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Texas TechSaturday was another great day of college tennis action with more than 2000 fans filling the stands in Fort Worth for the TCU/Texas match. TCU hadn’t beaten Texas since 1996 but that slump came to an end as TCU got it done 4-1.
TCU started off by taking the doubles point with a 6-1 win at #2 (Trevor Johnson & Cameron Norrie) and 7-6(4) win at #3 (Guillermo Nuez & Hudson Blake) . It looked like TCU would take the point a bit easier but Texas’s #1 team of Soren Hess-Olesen and Lloyd Glasspool came back from 5-3 down to win 7-6(5) which made the match at #3 the decider.
TCU kept the momentum flowing in singles by taking 4 opening sets and they’d get the 3 singles victories they needed with all 3 coming in straight sets. Cameron Norrie was off first with a 6-4, 6-0 win at #3 then Arnau Dachs rolled Clement Homs 6-1, 6-3 at #5. Texas’s Soren Hess-Olesen would win at #1 singles 6-3, 6-4 to pull Texas to within 3-1 but a short while later TCU senior Will Stein would clinch the historic win with a 6-4, 7-6(8) at #6 singles over Nick Naumann.
Below are some comments from TCU’s David Roditi:
TCU recap
“I am just really happy for the senior class and the freshmen,” head coach David Roditi said. “You could tell from point one that Cameron Norrie came to play. He got us a quick doubles point and a quick singles point and then one of our seniors, Arnau Dachs, got us another quick singles point and it just us in a really good situation where all we had to do was win one of those matches. Nick Chappell did a good job of playing one of the best guys in the country, but I am proud and happy for all the seniors and especially Will Stein.
“To know where he came from, as a non-scholarship player who barely got on the team, and for him to get the opportunity to clinch the match and actually come through under so much pressure is amazing. He had so many excuses not to finish his match and even show up for singles after dropping his doubles match, but he overcame and that is the reason why he is out there because he can handle all that. He is the man. He is strong, confident and nobody rebounds better than Will Stein.”
“From everyone in our program, we just want to thank every single person that came out and every single person that shared our tweets and participated in our tennis ball contests,” Roditi said. “We just want to thank all of the Horned Frog fans and we hope that we made you proud. We are proud of our school, we are proud of the atmosphere out there and I thought it was respectful and the way a college match should be. I couldn’t be any happier with how everything went today.”
FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of April 18th. For more details about UTR check out their website.
#7 TCU 4, #10 Texas 1
Apr 18, 2015 at Fort Worth, Texas (Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #5 Soren Hess-Olesen (UT 14.97) def. #44 Nick Chappell (TCU 13,91) 6-3, 6-4
2. #47 Guillermo Nuez (TCU 13.93) vs. #48 Lloyd Glasspool (UT 13.94) 7-6(4), 6-6
3. #43 Cameron Norrie (TCU 14.33) def. #49 Adrien Berkowicz (UT 13.99) 6-4, 6-0
4. #121 Facundo Lugones (TCU 13.87) vs. George Goldhoff (UT 13.70) 4-6, 6-2, 3-4
5. Arnau Dachs (TCU 13.99) def. Clement Homs (UT 13.27) 6-1, 6-3
6. Will Stein (TCU 13.32) def. Nick Naumann (UT 13.76) 6-4, 7-6(8)
Doubles competition
1. #23 Lloyd Glasspool/Soren Hess-Olesen (UT) def. #21 Stein/Chappell (TCU) 7-6 (5)
2. #27 Trevor Johnson/Cameron Norrie (TCU) def. Berkowicz/Goldhoff (UT) 6-1
3. Guillermo Nuez/Hudson Blake (TCU) def. Naumann/Michael Riechmann (UT) 7-6 (4)
Match Notes
Texas 18-5, 2-3; National ranking #10
TCU 20-6, 3-2; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,5,1,6)
A-2112
In the SEC Tournament semifinals the #2 seed and host Texas A&M Aggies rolled over Mississippi State 4-0. Texas A&M took the doubles point and picked up singles wins from “Artillery” Arthur Rinderknech, AJ Catanzariti, and Jordi Arconada at 3, 5, and 6 singles. Texas A&M was ahead or about to be even in each of the other 3 matches.
Texas A&M recap
“I think today was a pretty good day, we came out on top of a really good team, Texas A&M men’s tennis head coach Steve Denton said. “Mississippi State is really good up and down the lineups and have had some great success in doubles play this season. So today’s doubles point was really huge for us, when we played in Starkville they put us on our heels winning the doubles point.
