday Recap: Texas Men & Women Score Top 10 Wins; Florida Takes Big One Over Texas A&M; Plus Other Sunday Results

Sunday was a big day for the University of Texas with the men’s team edging #6 Baylor 4-3 at home in front of a national television audience on the Longhorn Network while the women’s team went on the road to Stillwater and defeated #9 Oklahoma State 5-2.The Texas men found themselves down 1-0 after dropping the doubles point at 1 and 2 but straight set wins in singles from Christian Sigsgaard, Yuya Ito, and Rodrigo Banzer put them in front 3-2. UT senior Colin Markes clinched the win at No. 5 with a 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over Sven Lah while BU’s Will Little closed out the night at No. 4 with a win over Harrison Scott to make the final 4-3.The...