Dominik Mueller made his head coaching debut on Friday afternoon in Raleigh and it was a successful one as Old Dominion defeated NC State 6-1. The Monarchs won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 then they won a slew of three-set singles matches with all but one going the distance. The dual was played indoors at NC State’s 4-court facility with matches at 1, 2, 3, and 4 singles going on first. ODU’s Jacob Nicolussi won the only straight set match at No. 3 to make it 2-0 and then Adam Moundir rallied from a set down at No. 1 to win in three to make it 3-0. NC State picked up its lone point when Igor Saveljic came back from a set down to win at No. 4 but Michael Weindl clinched the ODU win with a come from behind win at No. 2. They played the final two matches out with ODU’s Maestre and Herrera each dropping the first set then coming back to win in three sets. ODU is back at it on Sunday as they host Richmond and Howard while NC State will play a doubleheader against The Citadel on Monday.
Post-Match Quotes from NCST’s recap
“This team together hasn’t won anything yet,” said head coach Jon Choboy. “We have to figure out how to do that. Old Dominion is a good team. They won a lot of matches last year and know how to win.”
“They got chances and they finished and closed out the games. That’s what a team that wins knows how to do and we did not do that. We put ourselves in a position to win. We were serving for a couple sets twice and we just didn’t do it.”
Old Dominion 6, NC State 1
Jan 13, 2017 at Raleigh, NC (J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center)
Singles Competition
1. #24 Adam Moundir (ODU 13.90) def. #37 Nick Horton (ST 13.74) 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-3
2. Michael Weindl (ODU 13.56) def. #103 Alexis Galarneau (ST 13.71) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (2), 6-3
3. Jacob Nicolussi (ODU 12.84) def. Ivan Saveljic (ST 12.44) 6-2, 6-2
4. Igor Saveljic (ST 13.33) def. Aziz Kijametovic (ODU 13.06) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
5. J. Jover Maestre (ODU 13.10) def. Georgiy Malyshev (ST 13.13) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0
6. Justin Herrera (ODU 11.45) def. Sean Burnette (ST 12.13) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1. Adam Moundir/Jacob Nicolussi (ODU 13.22) def. Michael Ogden/Ivan Saveljic (ST 12.52) 6-2
2. Nick Horton/Alexis Galarneau (ST 13.12) vs. Aziz Kijametovic/J. Nunez Navarro (ODU 12.68) 4-3, unf.
3. J. Jover Maestre/Michael Weindl (ODU 12.88) def. Igor Saveljic/Georgiy Malyshev (ST 12.72) 6-2
Match Notes:
Old Dominion 1-0
NC State 0-1
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,1,4,2,5,6)
A-250
Singles Competition
1. #24 Adam Moundir (ODU 13.90) def. #37 Nick Horton (ST 13.74) 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-3
2. Michael Weindl (ODU 13.56) def. #103 Alexis Galarneau (ST 13.71) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (2), 6-3
3. Jacob Nicolussi (ODU 12.84) def. Ivan Saveljic (ST 12.44) 6-2, 6-2
4. Igor Saveljic (ST 13.33) def. Aziz Kijametovic (ODU 13.06) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
5. J. Jover Maestre (ODU 13.10) def. Georgiy Malyshev (ST 13.13) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0
6. Justin Herrera (ODU 11.45) def. Sean Burnette (ST 12.13) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1. Adam Moundir/Jacob Nicolussi (ODU 13.22) def. Michael Ogden/Ivan Saveljic (ST 12.52) 6-2
2. Nick Horton/Alexis Galarneau (ST 13.12) vs. Aziz Kijametovic/J. Nunez Navarro (ODU 12.68) 4-3, unf.
3. J. Jover Maestre/Michael Weindl (ODU 12.88) def. Igor Saveljic/Georgiy Malyshev (ST 12.72) 6-2
Match Notes:
Old Dominion 1-0
NC State 0-1
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,1,4,2,5,6)
A-250
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Texas Tech and Arizona played the first collegiate match at the brand new Home of the USTA in Lake Nona but unfortunately rain halted play just minutes after the doubles point began. Texas Tech will play a doubleheader on Saturday against New Mexico (Noon ET) and Central Florida (7 p.m. ET) – you can watch the live stream of these matches at this link (select USTA National Campus Collegiate Center).
