The National Indoor Intercollegiate selections were released today and while they were pretty straight forward there were a few last minute changes.
In the men’s singles draw, Florida’s Diego Hidalgo got in as a 7th at-large due to North Carolina’s Ronnie Schneider pulling out. I know Ronnie has had shoulder issues in the past so that could be why he’s out.
Georgia’s Austin Smith (14.41) got the at-large selection that was reserved for the player with the highest UTR.
Duke’s Nicolas Alvarez, who was the Oracle Masters Runner-Up, got the ITA’s wild card and Illinois’s Jared Hiltzik was awarded the USTA’s wild card despite not participating in any collegiate events this fall.
Columbia’s Victor Pham got the host wild card after he finished as the runner-up at the Northeast Regional (correction – Shawn Hadavi has now been put in)
Stanford’s Tom Fawcett and David Wilczynski got the USTA’s doubles wild card despite never playing together before.
In the women’s singles draw UCLA’s Catherine Harrison replaced Pepperdine’s Luisa Stefani while there were a few changes in the doubles draw. Cal’s Klara Fabikova and Olivia Hauger replaced Pepperdine’s Stefani and Runglerdkriangkrai while Virginia’s Julia Elbaba and Skylar Morton replaced Alabama’s Andie Daniell and Erin Routliffe.
Florida cleaned up the at-large selections with Brooke Austin, Belinda Woolcock, and Kourtney Keegan each getting one in the singles draw.
9. Cameron Norrie (TCU) – Oracle/ITA Masters Champion
10. Kevin Konfederak (Georgia Gwinnett) – Small College Champion
11. Max Hinnisdaels (Auburn) – Southern Regional Champion
12. Roberto Cid (South Florida – Southeast Regional Champion
13. Sam Monette (Indiana) – Ohio Valley Regional Champion
14. Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma) – Central Regional Champion
15. Martin Redlicki (UCLA) – Southwest Regional Champion
16. Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest) – Carolina Regional Champion
17. Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech) – Atlantic Regional Champion
18. Diogo Rocha (Denver) – Mountain Regional Champion
19. Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State) – Midwest Regional Champion
20. David Wilczynski (Washington) – Northwest Regional Champion
21. Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) – Northeast Regional Champion
22. Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M) – Texas Regional Champion
23. At-Large (High UTR) – Austin Smith (Georgia/14.41)
24. At-Large – Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame)
25. At-Large – Guillermo Nunez (TCU)
26. At-Large – Christopher Eubanks (Georgia Tech)
27. At-Large – Benjamin Lock (Florida State)
28. At-Large – Chris Diaz (Ohio State)
29. At-Large – Diego Hidalgo (Florida) – replaced Ronnie Schneider
30. ITA Wild Card – Nicolas Alvarez (Duke)
31. USTA Wild Card – Jared Hiltzik (Illinois)
32. Host Wildcard (Columbia) – Shawn Hadavi (Columbia)
4. Kevin Konfederak/Jordan Cox (Georgia Gwinnett) – Small College Champion
5. Christian Coetzee/Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) – Southern Regional Champion
6. Sam Monette/Daniel Bednarczyk (Indiana) – Ohio Valley Regional Champion
7. Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson (Florida) – Southeast Regional Champion
8. Felix Corwin/Matic Spec (Minnesota) – Central Regional Champion
9. Jordan Angus/Filip Vittek (San Diego) – Southwest Regional Champion
10. Romain Bogaerts/Maksim Kan (Wake Forest – Carolina Regional Runner-Up
11. Adam Moundir/Aziz Kijametovic (Old Dominion) Atlantic Regional Champion
12. Henry Craig/Alex Gasson (Denver) – Mountain Regional Champion
13. Quentin Monaghan/Alex Lawson (Notre Dame) – Midwest Regional Champion
14. Nils Skajaa/Vasco Valverde (San Francisco) – Northwest Regional Champion
15. Richard Pham/Shawn Hadavi (Columbia) – Northeast Regional Champion
16. Hugo Dojas/Felipe Soares (Texas Tech) – Texas Regional Champion
17. At-Large – Austin Smith/Ben Wagland (Georgia)
18. At-Large – Hayden Sabatka/Bart Van Leijsen (New Mexico)
19. USTA Wild Card – Tom Fawcett/David Wilczynski (Stanford)
20. Host Wildcard (Columbia) – Victor Pham/Mike Vermeer (Columbia)
