SEC Tennis

[Satsuma Florida]

yep...there ya go...

[mikej]

well that makes two of us haha, yeah seems like VOB served first this set

[TopDawg]

Who knows, now it shows the X by Van Overbeek to show he's serving though if he is he's down 0-30

[Satsuma Florida]

5 all

gag...cough...choke...sputter....

[mikej]

wow was VOB really broken twice serving for it at home???
ouch

[TopDawg]

Yep, he was up 5-1. Now 6-5 Spencer.

[TopDawg]

WOW, Spencer comes back and wins it 7-5. Tough, tough loss for Florida.

[ClarkC]

Gotta wonder about the roller coaster match between Spencer and Van Overbeek, when you consider that they are both coming back from injury problems. Could be that neither one of them is anything close to 100% on form.

[Satsuma Florida]

Not really. A win was not expected and we do not have a true No. 1. He has to play waaaaay over his head every time. At least he kept it entertaining.

[mikej]

yeah UF shouldn't have been that competitive with UGA, but still, when you are in the position they were, wow...

did dawgie dawg attend the match and get in VOB's head?

[TopDawg]

Miss State beat Auburn 5-2 - MSU too strong
Tennessee beat S. Carolina 5-2 - tight match.
Ole Miss beat Alabama 6-1 - blow out
LSU beat Vanderbilt 6-1 - lots of close sets but LSU won them all
Kentucky beat Arkansas 6-1 - Rossi was the only L for the Cats.
Georgia beat Florida 4-3 after Wil Spencer came back from 5-1 down in the 3rd

Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State went 2-0 this weekend.
Florida, Arkansas, LSU, and Tennessee went 1-1
Vanderbilt, Alabama, South Carolina, and Auburn went 0-2

Mississippi State and Ole Miss both have a tough week coming up as each plays Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee.

[Clemson_tennis]

Originally Posted by mikej

yeah UF shouldn't have been that competitive with UGA, but still, when you are in the position they were, wow...

did dawgie dawg attend the match and get in VOB's head?

I can see Dawgie Dawg sitting right behind the court barking after points and whispering insults to Van Overbeek as he collects balls from the back of the court,

[Clemson_tennis]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

Mississippi State and Ole Miss both have a tough week coming up as each plays Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Good for the Vols. They can sneak out a win vs one of those two due to those teams crazy week.

[Dawgie Dawg]

Good tease Florida. Van Overbeek will be scarred now. He can't believe that he let that slip away.

[TopDawg]

Mississippi State comes in with an 11-2 record with notable wins against Ole Miss 4-2 and Auburn 5-2. Their 2 losses came against Ohio State in Columbus losing 6-1 and Texas A&M in College Station losing 4-3. Box scores below on both losses.

#16 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1, #3 OHIO STATE 6
Sunday, January 22 @ Columbus, Ohio
DOUBLES - Order of Finish 1,2,3
#1- #1 Buchanan/Rola (OSU) def. #12 Cant/Stropp (MSU) 8-5
#2- McCarthy/Engelen (OSU) def. Coupland/Ilyushin (MSU) 8-6
#3- Kobelt/Smith (OSU) def. Chaudry/White (MSU) 8-3
SINGLES - Order of Finish 6,1,2,4,5,3
#1- #8 Rola (OSU) def. #79 Chaudry (MSU) 7-6(1), 6-4
#2- #28 Buchanan (OSU) def. Ilyushin (MSU) 6-1, 6-2
#3- #45 Cant (MSU) def. Kobelt (OSU) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0
#4- #116 Engelen (OSU) def. #90 Stropp (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
#5- McCarthy (OSU) def. #32 Coupland (MSU) 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
#6- #123 Smith (OSU) def. White (MSU) 6-2, 6-2

#11 TEXAS A&M 4, #14 MISSISSIPPI STATE 3
Sunday, January 29 @ College Station, Texas
DOUBLES - Order of Finish 1,3,2
#1- Ore/Withrow (TAMU) def. #12 Cant/Stropp (MSU) 8-5
#2- Coupland/Ilyushin (MSU) def. Szabo/Klegou (TAMU) 8-4
#3- Chaudry/Wilkinson (MSU) def. Hoover/Efferding (TAMU) 8-4
SINGLES - Order of Finish 5,1,6,3,4,2
#1- #19 Klegou (TAMU) def. Ilyushin (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
#2- Hoover (TAMU) def. #79 Chaudry (MSU) 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-5
#3- #45 Cant (MSU) def. #104 Ore (TAMU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
#4- #73 Efferding (TAMU) def. #90 Stropp (MSU) 1-6, 6-0, 7-6(6)
#5- #32 Coupland (MSU) def. Withrow (TAMU) 6-3, 6-1
#6- Lewis (TAMU) def. White (MSU) 6-3, 7-6(4)

In my opinion MSU's best chances to pick up wins in singles will be at 4 & 5. Louis Cant and George Coupland were playing at 1 & 2 a few years ago so they've got enough game to get it done. Ilyushin has a shot against Jenkins but Jenkins is playing awfully well.