And the first point ever at our amazing Collegiate Complex#NationalCampus pic.twitter.com/1upaxdBWpB
— Tim Cass (@timcass_usta) January 13, 2017
Rain also washed out the opening day of the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Rancho Mirage, California, though further to the west in Thousand Oaks they were able to begin the Sherwood Cup albeit with a later start. Stanford sophomore Jack Barber made his collegiate debut after sitting out last year with an injury and it was a highly successful one with Barber defeating the top seed UCLA senior Gage Brymer 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. UCLA freshman Evan Zhu also made his collegiate debut and it was winning debut with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Baylor sophomore Jimmy Bendeck. As I mentioned yesterday USC’s Brandon Holt, Nick Crystal, Logan Smith, and Riley Smith had to withdraw since they were still playing in the Long Beach Futures event which had been plagued by weather issues. Full singles results are down below with the doubles results available here.
Both the second round and quarterfinal round will be played on Saturday.
Jack Barber (Stanford) def. [1] Gage Brymer (UCLA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Constantin Frantzen (Baylor) def. Jake DeVine (USC) 7-5, 6-3
Evan Zhu (UCLA) def. Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor) 6-4, 6-4
Brandon Sutter (Stanford) def. Jack Jaede (USC) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Jens Sweaney (USC) 6-3, 6-2
[5] Max Tchoutakian (Baylor) def. David Wilczynski (Stanford) 6-1, 6-3
Will Little (Baylor) def. Henry Ji (USC) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Sameer Kumar (Stanford) def. Ben Goldberg (UCLA) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-1
Laurens Verboven (USC) def. Will Genesen (Stanford) 7-6(8), 6-3
Bjoern Petersen (Baylor) def. [7] Maxime Cressy (UCLA) 6-4, 7-6(0)
Juan Benitez (Baylor) def. Rob Bellamy (USC) 6-3, 6-3
[3] Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. Yale Goldberg (Stanford) 6-2, 6-4
Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. David Laser (USC) 6-1, 7-5
Johannes Schretter (Baylor) def. Nikita Demir (Stanford) 6-0, 6-0
Logan Staggs (UCLA) def. Tyler Stayer (Baylor) 6-2, 6-1
Roy Lederman (Stanford) def. Thibault Forget (USC) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Second Round
Jack Barber (Stanford) vs. Constantin Frantzen (Baylor)
Evan Zhu (UCLA) vs. Brandon Sutter (Stanford)
[5] Max Tchoutakian (Baylor) vs. Austin Rapp (UCLA)
Sameer Kumar (Stanford) vs. Will Little (Baylor)
Laurens Verboven (USC) vs. Bjoern Petersen (Baylor)
[3] Martin Redlicki (UCLA) vs. Juan Benitez (Baylor)
Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) vs. Johannes Schretter (Baylor)
Logan Staggs (UCLA) vs. Roy Lederman (Stanford)
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The Freeman Memorial Championships got underway on Friday in Las Vegas with seven of the eight seeds winning their opening round match. Florida freshman Ingrid Neel made her collegiate debut by defeating Oklahoma State’s No. 1 Katarina Adamovic 7-5, 6-2. Full results including doubles are available here.
