by Bobby Knight | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
The College MatchDay series wrapped up its Lake Nona schedule on Tuesday evening with a top two showdown between No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Ohio State. Florida’s No. 3 doubles team of Josie Kuhlman and Belinda Woolcock went down an early break at 2-1 but they broke back from 30/40 and held for 3-2. They’d break for 4-2 but Ohio State’s Miho Kowase and Ferny Angeles Paz would break from 30/40 to put it back on serve at 4-3. It didn’t stay on serve for long because Florida broke back at love and then served it out from 40/30 to win 6-3. Florida’s Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan jumped out to a 2-0 lead at No. 1 doubles but Ohio...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog
The 69th Blue Gray Tennis Classic came to an end on Saturday with the Rice men and Auburn women capturing titles by winning three matches in a 30-hour window. Rice started the day on Friday with a 4-0 win over Boise State and then Rice and Virginia Tech met in the semifinals with the doubles point played on Friday while singles was played Saturday morning. Rice only dropped two points in doubles and then the Owls won 9 of 11 sets in singles with David Warren clinching the 4-0 win. In Saturday afternoon’s championship match, Rice took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 but then the teams split first sets in singles. South Carolina picked up...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
The USTA released its top 25 on Wednesday with both the Virginia men and Florida women unanimous No. 1s. Ohio State and Wake Forest were unanimous No. 2 and No. 3 on the men’s side while North Carolina and Cal were No. 4 and No. 5. The women’s top three stayed the same while Stanford and Georgia swapped spots at No. 4 and No. 5. Texas made the biggest jump on the men’s side rising five spots to No. 9 while Northwestern took the biggest plunge falling seven spots to No. 13. There wasn’t a whole lot of movement on the women’s side with UCLA and Baylor each rising three spots to No. 14 and No. 19 respectively while no one...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 18, 2016 | Blog
Former Drake women’s coach Sadhaf Pervez was named as the new men’s head coach at Southern Utah. Pervez was the head coach of the women’s team at Drake for two and a half seasons but left abruptly in between the fall and spring semesters this past season. Southern Utah started it’s men’s program in the fall of 2012 but it’s been tough sleeding so far with the Thunderbirds a combined 0-58 with 52 of those losses being shutouts. Click here or on the tweet for the full release.Sadhaf Pervez Named as SUU Men’s Tennis Head Coach | https://t.co/W3Sz9mQx0k #TBirdNation pic.twitter.com/17N3tYjV8E SUUTennis...
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