Women’s Singles (32-draw)
6. Alejandra Cisneros (Armstrong St) – Small College Champion
7. Andie Dikosavljevic (Auburn) – Southern Regional Champion
8. Frances Altick (Vanderbilt) – Ohio Valley Regional Champion
9. Katarina Adamovic (Oklahoma State) Central Regional Champion
10. Catherine Harrison (UCLA) – Southwest Regional Runner-Up
11. Julia Elbaba (Virginia) – Atlantic Regional Champion
12. Nuria Ormeno Ruiz (Colorado) – Mountain Regional Champion
13. Hayley Carter (North Carolina) – Carolina Regional Champion
14. Caroline Brinson (Georgia) – Southeast Regional Champion
15. Breaunna Addison (Texas) – Texas Regional Champion
16. Anna Shkudun (Syracuse) – Northeast Regional Champion
17. Brienne Minor (Michigan) – Midwest Regional Champion
18. Taylor Davidson (Stanford) – Northwest Regional Champion
19. At-Large – Stephanie Wagner (Miami)
20. At-Large – Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt)
21. At-Large – Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson)
22. At-Large – Despoina Vogasari (Houston)
23. At-Large – Anastasiya Rychagova (Kansas)
24. At-Large – Maiar Sherif Ahmed (Fresno State)
25. At-Large – Klara Fabikova (Cal)
26. At-Large – Brooke Austin (Florida)
27. At-Large – Belinda Woolcock (Florida)
28. At-Large – Kourtney Keegan (Florida)
29. ITA Wild Card – Ronit Yurovsky (Michigan) – extra WC since Collins won AA & Oracle
30. ITA Wild Card – Giuliana Olmos (USC)
31. USTA Wild Card – Francesco Di Lorenzo (Ohio State)
32. Host Wildcard (Columbia) – Star Makarome (Columbia)
Women’s Doubles (20-draw):
4. Rosalie Willig/Diana Bogolii (Lynn) – Small College Champion
5. Mami Adachi/Aldila Sutjiadi (Kentucky) – Ohio Valley Regional Champion
6. Blaga Delic/Shelia Morales (Nevada) – Mountain Regional Champion
7. Danielle Collins/Meghan Kelley (Virginia) – Atlantic Regional Champion
8. Maria Alvarez/Kelsey Laurente (Oklahoma State) – Central Regional Champion
9. Jessie Aney/Kate Vialle (North Carolina) – Carolina Regional Champion
10. Miho Kowase/Anna Sanford (Ohio State) – Midwest Regional Champion
11. Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (Florida) – Southeast Regional Champion
12. Lynn Kiro/Alex Valenstein (Texas Tech) – Texas Regional Champion
13. Taylor Ng/Kristina Mathis (Dartmouth) – Northeast Regional Champion
14. Taylor Davidson/Caroline Doyle (Stanford) – Northwest Regional Champion
15. At-Large – Julia Elbaba/Skylar Morton (Virginia) – replaced Alabama’s Daniell/Routliffe
16. At-Large – Klara Fabikova/Olivia Hauger – (Cal) – replaced Pepperdine’s Stefani/Runglerdk.
17. At-Large – Caroline Wegner/Seda Arantekin (TCU)
18. At-Large – Gabby Smith/Giuliana Olmos (USC)
19. USTA Wild Card – Kourtney Keegan/Brooke Austin (Florida)
20. Host Wildcard (Columbia) – Rima Asatrian/Alex Solovyev (Columbia)
A week after Hartford announced it was cutting its tennis programs fellow America East member the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) announced today that it was doing the same. UMBC listed it’s process for eliminating the program with the primary reasons listed being the lack of a conference, lack of success, and freeing up the expense of running the program to stabilize the budget. The only remaining men’s member in the America East is Stony Brook so you’ve got to think the writing may be on the wall for them as well.
Earlier in October Tennis.com released its list of the Top 20 college tennis stadiums and last Friday they release the article to go with the list. I actually wrote several of the bios for the article and in doing so I learned a good bit about the people that donated money to get these stadiums built. The rankings themselves were done by a collection of coaches, athletes, and others that have been to a number of these facilities. I personally have been to 9 of these 20 but will hopefully see some more in the near future. As with any list that is subjective, there will be some differing opinions on which is the best but after going to Waco for the NCAAs last May I will say that I didn’t have a problem at all with Baylor being #1.
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