Singles Flight 1 – Round 1
(1) #4 Ena Shibahara (UCLA) def. Alyssa Smith (DUKE) 6-2, 6-3
Aliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Chloe Oullet-Pizer (UNC) 6-0, 6-2
(7) #30 Anna Danilina (UF) def. Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) 6-1, 6-3
#44 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) 6-4, 7-5
(4) #11 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) def. Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Alaina Miller (UCLA) def. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
(6) #22 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (PEPP) def.#76 Kaitlyn McCarthy (DUKE) 6-2, 6-2
Spencer Liang (UF) def. Taylor Davidson (STAN) 6-2, 6-4
Laura Gulbe (PEPP) def. #71 Caroline Doyle (STAN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
#48 Carol Yang (UNLV) def. (5) #14 Meible Chi (DUKE) 7-6, 7-6
Ingrid Neel (UF) def. Katarina Adamovic (OSU) 7-5, 6-2
(3) #9 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Terri Fleming (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
Jada Hart (UCLA) def. Brooke Austin (UF) 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
(8) #34 Chalena Scholl (DUKE) def. Rachael James-Baker (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
Melissa Lord (STAN) def. #45 Makenna Jones (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
(2) #8 Luisa Stefani (PEPP) def. #106 Sofia Bianco (OSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
(1) #4 Ena Shibahara (UCLA) def. Alyssa Smith (DUKE) 6-2, 6-3
Aliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Chloe Oullet-Pizer (UNC) 6-0, 6-2
(7) #30 Anna Danilina (UF) def. Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) 6-1, 6-3
#44 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) 6-4, 7-5
(4) #11 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) def. Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Alaina Miller (UCLA) def. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
(6) #22 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (PEPP) def.#76 Kaitlyn McCarthy (DUKE) 6-2, 6-2
Spencer Liang (UF) def. Taylor Davidson (STAN) 6-2, 6-4
Laura Gulbe (PEPP) def. #71 Caroline Doyle (STAN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
#48 Carol Yang (UNLV) def. (5) #14 Meible Chi (DUKE) 7-6, 7-6
Ingrid Neel (UF) def. Katarina Adamovic (OSU) 7-5, 6-2
(3) #9 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Terri Fleming (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
Jada Hart (UCLA) def. Brooke Austin (UF) 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
(8) #34 Chalena Scholl (DUKE) def. Rachael James-Baker (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
Melissa Lord (STAN) def. #45 Makenna Jones (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
(2) #8 Luisa Stefani (PEPP) def. #106 Sofia Bianco (OSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
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South Florida, Wisconsin, Louisville, and Florida Gulf Coast got started on Friday at the three-day FGCU Invitational which utilizes a hidden-dual format. Wisconsin won six of seven singles matches against the hosts Florida Gulf Coast while South Florida did the same against Louisville with with January admits Pierre Luquet and Nils Heimer both winning for the Bulls. Louisville was able to rebound by sweeping three singles matches from Wisconsin.
South Florida/Louisville
Sasha Gozun (USF) def. C. Morin-Kougoucheff (UL) 7-5, 6-3
#77 Peter Bertran (USF) def. Nicolas Rouanet (UL) 6-3, 6-3
Justin Roberts (USF) def. Parker Wynn (UL) 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
Alberto Barroso (USF) def. Sean Donohue (UL) 6-2, 6-4
Pierre Luquet (USF) def. George Hedley (UL) 7-5, 6-2
Brandon Lancaster (UL) def. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Nils Heimer (USF) def. Santiago Salazar (UL) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
Louisville/Wisconsin
Nicolas Rouanet (UL) def. Daniel Soyfer (Wisconsin) 6-4, 7-6
Sean Donohue (UL) def. Darius Mackenzie (Wisconsin) 6-4, 6-7, 10-7
Clement Filho (UL) def. Elliott Sprecher (Wisconsin) 6-1, 6-2
Clement Filho (UL) def. Elliott Sprecher (Wisconsin) 6-1, 6-2
FGCU/Wisconsin
Josef Dodridge (Wisconsin) def. ALFONZO, Andres (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-1, 6-1
Chema Carranza (Wisconsin) def. LANDERT, Oliver (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 6-3
Lamar Remy (Wisconsin) def. FERNANDEZ, Javier (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 6-1
Osgar O’Hoisin (Wisconsin) def. CERRINI, Ezequiel (Florida Gulf Coast) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Chase Colton (Wisconsin) def. RUIZ, Mateo (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 6-2
John Zordani (Wisconsin) def. BATES, Austin (Florida Gulf Coast) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
CHAFFIN, Sam (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Alan Sweet (Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-0