-Louis Cant is 11-0 in duals with wins at #3 singles over Ohio State's Kobelt and Texas A&M's Junior Ore. He is 18-4 overall with his best wins in the fall coming against Cal's Cueto and Florida's van Overbeek and 2 of his losses coming to Kentucky's Quigley losing 6-3 in the 3rd and Auburn's #1 Mies 6-3 in the 3rd.
-George Coupland is 17-5 overall and 11-1 in duals though his 1 dual loss was to the only recognizable name he faced in Ohio State's McCarthy losing 6-4 in the 3rd. In the fall he knocked off Stanford's Ryan Thatcher and had a tight loss to Pepperdine's #1 Fanselow 4-6 6-7. A year ago during the dual season he beat Vandy's Lipman, Florida's Sliliam, & Tennessee's Rhyne Williams.
-Malte Stropp is 9-2 in duals playing 7 of 11 matches at #3 and 18-6 overall though he doesn't have a really good win to hang on the mantle. In the fall he beat Tripper Carleton 6-2, retired but it's hard to put that on the resume.
-James Chaudry is 4-5 in duals, playing 2 matches at #1 and 7 at #2, and 13-8overall. He gave Blaz Rola a good match earlier losing 7-6 6-4. His best win in the fall was against Cal's Nick Andrews.
-Artum Ilyushin is 8-2 in duals playing at #1 after taking the fall off to play Futures. He made 1 final, 1 semi, and 3 quarters on the circuit with wins over Austin Krajicek and a pair of wins over Mitchell Frank. In the dual season he has wins over Ole Miss's Marcel Theimann, Texas Tech's Gonzalo Escobar, and Boise's James Meredith. His 2 losses were lopsided ones to Chase Buchanan and Alexis Klegou.
-Zach White is 5-4 in duals and 11-8 overall. Nothing worth typing results wise.

No need to go into great detail about Virginia - we all know what they bring to the table.

Projected Line-Up with TopDawg prediction
#1: Cant/Stropp vs Jenkins/Courtney - UVA 8-5
#2: Coupland/Ilyushin vs Domijan/Rooda - MSU 9-7
#3: Chaudry/Wilkinson vs Frank/Uriguen - UVA 8-4

#1: Ilyushin vs Jenkins - UVA 6-3 4-6 1-0
#2: Chaudry vs Domijan - UVA 6-2 6-4
#3: Stropp vs Frank - UVA 6-2 6-3
#4: Cant vs Courtney - MSU 7-5 7-6
#5: Coupland vs Shane - MSU 6-4 6-4
#6: White vs Uriguen - UVA 6-2 6-1

I'd be shocked if Virginia didn't win but wouldn't be surprised to see this one end up 5-2 or 4-3 though UVA will probably get the 4-0 lead.

Match starts at 3pm eastern/2pm central. Live Stats are here.

[Jakes On A Plane]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

I'd be shocked if Virginia didn't win but wouldn't be surprised to see this one end up 5-2 or 4-3 though UVA will probably get the 4-0 lead.

I like your stats write-up and your predictions are interesting. I don't think there is much of a chance of Courtney losing at #4. Not saying it won't happen, just seems unlikely with how he is playing. UVA's doubles lineup also may be a little different today. In their last match against VT, they switched Frank/Uriguen to 2 and Domijan/Rooda to 3.

[TopDawg]

Looks like no Courtney in dubs for the Hoos. Domijan/Rooda at 1, Jenkins/Oudshoorn at 2, Frank/Uriguen at 3.

[Clemson_tennis]

Does Miss State have a shot here? They took doubles. They are probably really pumped

[SmackDown]

Current Score – MSU 1, UVA 0



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DOUBLES
Order of match finish...2,3,1

#1

#23 Cant/Stropp (MSU)
9

#60 Domijan/Rooda (UVA)
7




#2

Coupland/Ilyushin (MSU)
8

Jenkins/Oudshoorn (UVA)
5




#3

Chaudry/White (MSU)
4

Frank/Julen Uriguen (UVA)
8



MATCH NOTES




SINGLES
Order of match finish...-,-,-,-,-,-

#1

#27 Artem Ilyushin (MSU)*
6
-
-

#8 Jermere Jenkins (UVA)
2
-
-




#2

James Chaudry (MSU)
4
-
-

#53 Alex Domijan (UVA)*
5
-
-




#3

#75 Malte Stropp (MSU)
4
-
-

#1 Mitchell Frank (UVA)*
4
-
-




#4

#37 Louis Cant (MSU)*
3
-
-

#72 Justin Shane (UVA)
6
-
-




#5

#41 George Coupland (MSU)*
5
-
-

Phillippe Oudshoorn (UVA)
4
-
-




#6

Zach White (MSU)*
6
-
-

Julen Uriguen (UVA)
5
-
-

[SmackDown]

Ilyushin put a beatdown on Jenkins in the first set 6-2 at #1.

#1 in the country Mitchell Frank playing #3 singles?? Dead even right now
with Stropp.