by Bobby Knight | Jan 22, 2017 | Blog
The University of Nebraska Omaha started its tennis program in 2008 and after playing in Division II for four years it made the transition to Division I during the 2011-12 season. Since the D1 transition Omaha had only won three conference matches in the lower-tier Summit League, with all three coming against Western Illinois which dropped its struggling program last year, and they’d never come close to defeating a team from a Power 5 Conference going 0-16 while getting outscored 94-4. So when Omaha made the short trip to Lincoln today to play Nebraska it knew the odds were stacked against it but somehow, someway, it managed to do the previously...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog
The US Open continued today with both John Isner (Georgia ’07) and Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) moving on to the third round while Stanford commit CiCi Bellis beat her second top 100 opponent to move into the third round.Men’s First Round (Monday) #21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #125 [WC] Frances Tiafoe 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3) #35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #86 Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 #227 [Q] Jan Satral def. #412 [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 #48 Jiri Vesely def. #143 [Q] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) 7-6(5), 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5Men’s First Round...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
George Washington Director of Athletics Patrick Nero announced the hiring of David Macpherson as the Colonials new men’s tennis coach. Macpherson had been the Bryan Brothers coach since 2005 after having a successful pro career that lasted almost 20 years. Macpherson replaces Greg Munoz who resigned in the middle of his 10th season to become the Tennis Director at the Jakarta Tennis Academy in Indonesia. Torrie Browning, who recently became the women’s head coach at GW, served as the interim coach and guided the team to a third straight conference title.We are excited to announce David Macpherson as our new head coach! #RaiseHigh FULL STORY:...
by Bobby Knight | May 21, 2016 | Blog
After a great first half of the day in Tulsa we were treated to a gem in the evening as Georgia and USC went toe-to-toe for the better part of three hours. USC came into the round of 16 with the worst doubles winning percentage (.409) out of the teams still left in the field but that didn’t stop them from getting off to a quick start against Georgia.USC’s No. 1 team of Nick Crystal and Laurens Verboven opened the match by holding on the deciding point to take a 1-0 lead and then they’d break Austin Smith to go up 2-0. Crystal held for 3-0 before Ben Wagland finally put Georgia on the board with a hold for 1-3. Verboven held on the deciding...
by Bobby Knight | May 19, 2016 | Blog
[3] UCLA Bruins (24-2) vs. [17-32] Stanford Cardinal (15-10) – Friday 8pm ET – UCLA booked its spot in the Sweet 16 after shutting out both Weber State and San Diego while Stanford knocked off Notre Dame 4-1 and Northwestern 4-3. UCLA is the only team to make the Sweet 16 every year since the tournament was expanded to 64 teams in 1999 while Stanford is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012. This will be the fourth meeting of the year with UCLA taking the previous three. Interesting notes: Stanford won the doubles point in each of those three previous matches yet UCLA came back and won each time. UCLA...
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