“Shane and Harry played really well yesterday having only lost six or seven points in the whole doubles match and they continued that today, Denton said. “The two of them are playing with a lot of energy and we need that going into tomorrow’s match and on into the tournament.
“The freshman really had to fight to get that point for us today, Denton added. “They dug themselves a hole and had to fight to get out of it, they did that yesterday also. They two of them have a lot of belief in themselves and that really shows on the court and on the scoreboard. “
Mississippi State recap
“That was a tough loss today, but I’m really proud of my guys. They fought at every moment and never gave in, MSU coach Matt Roberts said. “This is a tough place to play. Texas A&M had a good home crowd and fed off that energy, but I felt like our guys responded well. In the end, we came up short, but nonetheless I’m proud of this team.
“While we’re down that we couldn’t get this win, we are excited to begin our postseason run, Roberts said. “We have two weeks to train, prepare and get everything in order, from the classroom to the courts. We’re ready to get back at it once we get home to Starkville.
#6 Texas A&M 4, #20 Mississippi State 0
Apr 18, 2015 at College Station, TX (George P Mitchell Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #76 Florian Lakat (MSU 13.87) vs. #61 Jeremy Efferding (TAMU 14.25) 7-6(6), 2-5
2. #69 Shane Vinsant (TAMU 14.16) vs. Juan Cruz Estevarena (MSU 13.76) 6-4, 1-6, 4-1
3. Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU 14.20) def. #118 Mate Cutura (MSU 13.70) 6-0, 3-0, ret
4. #55 Harrison Adams (TAMU 13.60) vs. Rishab Agarwal (MSU 13.75) 2-6, 6-3, 3-3
5. #93 AJ Catanzariti (TAMU 14.18) def. Tassilo Schmid (MSU 12.82) 7-6(3), 6-1
6. Jordi Arconada (TAMU 13.45) def. Julian Cash (MSU 13.36) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #11 Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #7 Lakat/Cash (MSU) 6-2
2. #46 Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo (TAMU) vs. Cutura/Schmid (MSU) 6-5, unf
3. AJ Catanzariti/Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Estevarena/Robin Haden (MSU) 7-6(4)
Match Notes:
Mississippi State 19-7; National ranking #20
Texas A&M 20-4; National ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,5,6)
SEC Semifinals
T-2:42
The second SEC semifinal was much more competitive than the first as Ole Miss gave Georgia all it wanted during the singles portion. Georgia jumped Ole Miss in doubles going up early breaks on all 3 courts and would close out 1 and 2 to take the point. Ole Miss would come out firing in singles by taking the first set on 4 courts though it looked like it’d be 5 when Stefan Lindmark led Wayne Montgomery 5-1 at #2 singles. Montgomery came all the way back to force a tiebreak then after falling behind 6-4 in the tiebreak he’d win 4 straight points to take the opening set.
Georgia’s Ben Wagland took the other first set for the Bulldogs and he’d be the first to finish as he defeated William Kallberg 7-5, 6-2 at #4 singles. Nik Scholtz would then snap a 2-match losing streak and avenge his loss to Austin Smith by winning 7-5, 6-4 at #1 singles to pull the Rebels to within 2-1.
Wayne Montgomery would complete his comeback with a 7-6, 6-2 win at #2 singles then a short while later Nick Wood would close the door on Ole Miss as he came back from a set down to win 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 at #5 singles over Zvonimir Babic.
Below are video clips of match points via UGA’s Twitter
Georgia recap
“We played a tremendous doubles point and felt very comfortable,” said head coach Manuel Diaz. “But Ole Miss came out, and they are quiet and you think they aren’t into it, but they are really good. Big props to Ben Wagland, who played a tremendous match. He was down a break in the first and came back quickly and reasserted himself and broke for the first set and cruised from there. He played a very good match.”
“I can’t say enough about Wayne,” Diaz said. “He was down two breaks in the first set, but just fought like nobody’s business and got himself back on track and just played even better to close out the second set. I can’t tell you what a great effort that was. His opponent had not lost all year in dual match play in the SEC. He beat a really tough player today who was on a hot streak.”
Said Diaz: “We had lost the first set at both No. 3 and 6, so that’s a lot of pressure on Nick, who was down a set, but he reasserted himself and came through big time for us.”
