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Mid-Week Recap: Wake Forest Beats UNC; Georgia Gwinnett Win Streak Tops 100; Cal Poly Edges Utah State; New Rankings Released

by | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog

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Wake Forest defeated North Carolina for the second time in the last five weeks with a 5-2 victory at home in Winston-Salem. North Carolina got off to a promising start after taking the doubles point and adding a straight set win from Mac Kiger at No. 6 but Wake tied it up at 2-2 with straight set wins from Petros Chrysochos and Rrezart Cungu at No. 2 and No. 5. The three remaining matches went three sets with Wake taking them all. Borna Gojo won 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 to make it 3-2, Bar Botzer got the clincher with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3, and to close out the day Melios Efstathiou won 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 at No. 4. 

The Winston-Salem Journal has a good recap of the match with quotes from Tony Bresky, Sam Paul, Borna Gojo, and Bar Botzer so make sure you give it a read. 

Wake Forest now has a two game lead in the ACC over North Carolina and Virginia while Miami is just one game back however the Canes still have to play both Wake and UVA. 

NAIA powerhouse Georgia Gwinnett College won its 100th consecutive dual-match on Tuesday afternoon with a 9-0 win over Northwestern Ohio. The Grizzles winning streak began on April 4, 2015 and over the last four years they’ve defeated 52 NAIA opponents, 30 Division II teams, 9 Division III teams, and 9 Division I teams. The four-time defending NAIA Champions made it 101 straight wins on Wednesday with a 4-2 win over defending Division II champion Columbus State.  

The top two teams in the Big West picked up some nice wins over the past few days.

On Wednesday afternoon, Cal Poly went on the road to Logan and edged the defending Mountain West champions Utah State 4-3. The Mustangs trailed 3-2 but senior Josh Ortlip would tie it up with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1 and redshirt freshman Daly Meinert came through with the match on the line to defeat Utah State’s Duro Opacic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4). 

On Tuesday afternoon, UC Santa Barbara improved to 8-5 with a 4-1 win over Washington. The Gauchos won the doubles point and added straight set wins from Nicolas Moreno de Alboran and Victor Krustev at No. 1 and No. 3 while Anders Holm clinched at No. 6 with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 win.

 

Ohio State is back at the top of the USTA Men’s Top 25 after the Buckeyes defeated Michigan and Michigan State while previous No. 1 Texas was defeated at home by USC. 

Georgia moved up to No. 1 in the ITA’s Women’s Top 50 with the Bulldogs top seven wins and no losses moving them past previous No. 1 North Carolina. 

I have the side-by-side charts of the ITA and USTA rankings below plus you can view the ITA team rankings from 26 to 50 at this link while the USTA’s release is available here.  

ITA MEN’S TOP 25   USTA MEN’S TOP 25
Rnk Avg School Prv   Rnk Votes School Prv
1 80.08 Ohio State 1   1 297 Ohio State 2
2 72.80 Florida 4   2 282 Wake Forest 3
3 71.93 Wake Forest 2   3 278 Texas 1
4 70.37 Texas 3   4 269 Florida 4
5 65.11 Virginia 5   5 249 Virginia 5
6 59.62 Baylor 6   6 235 Stanford 6
7 57.76 Texas A&M 9   7 226 TCU 7
8 57.64 Mississippi State 8   8 214 North Carolina 8
9 57.20 TCU 10   9 203 Baylor 9
10 55.51 Stanford 7   10 202 USC 11
11 52.76 North Carolina 11   11 175 Mississippi State 12
12 50.34 USC 15   12 168 Columbia 10
13 39.92 Columbia 12   13 160 Texas A&M 14
14 39.74 Illinois 13   14 150 UCLA 13
15 37.22 Tennessee 19   15 118 Oklahoma 15
16 36.01 Notre Dame 14   16 113 Illinois 16
17 35.80 Oklahoma 20   17 102 Florida State 20
18 35.14 South Carolina 32   18 88 Tennessee 21
19 32.04 UCLA 17   19 70 Miami FL 22
20 31.86 Alabama 21   20 50 Michigan 18
21 31.25 Michigan 16   21 43 Oregon 25
22 30.74 Miami (FL) 23   22 42 Georgia 19
23 30.52 NC State 30   23 33 South Carolina NR
24 29.77 San Diego 36   24 26 LSU NR
25 28.24 Arizona 34   25 20 NC State NR

 

ITA WOMEN’S TOP 25   USTA WOMEN’S TOP 25
Rnk Avg School Prv   Rnk Votes School Prv
1 85.26 Georgia 2   1 300 Georgia 1
2 84.99 North Carolina 1   2 288 North Carolina 2
3 69.08 Duke 3   3 275 Stanford 3
4 63.55 South Carolina 6   4 265 Duke 4
5 54.44 Vanderbilt 5   5 249 Pepperdine 5
6 52.42 Texas 18   6 239 South Carolina T6
7 49.25 Stanford 4   7 225 Texas 8
8 47.68 Pepperdine 7   8 207 Ohio State 9
9 47.60 Oklahoma State 8   9 203 Vanderbilt T6
10 47.58 NC State 12   10 188 UCLA 10
11 46.38 UCLA 9   11 181 Michigan 12
12 42.48 Texas A&M 11   12 163 NC State 13
13 41.83 Washington 10   13 160 Oklahoma State 14
14 41.21 Wake Forest 17   14 132 California 15
15 40.57 California 19   15 114 Florida State 11
16 39.62 USC 13   16 113 Washington 17
17 39.34 Kansas 16   17 111 Texas A&M 19
18 37.33 Tennessee 29   18 86 Kansas 18
19 36.55 Ohio State 14   T19 74 Miami FL 16
20 35.39 Florida State 15   T19 74 Virginia 20
21 35.00 UCF 26   21 57 UCF 23
22 33.52 Kentucky 23   22 55 Wake Forest 24
23 33.33 LSU 21   23 53 USC 22
24 32.24 Northwestern 20   24 43 Northwestern 21
25 31.68 Texas Tech 27   25 19 LSU 25