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Torpegaard Into the Finals in Cbus & Plenty of Fall Tournament Results

by | Sep 25, 2016 | Blog

Ohio State junior Mikael Torpegaard got a wild card into the $50K Columbus (OH) Challenger, which is played at the Ohio State Varsity Tennis Center, and he has thanked the tournament organizers with his stellar performance on the court this week. Torpegaard had never played a Challenger-level event prior to this week but a 7-5, 7-6(5) win over former Tennessee Volunteer and ATP #263 Tennys Sandgren has him in the finals where he’ll meet former Baylor Bear and 2004 NCAA Singles Champion ATP #97 Benjamin Becker. Torpegaard, who entered the tournament with an ATP ranking of 642, has won 13 of his last 14 pro matches and with a win tomorrow he’d see...

Battle in the Bay, Cajun Classic, Southern Intercollegiates, Bedford Cup, & More

by | Sep 24, 2016 | Blog

Seeds rolled through the opening day of the Battle in the Bay Classic in San Francisco with 7 of the top 8 advancing to the Round of 16. The only seeded loser was Pepperdine’s Pedro Iamachkine who fell to San Francisco’s Johan Jonhagen 7-6, 6-4. 10 of the top 16 seeds moved into the Round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiates with another seed (Tchoutakian) still having to play his R32 match on Saturday. One of the biggest surprises of the day came in the second round when Florida’s Maxx Lipman took out the No. 10 seed David Biosca of East Tennessee State 6-0, 6-3.Results from a few tournaments are listed below and I also created a Fall...

Coaching Updates & Upcoming Fall Tournaments with Draws

by | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog

The fall season is underway and most coaching openings have been filled some with new hires and some with interims. Mike Edles announced his retirement at UC Irvine on September 1st and it was announced yesterday that assistant coach Elizabeth Ferris had been elevated to interim women’s coach for the upcoming season. Ferris, who played at Utah from 2004 to 2008, had been the Edles assistant for the last three seasons.UC Irvine Names Elizabeth Ferris Interim Women’s Tennis Coach https://t.co/1Lmg68iTY0— Bobby Knight (@College10s2day) September 20, 2016 Northern Arizona men’s head coach Ki Kroll was named the interim women’s coach...