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Baylor & UCLA Both Win Going Away

Tulsa showed up at the LA Tennis Center with nothing to lose after upsetting USC and Pepperdine and lose is exactly what they did.  Billy Martin’s boys came to play and they gave Tulsa a pretty thorough beating in every facet of the match.  UCLA’s #1 and #3 doubles teams both posted 6-0 shutouts to seal the doubles point and give UCLA the early 1-0 lead.Things never got any closer in singles as UCLA cruised to 5 1st sets and the 2nd sets went just as quickly with Mackenzie McDonald, Dennis Mkrtchian, Martin Redlicki, and Karue Sell all winning in straight sets.  The only positive for Tulsa was Mitchell Pritchard taking the 1st set at...

Tuesday Preview – TCU/Baylor & Tulsa/UCLA

Nothing like a little mid-week tennis to get everybody excited and that’s what we’ll have Tuesday evening with #5 Baylor hosting #15 TCU and #21 UCLA hosting #51 Tulsa. #15 TCU (8-3) at #5 Baylor (9-2) – 7pm est – Live Scoring & Blog + Video (if played outdoors) – This will be the Big 12 opener for both schools with Baylor fresh off a win over Virginia while TCU swept a pair of matches on Sunday against Wisconsin and Incarnate Word.  TCU started off the year with 5 straight wins including wins over Texas A&M and LSU but then got swept at the National Indoors by Duke, Virginia, and UCLA.  Baylor lost its...

Baylor Does It Again, Longhorns Too Good for Wake, Ole Miss Slams Vandy

It seemed like the story of the day wasn’t who was playing; it was who wasn’t playing as several big names were missing from their respective team’s starting lineups. The big rematch between Baylor and Virginia didn’t come close to matching the level of play that we saw the first time around.  Virginia was without 2 of it’s starters with neither Thai-Son Kwiatkowski or Alexander Ritschard playing.   Below is a quote from Virginia’s recap that talks about the absence of the 2 players: “We have two losses this year and both have come at the hands of Baylor,” said head coach Brian Boland. “They...

Sunday Update

A surprise to start the day as Virginia has shaken up its lineup, I’m guessing due to illness, with neither the ITA #1 Thai Son Kwiatkowski or UVA’s #5 Alexander Ritschard are listed in singles.   The seldom used Jonathan Cornish is playing doubles for the first time this year at #3 along with Mac Styslinger.  Both Styslinger and Henrik Wiersholm are listed in the singles lineup at 4 and 6.  #5 Baylor 5, #11 Virginia 2 – FINALDoubles:1. #55 Ryan Shane/Luca Corinteli (UVA) def. #56 Mate Zsiga/Tony Lupieri (BU) 6-32. Julian Lenz/Diego Galeano (BU) def. Mitchell Frank/Collin Altamirano (UVA) 6-33. Vince Schneider/Felipe Rios...

Sunday Preview – UVA at Baylor & Wake Forest at Texas, Vandy at Ole Miss

Sunday will bring us some big time showdowns as #5 Baylor hosts #11 Virginia in Waco, #6 Texas hosts #12 Wake Forest in Austin, and #10 Ole Miss hosts #16 Vanderbilt in Oxford.  All 3 of these matches will be played indoors due to poor weather. #11 Virginia (7-1) at #5 Baylor (8-2) – 2pm est – Live Scoring & Video (if outside) & Blog –  It was just 2 weeks ago that Baylor upset Virginia 4-3 in the National Indoors Quarterfinals and with temperatures expected to be in the 40s with a chance of rain this one will likely end up indoors too.  I expect both Brian Boland and Matt Knoll to do some tinkering with their...