by Bobby Knight | Mar 7, 2015 | Blog
What a match tonight in Columbus with #1 Oklahoma coming in and knocking off #8 Ohio State 4-3 and thus snapping the Buckeyes unbelievable home court winning streak at 200. Early on it looked like the streak would live on as Ohio State came out strong and took the doubles point by winning 6-4 at #1 and 6-2 at #3. Ty Tucker decided to change up the singles lineup a bit by moving freshman Mikael Torpegaard up from 2 to 1 while moving Chris Diaz from 1 to 2 and Tucker also switched up Ralf Steinbach and Hunter Callahan by moving Steinbach up to 4 and dropping Callahan down to 5. Steinbach woud be the first off the court with an impressive 6-2, 6-2 win...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 6, 2015 | Blog
It should be a fabulous Friday of college tennis and if you happen to be in close proximity to Athens (GA), Columbus (OH), Winston-Salem (NC), or Nashville (TN) I suggest you find a way to make it over to campus and watch some great high-level tennis. If you can’t make it out in person then at least make sure you take advantage of the free live streaming video that Georgia, Wake Forest, and Ohio State will be offering up for the matches. I think we’ll see at least 1 upset in the 4 big matches though I’d be surprised if we saw more than 1.FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of...
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...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog
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...
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