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Thursday Recap & Notes: Georgia, South Carolina, & Texas all winners

by | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog

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This morning I got a chance to watch the Fox Sports Oklahoma telecast of Tuesday’s Oklahoma/Virginia match and I must say I was impressed with the production of the match and the quality of the announcing.  The version I watched was taped and edited but they did a good job bouncing around from court to court.  They started the telecast a few games into singles and started showing the match at #1 singles but they also showed several games of the Alvarez/Shane match at #2 singles.  After those 2 matches finished up they showed the last 3 games of the Webb/Kwiatkowski match and then showed the last several games of the Bragusi/Aragone match. The only 2 courts they didn’t go to were #4 and #5 singles.  I know the match was viewable live for a fee through Oklahoma’s site though I don’t know if that version had announcers or was just plain old streaming.  I also saw where the match was going to be replayed several times on Fox College Sports so if you have that channel check out a few minutes of the replay.

Today’s match between Georgia and Tennessee was originally scheduled to be broadcasted on ESPN3 however recent weather delayed installation of the proper cables back to the Tennessee studio (per UT blog).


For those wondering where the live streaming went for the SEC schools that in the past have steamed matches (Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Auburn, Texas A&M) I got the answer from Tammy Wilson, SEC Director of Communications:

“When we started the SEC Network this year, the schools gave the Network all rights which includes live streaming because we are also on WatchESPN / ESPN3.  It’s up to each institution if they want to utilize their production department to show tennis on those outlets (known as SEC Network+).  We do have several schools that have shown tennis using this option”

In Knoxville, Tennessee seemingly had the doubles point all but clinched when they had 4 match points at #3 doubles but Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery and Paul Oosterbaan rallied back to force a tiebreak then cruised through the tiebreak 7-3 to give Georgia the point.  Singles was fairly lopsided with Georgia taking 5 1st sets and finishing 3 of them in just over an hour with Austin Smith, Nick Wood, and Paul Oosterbaan all picking up wins.  The 3 remaining matches were abandoned with the match at #1 singles on-serve in the 3rd, Georgia’s Nathan Pasha up a set at #3, and Tennessee’s Igor Smelyanski up a set and on serve in the 2nd at #5. 

FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of March 12th.  For more details about UTR check out their website. 

#3 Georgia 4, #55 Tennessee 0
Singles
1. #14 Mikelis Libietis (UT 14.17) vs. #17 Wayne Montgomery (UGA 14.67) 1-6 6-4 2-1 
2. #30 Austin Smith (UGA 14.23) def. Hunter Reese (UT 13.25) 6-3, 6-4
3. #15 Nathan Pasha (UGA 14.28) vs. #95 Jack Schipanski (UT 13.05) 6-3, 5-5 unf.
4. Nick Wood (UGA 13.72) def. Luis Valero (UT 13.27) 6-1, 6-4
5. Igor Smelyanski (UT 13.51) vs. Ben Wagland (UGA 13.25) 6-4, 4-5 unf.
6. Paul Oosterbaan (UGA 13.60) def. Andrew Dromsky (UT 12.33) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
1. #7 Smith/Wagland, UGA, def. #2 Libietis/Reese, UT, 6-4
2. Dromsky/Smelyanski, UT, def. #70 Diaz/Pasha, UGA, 6-3
3. Montgomery/Oosterbaan, UGA, def. Schipanski/Valero, UT, 7-6 (3)

Match Notes
Georgia 12-2 (5-0); National ranking #3
Tennessee 9-7 (1-3); National ranking #55
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,4,2)