Ole Miss recap
“It was a tough match,” head coach Toby Hansson said. “We got beat in doubles, but the guys did a good job of putting that behind them and really started off well in singles. We were up on most courts and looking good. We were competing well and had a good grip on the match. It really could have gone either way. I have to give Georgia a lot of credit for playing well and winning this match.”
#5 Georgia 4, #13 Ole Miss 1
April 18, 2015 at College Station, TX (George P. MItchell Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #19 Nik Scholtz (OM 14.08) def. #29 Austin Smith (UGA 14.29) 7-5, 6-4
2. #28 Wayne Montgomery (UGA 14.50) def. #87 Stefan Lindmark (OM 14.19) 7-6(6), 6-2
3. Gustav Hansson (OM 13.73) vs. #26 Nathan Pasha (UGA 14.30) 7-6(8), 3-3, unf
4. Ben Wagland (UGA 13.29) def. William Kallberg (OM 13.22) 7-5, 6-2
5. Nick Wood (UGA 13.93) def. Zvonimir Babic (OM 12.87) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
6. Vinod Gowda (OM 12.96) vs. Paul Oosterbaan (UGA 13.76) 7-6(5), 4-3, unf
Doubles competition
1. #1 Ben Wagland/Austin Smith (UGA) def. #39 Scholtz/Babic (OM) 6-1
2. Nathan Pasha/Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) def. Lindmark/Hansson (OM) 6-4
3. Wayne Montgomery/Nick Wood (UGA) vs. Kallberg/Jorge (OM) 5-4, unf
Match Notes
Ole Miss 17-8; National ranking #13
Georgia 21-3; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,1,2,5)
SEC Semifinals
T-2:20
Stanford beat Cal 4-3 back on February 21st but the Bears turned the tables today and pulled out a 4-3 win of their own. Stanford took the doubles point and got singles wins from David Hsu and John Morrissey but Cal won everywhere else with Andre Goransson, Oskar Wikberg, J.T. Nishimura, and Billy Griffith winning at 1, 3, 4, and 5.
Griffith served for the match up 5-2 40-15 but Paige came back to break and then when Paige served at 3-5 he fought off a match point on his serve to pull within 4-5. Griffith charged ahead 40-15 on his service game before Paige got it back to the deciding point. Griffith would then unload on a forehand and catch Paige leaning the wrong way and that was it – Bears win 4-3
Cal recap
Stanford recap
#28 California 4, #24 Stanford 3
April 18, 2015 – Palo Alto, CA (Taube Family Tennis Center)
Doubles
1) No. 22 Morrissey/Stineman (STAN) d. Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (CAL) 6-2
2) Fawcett/Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) vs. Bergevi/Engsted (CAL) 5-5
3) Paige/Wilczynski (STAN) d. No. 73 Goransson/Wikberg (CAL) 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles
1) #35 Andre Goransson (CAL 14.06) d. #31 Tom Fawcett (STAN 14.41) 7-5, 6-0
2) #60 John Morrissey (STAN 13.97) d. #91 Filip Bergevi (CAL 13.91) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
3) Oskar Wikberg (CAL 13.37) d. David Wilczynski (STAN 13.84) 6-3, 6-3
4) J.T. Nishimura (CAL 13.65) d. Robert Stineman (STAN 13.27) 7-5, 7-5
5) Billy Griffith (CAL 13.57) d. Nolan Paige (STAN 13.38) 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
6) David Hsu (STAN 13.80) d. Mads Engsted (CAL 13.51) 7-6 (1), 6-0
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5
#2 Baylor avoided a letdown after a big win over Texas by taking care of business in Lubbock as teh Bears took out Texas Tech 4-1. Baylor’s #2 Tony Lupieri sat out in singles which slid everyone else up a spot but Baylor didn’t miss a beat as Julian Lenz, Mate Zsiga, and Felipe Rios picked up straight set wins at 1, 4, and 5. Texas Tech’s lone point came from Connor Curry as he beat Vince Schneider in straight sets at #6.
Baylor recap
TOP QUOTE #1
“I’m happy for the team. They’ve worked so hard so far this year, and they did a great job of coming through in a tough environment today. And I’m really proud of them.” – head coach Matt Knoll on the win
TOP QUOTE #2
“I think we grew us a team today doing that, and I thought the team really got a lot out of it today. It’s one of those days where you don’t walk out there expecting to play your best tennis, but you just want to be competitive and gritty, and I thought our guys showed a lot of grit.” – Knoll on his team
“There is a reason they are the No. 2 team in the nation,” said Texas Tech head coach Tim Siegel. “I thought we had chances, but didn’t get the breaks when we needed them. I am proud of Connor (Curry) and Alex (Sendegeya) played great. I thought if Hugo (Dojas) and Felipe (Soares) got to the third, we could have changed the momentum.”
