by Bobby Knight | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog
Wake Forest rising sophomore Borna Gojo is one match away from qualifying for the main draw at the ATP 250 Winston-Salem Open after he picked up his first-ever top 100 win on Saturday. Gojo, who entered the weekend with an ATP ranking of 808, held off Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans (ATP #100) 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(6) in 2 hours and 29 minutes. Gojo fell behind 2-0 in the opening set before winning three straight and he’d eventually take the set in a tiebreak. Bemelmans forced a third set after earning the only break in the second at 5-3 and then he’d go up a break in the third at 2-1. Gojo broke back for 3-3 and a few games later he’d have a pair...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog
Santa Clara Athletic Director Renee Baumgartner announced the hiring of Niall Angus as the Broncos’ new men’s head coach. Angus, who graduated from Texas A&M in 2013, joined the staff last year as an assistant coach. Angus replaces Derek Mills who retired after nine seasons.Niall Angus has been named our head coach! https://t.co/KZ5jYcJKXHpic.twitter.com/4nEsVvKxIl— SCU Men’s Tennis (@SCUMTennis) September 15, 2016 Stetson Athletic Director Jeff Altier announced that Travis Sandlant had been hired as the Hatters’ new women’s head coach. Sandlant, who is a 2007 East Tennessee State graduate, had...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) announced the hiring of Dann Nelson as the Vaqueros new men’s tennis coach. Nelson comes to Edinburg after spending the last 11 seasons in Carbondale as head coach of Southern Illinois. Nelson led SIU to a share of the regular season conference championship last season despite the program spending most of the season on the chopping block due to the state of Illinois’s budget woes. SIU got a one-year reprieve and will be back this fall but Nelson probably made a wise decision to secure his future for many years to come.Welcome to the RGV coach Nelson! We can’t wait to get the season started....
by Bobby Knight | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog
Norfolk State Athletics Director Marty Miller announced the hiring of Darryl Cummings as the Spartans new men’s and women’s head coach. Cummings was most recently the men’s and women’s coach at D3’s Virginia Wesleyan during the 2014 and 2015 seasons but he’s most known for his 20 years at Old Dominion from 1992-2011. Cummings replaces Worth Richardson who stepped down after two seasons to take a position at the Smith Stearns Tennis Academy.A big welcome to new #NSU tennis head coach Darryl Cummings!! ?https://t.co/Hgjj44UJYqpic.twitter.com/0jcYTrBBJl— NSU Athletics (@NSUSpartans) July 27, 2016 Georgia Tech rising...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog
On May 4th it was announced that Arizona State was bringing back its men’s tennis program and today came the announcement that Adam Steinberg was leaving Michigan to become the Sun Devils new head coach. Steinberg, who had coached Michigan for the last two years and Pepperdine the 12 prior including the 2006 NCAA Championship team, will have a full year to build the program from scratch. Here is Arizona State’s release which lists all his past accomplishments.Stanford junior Carol Zhao announced that she is foregoing her senior season to turn pro. Zhao went 76-16 in three years at Stanford and was a three-time all-conference selection. Zhao...
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