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 11, 2016 | Blog
UCLA RegionalSunset Canyon Recreation Center – Los Angeles, CA[3] UCLA Bruins (22-2) vs. [49-64] Weber State Wildcats (14-7) – Friday 1pm PT – Both schools earned their conference’s automatic berth after UCLA defeated Cal in the finals of the Pac-12 Tournament while Weber State punched its first ticket since 1992 with a win over Idaho in the finals of the Big Sky Tournament. Weber State went 0-3 against teams that were ranked at some point during the season the Wildcats losing to BYU, Utah, and UC Irvine by a combined score of 18-2. Note: These matches will be played at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, which...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 24, 2016 | Blog
In the late match on Saturday night it was No. 2 UCLA gutting out a 4-1 win over No. 16 Cal to win the Pac-12 Championship. The Bruins played a sharp doubles point and picked up a 6-1 win from Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki at No. 1 and a 6-3 win from Austin Rapp and Max Cressy at No. 3.Cressy/Rapp defeat Engsted/Nishimura 6-3 and Bruins take the doubles point over Cal pic.twitter.com/rEwqQBXZzL UCLA Men’s Tennis (@uclatennis) April 24, 2016Cal regained the momentum in singles and took four opening sets but closing them out in straight sets would prove to be a challenging task.UCLA’s Martin Redlicki was off the court rather...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 24, 2016 | Blog
Semifinal Saturday was good as expected in the ACC with an almost three rain delay adding to the suspense. North Carolina was looking for its third of the season over No. 1 Virginia and for the better part of four plus hours it looked like they’d get it.In the high-profile doubles matchup at No. 1 it was the ITA No. 3 team of Brett Clark and Robert Kelly rolling over the ITA No. 2 team of Ryan Shane and Luca Corinteli. Clark and Kelly broke UVA to start the match and then broke again to go up 5-2. Robert Kelly would serve it out to give UNC the 6-2.UVA’s Collin Altamirano and J.C. Aragone jumped out to an early 4-1 lead at No. 3 but...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog
Sunday was a tremendous day for college tennis with five matches broadcast on National TV. The day started off with Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sport Oklahoma showing the Oklahoma/Kansas women’s match. Then you had Fox Sports 2 showing a doubleheader in Stillwater with the Oklahoma State women hosting TCU while the Oklahoma State men hosted Baylor. Lastly you had the Pac-12 Network showing a UCLA/USC doubleheader with the men playing first and then the women second.Despite these matches being on television the stands were packed and the crowds were loud which made for a great environment for those of us that watched from home. I hope today was a...
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