Georgia recap

“Our guys played very well today,” said head coach Manuel Diaz. “Tennessee really challenged us in doubles, and it came down to a tiebreaker. Our guys got better in that tiebreaker, and that is a sign of a championship team. I thought we did a tremendous job in all of our singles matches, so it was a good day for our guys.”
“Our No. 1 doubles team had a very good win against the defending NCAA champions,” Manuel Diaz said. “At No. 3 we were down an early break but our guys did a phenomenal job of competing under pressure.”
Tennessee recap
“We are in a place where we know what we have to do,” head coach Sam Winterbotham said after the match. “It’s become clearer as the season has gone on where our deficiencies are and where our strengths are. We are in the process of correcting those deficiencies and using our strengths. The match today was against a very good team, and the truth is that if we did two things better, we can take that match. As the double points, we had four match points to clench the double’s point, so the score line is a little bit misleading. I thought they played very well in singles. They managed their match well.”
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Columbia, SC:  South Carolina took the doubles point and then picked up singles wins from Kyle Koch, Harrison O’Keefe, and Thomas Mayronne at 2, 5, and 6.  Kentucky got its lone point from Beck Pennington at #1 singles.  Kentucky made a little bit of a charge by taking 2nd sets at 1, 2, and 3 but they weren’t able to make any headway at the bottom 3. 
#38 South Carolina 4, Kentucky 1
Doubles (Order of Finish: 2, 1)
1. #44 Kyle Koch / Thiago Pinheiro (SC) def. #58 Beck Pennington/Kevin Lai (UK) 7-6 (1)
2. #47 Thomas Mayronne / Harrison O’Keefe (SC) def. Jerry Lopez/Nils Ellefson (UK) 6-3
3.Andrew Adams / Andrew Schafer (SC) led William Bushamuka/Trey Yates (UK) 6-5 susp
Singles (Order of Finish: 5, 1, 6, 2*)
1. #92 Beck Pennington (UK 13.41) def. Andrew Adams (SC 13.57) 6-4, 6-3
2. Kyle Koch (SC 13.79) def. Jerry Lopez (UK 13.28) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
3. Thiago Pinheiro (SC 13.39) vs. #125 William Bushamuka (UK 13.05) 6-2, 1-6, 5-5 
4. #113 Andrew Schafer (SC 13.60) led Trey Yates (UK 12.93) 7-6 (6), 5-6 susp
5. Harrison O’Keefe (SC 13.27) def. Kevin Lai (UK 13.12) 6-2, 6-2
6. Thomas Mayronne (SC 12.92) def. Jake Stefanik (UK 12.81) 7-6 (5), 6-3
Kentucky recap
South Carolina recap
“This was a great match for us,” South Carolina head coach Josh Goffi said. “The team is getting stronger with every match. Now that we have a full lineup, everyone’s confidence is growing, especially after a win like this. The doubles point was sticky – down a break on 3 from the start with 1 and 2 teetering. We were finally able to pull ahead on 2, which gave 1 the confidence to win, and that point played a big role in today’s win. What I loved about today was the resilience. There were a lot of momentum swings, but we stuck with it and made the final push to the end of the match, which is something we have not always done well this season.”
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Austin, TX:  Texas sat 2 of its regular starters (Lloyd Glasspool & Nick Naumann) but still managed to shutout Michigan State 7-0 and only dropped 1 set in singles along the way.  This match was pretty much just a tune-up to get the Longhorns ready for what’s coming up which is Illinois on Saturday and Ohio State next Tuesday.
#8 Texas 7, Michigan State 0
03/12/15 at Austin, TX (Caswell Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #2 Soren Hess-Olesen (UT 15.02) def. #123 Gijs Linders (MSU 12.85) 6-2, 6-0
2. #52 Adrien Berkowicz (UT 13.77) def. Brett Forman (MSU 13.49) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
3. #60 George Goldhoff (UT 13.71) def. Harry Jadun (MSU 12.81) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Adrian Ortiz-Ruiz (UT 13.28) def. John Patrick Mullane (MSU 13.17) 6-3, 6-0
5. John Mee (UT 13.56) def. Mac Roy (MSU 11.96) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Clement Homs (UT 13.61) def. Michael Dube (MSU 12.07) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. #35 Lloyd Glasspool/Soren Hess-Olesen (UT) def. #21 Harry Jadun/John Patrick Mullane (MSU) 6-4
2. Adrien Berkowicz/George Goldhoff (UT) def. Brett Forman/Gijs Linders (MSU) 6-4
3. Doug Zade/Jasper Koenen (MSU) def. John Mee/Adrian Ortiz-Ruiz (UT) 6-2
Match Notes
Michigan State 8-8
Texas 12-1; National ranking #8; Regional ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,4,6,5,2,3)