Ritchie Takes Over At Rutgers, US Open Qualies, More Schedules Released, Holy Cross College Starting Program

Duke men’s head coach Ramsey Smith announced that Diego Garavito (Bethune-Cookman ’16) will be the Blue Devils volunteer assistant coach this coming season.

There are only a handful of D1 head coaching jobs still open – my coaching carousel page is showing seven men’s and seven women’s jobs still to be filled.
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Thursday was a solid day for players with college ties at the US Open. 5 of 7 guys that played advanced to the final round of qualies while both girls moved on. 

Men’s Second Round (Thursday)
#216 Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) def. #140 Quentin Halys 7-6(1), 6-2
#218 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma St ’10) def. #167 Darian King 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
#181 Ilya Ivashka def. #652 [WC] Ryan Shane (Virginia ’16) 6-3, 6-3
#200 Pedja Krstin def. #120 [13] Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) 7-6(0), 7-5
#143 [26] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) def. #221 Mitchell Krueger 7-6(6), 6-4
#193 Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) def. #145 [28] Michael Berrer 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
#246 [WC] Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. #151 Thiemo De Bakker 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Second Round (Friday)
#216 Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) vs. #203 Guilherme Clezar – 11:00 am (1st Match)
#218 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma St ’10) vs. #227 Jan Satral – 12:30 pm (2nd Match)
#143 [26] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) vs. #200 Pedja Krstin – 12:30 pm (2nd Match)
#193 Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) vs. #96 [3] Karen Khachanov – 12:30 pm (2nd Match)

#246 [WC] Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) vs. #126 Mischa Zverev – 3:30 pm (4th Match)