Chema Carranza (Wisconsin) def. LANDERT, Oliver (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 6-3
Lamar Remy (Wisconsin) def. FERNANDEZ, Javier (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 6-1
Osgar O’Hoisin (Wisconsin) def. CERRINI, Ezequiel (Florida Gulf Coast) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Chase Colton (Wisconsin) def. RUIZ, Mateo (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 6-2
John Zordani (Wisconsin) def. BATES, Austin (Florida Gulf Coast) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
CHAFFIN, Sam (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Alan Sweet (Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-0
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Saturday Schedule with live scoring links included. As a reminder to view a list of live scoring links for more than just today go to my live scoring tab though you’ll need a paid subscription to view those.
Men:
MLK Invitational – Georgia Tech, Georgia, Columbia, Illinois – hidden-dual format (9 a.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: Louisiana Lafayette at Florida State (9 a.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: Georgia Southern at Clemson (9 a.m. ET) – Clemson Twitter
M: Southern Illinois at Tennessee (10 a.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Blog
M: North Florida at #2 Wake Forest (10 a.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: Bucknell at #9 North Carolina (10 a.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: UC Davis at Pacific (11:30 a.m ET) – Live Scoring
M: New Mexico vs. #23 Texas Tech (Lake Nona – 12 p.m. ET) – Video (select USTA Natl Camp Collegiate Ctr)
M: UTRGV at Rice (12 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video
M: Wright State at Michigan State (12 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: South Alabama or Florida Atlantic at Florida State (2 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: Tulsa at #19 Arkansas (2 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee (2 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Blog
M: Creighton at Wichita State (3 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring – CANCELLED/WEATHER
M: Wofford at #9 North Carolina (3 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: Utah State at UC Irvine (4 p.m. ET) – UCI Twitter
M: UC Davis at Pacific (4:30 p.m. ET) – UCD Twitter
M: Lamar at Rice (5 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video
M: Citadel at Clemson (6 p.m. ET) – Clemson Twitter
M: Xavier at Michigan State (6 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: East Tennessee State at #2 Wake Forest (6 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
M: #23 Texas Tech at Central Florida (7 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video (select USTA Natl Camp Collegiate Ctr)
M: Arizona vs. New Mexico (Lake Nona – 7:30 p.m. ET) – Video (select USTA Natl Camp Collegiate Ctr)
M: Weber State at BYU (7:30 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video
Women:
Michigan Invitational (Michigan, Arizona State, Tennessee, DePaul) – Live Scoring/Video
W: Butler at Purdue (9 a.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video
W: Navy at Penn State (12 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
W: Akron at Northwestern (12 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video $
W: Seattle at Washington State (1 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
W: Morgan State at PItt (3 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
W: Toledo at Purdue (3 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video
W: Chicago State at Northwestern (6 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring/Video $
W: Eastern Washington at Washington State (8 p.m. ET) – Live Scoring
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$25K Long Beach USA F2 Futures – Second Round
[1] Tommy Paul def. Brandon Holt (USC Fr) 6-3, 7-6(2)
[7] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) def. Riley Smith (USC Fr) 6-2, 6-2
[4] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16*) def. [Q} Mico Santiago 6-2, 6-2
Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr) def. Logan Smith (USC Soph) 7-6(4), 6-3
[5] Evan King (Michigan ’13) def. Christian Harrison 6-0, 7-6(4)
Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*) def. [3] Emilio Gomez (USC ’13*) 6-4, 6-3
Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13) def. Evan Song 7-5, 6-3
[Q] Henry Craig (Denver ’16) def. Alexios Halebian 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Quarterfinals
[7] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) def. [1] Tommy Paul 6-3, 7-5
Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr) def. [4] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16*) 6-3, 6-1
Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*) def. [5] Evan King (Michigan ’13) 7-5, 6-4
Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13) def. [Q] Henry Craig (Denver ’16) 6-1, 6-0
Semifinals
[7] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) vs.
Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr)
Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*) vs. Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13)
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$15K Plantation USA F3 Futures
QF: [3] Peter Nagy (Texas A&M CC ’15) def. [6] Filip Peliwo 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
QF: Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) def. [8] Bastian Trinker 6-2, 6-3
SF: [3] Peter Nagy (Texas A&M CC ’15) vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
SF: Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) vs. Miguel Semmler
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$15K Schwieberdingen (Germany) F1 Futures
QF: [1] Petr Michnev (Hawaii-Pacific ’14) def. [8] Isak Arvidsson 6-2, 7-6(4)
SF: [1] Petr Michnev (Hawaii-Pacific ’14) vs. [3] Evgeny Karlovskiy
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$15K Bagnoles De L’Orne (France) F1 Futures
D/F: Alexis Musialek (Kentucky ’12)/Constant Lestienne def. Gregoire Jacq/Hugo Nys 3-6, 7-5, 10-8
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$25K ITF Daytona Beach
QF: Caroline Dolehide (’17 UCLA commit) def. [Q] Ulrikke Eikeri 7-5, 6-4
QF: [Q} Anhelina Kalinina def. Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
SF: Caroline Dolehide (’17 UCLA commit) vs. Elizabeth Halbauer
D/SF: Robin Anderson (UCLA ’15)/Anhelina Kalinina vs. [1] Paula Kania/Katarzyna Piter
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$15K ITF Fort-de-France
QF: Giuliana Olmos (USC ’16) def. Ling Zhang 6-3, 6-3
QF: Chieh-Yu (Connie) Hsu (Penn ’11*) def. [Q} Alexandra Morozova 6-3, 7-6(3)
SF: Giuliana Olmos (USC ’16) def. [1] Mayo Hibi 7-6(3), 6-1
SF: [Q] Mokika Kilnarova def. Chieh-Yu (Connie) Hsu (Penn ’11*) 6-1, 6-3
D/F: Giuliana Olmos (USC ’16)/Desirae Krawczyk (Arizona State ’16) def. S Cakarevic/E Salas 6-3, 6-2
F: Giuliana Olmos (USC ’16) vs. [Q] Mokika Kilnarova
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Australian Open Men’s Qualies – Second Round
JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) def. Kenny De Schepper 6-4, 6-3
Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) def. [32] Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Luca Vanni def. Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
[20] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*) def. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11*) 6-1, 4-6, 8-6
James McGee (NC State ’08) def. [30] Vincent Millot 6-2, 6-4
Qualie Finals (Friday)
[1] Radek Stepanek def. JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) 6-2, 6-4
Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) def. [11] Evgeny Donskoy 6-2, 6-4
Jurgen Melzer def. [20] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Blake Mott def. James McGee (NC State ’08) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3
Main Draw – First Round
[19] John Isner (Georgia ’07) vs. Konstantin Kravchuk
[Q} Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) vs. [Q} Bjorn Fratangelo
Steve Johnson (USC ’12) vs. Federico Delbonis
Australian Open Women’s Qualies – Final Round
[4] Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’15*) vs. [14] Taylor Townsend 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Main Draw – First Round
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13*) vs. [25] Timea Babos
Irina Falconi (Georgia Tech ’10*) vs. Xinyun Han
[Q} Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’15*) vs. Johanna Larsson
* didn’t stay at school for all four years
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