“The fans have been great this season. We have had some great crows this year. We had 915 here tonight. They really have made the difference for us,” added Siegel. “The make this place a special environment.”
#2 Baylor 4, #16 Texas Tech 1
Apr 18, 2015 at Lubbock, Texas (McLeod Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #2 Julian Lenz (BU) def. #33 Felipe Soares (TT) 6-4, 6-4
2. #67 Max Tchoutakian (BU) vs. Hugo Dojas (TT) 7-6(6), 3-4
3. Diego Galeano (BU) vs. #113 Alex Sendegeya (TT) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0
4. #112 Mate Zsiga (BU) def. #106 Jolan Cailleau (TT) 6-1, 6-2
5. Felipe Rios (BU) def. Francisco Zambon (TT) 6-1, 6-2
6. Connor Curry (TT) def. Vince Schneider (BU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #25 Julian Lenz/Diego Galeano (BU) def. #16 Felipe Soares/Hugo Dojas (TT) 6-4
2. Vince Schneider/Felipe Rios (BU) def. Alex Sendegeya/Jolan Cailleau (TT) 7-5
3. Tony Lupieri/Max Tchoutakian (BU) def. Francisco Zambon/Connor Curry (TT) 7-5
Match Notes
Baylor (20-4, 4-1 Big 12); National ranking #2
Texas Tech (18-7, 2-3 Big 12); National ranking #16
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,4,6,1)
T-2:05 A-915
Conference Tournament Roundup:
AAC Tournament Semifinals (Tulsa, OK) – The #1 seed South Florida beat #5 Memphis 4-1 and the #2 seed Tulsa held off #3 Tulane 4-3.
Atlantic Sun Semifinals (Jacksonville, FL) – Both matches were postponed until Sunday due to rain however the rain didn’t come until midway through singles. #2 UNF leads #3 USC Upstate 2-0 though USC Upstate leads on 3 courts and another is even. #1 FGCU leads #4 Stetson 2-1 and is up on 4 and 5 though Stetson is up on 2 and 3
Colonial Semifinals (Williamsburg, VA) – Upset city as both the #1 and #2 seeds got upset as the #4 seed College of Charleston beat #1 UNC Wilmington 4-3 (recap) and the #3 seed William & Mary beat #2 Elon 4-1 (recap).
Conference USA Semifinals (Norfolk, VA) – #1 seed Rice rolled over #4 Charlotte while #3 UTSA upset the host #2 Old Dominion 4-2 (recap).
Missouri Valley Semifinals (St. Louis) – #1 seed Drake won 4-1 over Ililnois State while #2 Wichita State held off UMBC 4-2.
Sunbelt Semifinals (New Orleans, LA) – #1 Troy beat #5 Louisiana Lafayette 4-1 while #3 South Alabama knocked off #2 UT Arlington 4-1.
Current Top 25 (through Saturday)
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Oklahoma |
84.79 |
| 2 |
Baylor |
77.91 |
| 3 |
Texas A&M |
66.71 |
| 4 |
Illinois |
65.61 |
| 5 |
Virginia |
65.52 |
| 6 |
Georgia |
65.15 |
| 7 |
TCU |
65.07 |
| 8 |
Duke |
63.52 |
| 9 |
USC |
62.70 |
| 10 |
Texas |
57.03 |
| 11 |
Wake Forest |
48.21 |
| 12 |
Ohio State |
47.07 |
| 13 |
Ole Miss |
45.58 |
| 14 |
UCLA |
42.38 |
| 15 |
North Carolina* |
41.52 |
| 16 |
Virginia Tech* |
41.01 |
| 17 |
Texas Tech |
39.80 |
| 18 |
Mississippi State |
39.23 |
| 19 |
Columbia* |
38.28 |
| 20 |
Florida |
38.10 |
| 21 |
San Diego |
38.02 |
| 22 |
South Florida |
36.43 |
| 23 |
Vanderbilt |
34.83 |
| 24 |
Minnesota* |
33.20 |
| 25 |
California |
32.67 |
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