by Bobby Knight | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
For the second time in the last three weeks Virginia director of athletics Craig Littlepage welcomed in a new head tennis coach. The day after the NCAA team championships he named Andres Pedroso as the director of tennis and head men’s coach and today he named Sara Anundsen O’Leary as the new women’s head coach. O’Leary comes to Charlottesville after spending the last three seasons as the women’s head coach at Davidson where she led the Wildcats to a 45-21 (.682) record. Prior to coaching at Davidson, O’Leary was an assistant coach at her alma mater, North Carolina,Sara O’Leary has been named the new women’s...
by Bobby Knight | May 9, 2017 | Blog
The number of head coaching jobs at Power 5 schools is now up to six after LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced on Monday that men’s head coach Jeff Brown was resigning after 20 years. Brown won just over 60 percent of the 517 matches he coached and was an even .500 against SEC competition. Brown’s LSU teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament 17 times however this year the Tigers fell well short after going 10-17 overall and just 3-9 in the SEC. Brown’s best seasons in Baton Rouge came in his first two seasons when he led the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA semifinals. Alleva called the resignation a “mutual...
by Bobby Knight | May 11, 2016 | Blog
UCLA RegionalSunset Canyon Recreation Center – Los Angeles, CA[3] UCLA Bruins (22-2) vs. [49-64] Weber State Wildcats (14-7) – Friday 1pm PT – Both schools earned their conference’s automatic berth after UCLA defeated Cal in the finals of the Pac-12 Tournament while Weber State punched its first ticket since 1992 with a win over Idaho in the finals of the Big Sky Tournament. Weber State went 0-3 against teams that were ranked at some point during the season the Wildcats losing to BYU, Utah, and UC Irvine by a combined score of 18-2. Note: These matches will be played at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, which...
by Bobby Knight | May 2, 2016 | Blog
Championship Sunday delivered some great matches throughout the country but the highest profile match took place in Stillwater as Texas Tech met TCU in the finals of the Big 12 Championships. The teams were regular season co-champs but Texas Tech got the No. 1 seed due to its win over TCU in the regular season.Texas Tech won the doubles point in the regular season meeting and they’d do it again today after picking up a 7-5 win at No. 1 and a 6-4 win at No. 2.TCU bounced back in singles, minus Eduardo Nava, and took five opening sets with Texas Tech getting it’s only first set from Alex Sendegeya at No. 3. TCU sophomore Trevor Johnson put the Horned...
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