by Bobby Knight | May 8, 2015 | Blog
I’m obviously making the assumption that my first round picks will be correct so based off those picks this is how I have the 2nd round playing out. The doubles records and stats are as of Thursday so if the guys win or lose a match on Friday the numbers would change. Oklahoma RegionalHeadington Family Tennis Center – Norman, OK[1] Oklahoma (25-2) vs. [17-32] Northwestern (21-9) – 2pm est – This will be the second time this season that these two have met with Oklahoma winning 4-1 during the Kickoff Weekend in a match that was surprisingly close. Regular Season Meeting#2 Oklahoma 4, #28 Northwestern 1Jan 25, 2015...
by Bobby Knight | May 3, 2015 | Blog
Virginia RegionalSnyder Tennis Center – Charlottesville, VA[3] Virginia (23-3) vs. [49-64] St. John’s (15-8) – Friday 1pm – #3 Virginia received the ACC’s automatic bid after beating #12 Wake Forest 4-2 in the ACC Championship while St. John’s got the Big East’s automatic bid after defeating Marquette 4-2 in the Big East Championship. St. John’s finished the year on a 6-match winning streak and won 11 of its final 12. The Red Storm went 0-6 against ranked teams on the year.Doubles Records: Virginia 23-3, St. John’s 11-11UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 87, St....
by Bobby Knight | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog
Both Virginia and Texas A&M faced tough opposition on Sunday but both answered the bell and came out on top. Virginia won the doubles point and then took all 6 opening sets and managed to finish the top 3 out in straights as Mitchell Frank, Ryan Shane, and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski all won. Virginia played singles without one of its top 3 players as Collin Altamirano sat out due to a stomach bug.Virginia Tech did show some fight down low but Virginia still managed to win 2 of those 3 with all going 3 sets. Virginia recap”I was pleased with the overall performance today,” said head coach Brian Boland. “Virginia Tech showed why they...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog
Saturday had several close ones with both Baylor and Oklahoma pulling through in the BNP Paribas Collegiate Challenge while San Diego and Princeton both won tight ones in the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Spring Classic. There was also a good one in Nashville where Vanderbilt won a 3rd set tiebreak in the deciding match to avoid getting upset by unranked Kentucky. The headliner of the day was between #3 Baylor and #4 USC. It was almost a forgone conclusion that Baylor would take the doubles point with how dominant they’d been in doubles play but USC had the point well within grasp. Baylor’s #3 duo of Vince Schneider and Felipe...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 20, 2015 | Blog
As the excitement of the NCAA Basketball Tournament sweeps the nation I’m sure we’ll see some excitement on the tennis courts this weekend as well. Wake Forest hosts Virginia Tech in a top 16 showdown, 6 top 30 teams will be in Indian Wells for the BNP Paribas Collegiate Challenge, and 7 top 50 teams are in San Diego for the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Classic. If you can’t make it out in person follow along with the live scoring/update links down below. It appears they have live streaming on 2 of the courts at Indian Wells – click here for those streams.#16 Virginia Tech (12-1) at #12 Wake Forest (11-4) – 4pm est...
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