by Bobby Knight | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog
The headlining match of the day lived up to its billing as #1 Oklahoma came from behind to knock off #7 Virginia 4-3. This showdown was played using the traditional scoring system which had doubles play a pro set to 8 and had ad scoring used in both doubles and singles. Oklahoma jumped out to early 4-2 leads at 1 and 3 doubles and would actually lead 6-3 at #1 before Virginia started turning it around. Virginia’s #1 team of Corinteli/Shane broke at 4-6 to get it back on serve and it stayed that way until the tiebreak. In the tiebreak the UVA #1s would win the final 2 points to take it 8-6. Virginia’s #2 team of Kwiatkowski/Aragone...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog
Tuesday should be a terrific day of tennis with 6 of the top 12 in action with Norman (OK), Oxford (MS), and Gainesville (FL) the place to be at 3 and 6pm. Usually matches like these are reserved for the weekend but we get 3 blockbusters early in the week. #12 Virginia (9-2) at #1 Oklahoma (13-1) – 6pm est (Calm – Temps in 60s) – This is the premier match of the day with both of these teams expected to be national title contenders come May. Despite the #12 ranking many consider Virginia to be a top 5, if not top 2 or 3, team because they are loaded with talent but have had a few spots in the lineup that haven’t produced...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog
Who saw this one coming? Alabama shocks #9 Ole Miss 4-2 in T-Town. The same Alabama team that came into the match with an 8-9 record with the 8 wins being over powerhouses UAB, Samford, Jackson State (4X), and Jacksonville State (2X). The same Ole Miss team that routed a top 15 Vanderbilt team last weekend and the same team that gave #1 Oklahoma all it wanted at the National Indoors. Total head-scratcher….Ole Miss played well in doubles and took the point by winning at 1 and 3 but singles got off to a rough start when William Kallberg retired 3 games in at #4 singles. The Bama recap said it was due to injury but didn’t...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog
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...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog
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...
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