2013 NCAA Men's Division 1

[TopDawg]

Both Baylor and Duke went to Hawaii and won easily this week. Baylor's latest additions both won easily playing at the 2 and 4 spots. Neither Roberto Maytin or Julian Lenz played today.

#15 Baylor 6, Hawai`i 1
Jan 12, 2013 at Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)

Singles:
1. Mate Zsiga (BU) def. Jonathan Brooklyn (UH) 6-3, 6-2
2. Patrick Pradella (BU) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 6-2, 6-2
3. Marko Krickovic (BU) def. Jared Spiker (UH) 6-2, 6-2
4. Tony Lupieri (BU) def. Chas Okamoto (UH) 6-2, 6-3
5. Diego Galeano (BU) def. Danilo Casanova (UH) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Nils Schuhmann (UH) def. Robert Verzaal (BU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles:
1. Mate Zsiga/Diego Galeano (BU) def. Jonathan Brooklyn/Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 8-6
2. Patrick Pradella/Marko Krickovic (BU) def. Jared Spiker/David Schuster (UH) 8-3
3. Tony Lupieri/Robert Verzaal (BU) def. Chris Meyer/Nils Schuhmann (UH) 8-3



Duke's freshmen Michael Redlicki won easily in his dual match debut.

#5 Duke 7, Hawai`i 0
Jan 09, 2013 at Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)

Singles
1. #11 Henrique Cunha (DU) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 6-3, 6-0
2. #23 Fred Saba (DU) def. Jonathan Brooklyn (UH) 7-5, 6-3
3. #14 Michael Redlicki (DU) def. Jared Spiker (UH) 6-3, 6-0
4. Chris Mengel (DU) def. Chas Okamoto (UH) 6-2, 6-0
5. #38 Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. Danilo Casanova (UH) 6-1, 6-4
6. #123 Jason Tahir (DU) def. Nils Schuhmann (UH) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. #1 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. Jonathan Brooklyn/Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 8-1
2. #39 Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir (DU) def. Danilo Casanova/Chas Okamoto (UH) 8-2
3. #37 Fred Saba/Chris Mengel (DU) def. Jared Spiker/David Schuster (UH) 8-2

[jaggy]

Easy wins, I mean why would you go to Hawaii in January? Oh right.

[TopDawg]

Louisville knocked off Nebraska today 6-1. 4 of the 6 singles contests went 3 sets - Scores

[Clemson_tennis]

Baylor and Duke should have just played each other while they were both in Hawaii.

[floridatennisdude]

Man, Duke is loaded

[kme5150]

Originally Posted by floridatennisdude

Man, Duke is loaded

Yes, they are. That is without Semenzato in the line-up. With that roster there is no reason to finish the year outside the top 4.

[SoCal10s]

and a lot of talent on the bench also...

[mikej]

Originally Posted by kme5150

Yes, they are. That is without Semenzato in the line-up. With that roster there is no reason to finish the year outside the top 4.

will be interesting to see who gets booted out of the lineup by semenzato

i think they'll do a good bit of shuffling during the season and ultimately hemmeler will be focusing on dubs later in the year...maybe a chance that semenzato doesn't adjust to the college game quickly as well, always tough to tell until they play some big dual matches...i just have a hard time seeing tahir on the outside of the singles lineup considering the way he has stepped up with some bigtime results in the past 6 months

[devilfan]

Originally Posted by mikej

will be interesting to see who gets booted out of the lineup by semenzato

i think they'll do a good bit of shuffling during the season and ultimately hemmeler will be focusing on dubs later in the year...maybe a chance that semenzato doesn't adjust to the college game quickly as well, always tough to tell until they play some big dual matches...i just have a hard time seeing tahir on the outside of the singles lineup considering the way he has stepped up with some bigtime results in the past 6 months

That top 7 is very strong - agree with you on Tahir, who has a really big game - and provides for margin of error in case of injury. Hemmeler isn't your classic dubs specialist - he can't weigh 150 lbs, and serve seems pretty weak, but he is very crafty at it.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by devilfan

That top 7 is very strong - agree with you on Tahir, who has a really big game - and provides for margin of error in case of injury. Hemmeler isn't your classic dubs specialist - he can't weigh 150 lbs, and serve seems pretty weak, but he is very crafty at it.

anyone who has seen duke dubs in recent years knows you can be great at it without having a big-serving Van't Hof-Farah or Shabaz-Courtney type of combo

Cunha-Carleton were nasty

whether it's Hemmeler or Semenzato that ends up pairing with Cunha (both have had bigtime results - fall and summer, respectively), i expect the same type of top notch #1 team

often it's the team that returns better in dubs

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anyway, both Duke and UVA look fantastic this year, some experienced aces up top and tons of depth

going to try my best to make it out to both of those matches (assuming an ACC final rematch) if at all possible to see if Duke can finally get over the hump - almost happened last year with it coming down to Cunha-Jenkins @ Duke - this might be the year

either team will have an uphill battle winning four singles matches, dubs will be bigtime

[andfor]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

Baylor and Duke should have just played each other while they were both in Hawaii.

Look at the dates. Not there at the same time.

[floridatennisdude]

Originally Posted by andfor

Look at the dates. Not there at the same time.

I think that was the point...why wouldn't Duke hang around an extra couple days and Baylor come a day early? It's friggin Hawaii....in January. Enjoy it. Not like they're missing much in class right now. Give em a beach day.

[10isplayer]

Originally Posted by floridatennisdude

I think that was the point...why wouldn't Duke hang around an extra couple days and Baylor come a day early? It's friggin Hawaii....in January. Enjoy it. Not like they're missing much in class right now. Give em a beach day.

Probably too early in the season for each team to test themselves against another top 10 team and feel ready.

[TopDawg]

Washington upset Tulsa - match came down to a 3rd set tiebreak at 4. Washington's #3 singles player sat out too which makes this one that much more impressive.

#25 Washington 4, #17 Tulsa 3
Jan 18, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. (Michael D. Case Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Kyle McMorrow (WASH) def. #34 Japie De Klerk (TLS) 7-6 (9-7), 6-0
2. Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Emmett Egger (WASH) 6-2, 6-2
3. Viktor Farkas (WASH) def. #68 Alejandro Espejo (TLS) 7-5, 6-3
4. Max Manthou (WASH) def. Grant Ive (TLS) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9)
5. Carlos Bautista (TLS) def. Nicholas Kamisar (WASH) 6-3, 7-5
6. Jeff Hawke (WASH) def. Tristan Jackson (TLS) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Clifford Marsland/Alejandro Espejo (TLS) def. Kyle McMorrow/Marton Bots (WASH) 8-3
2. Grant Ive/Tristan Jackson (TLS) def. Max Manthou/Emmett Egger (WASH) 8-3 (8-3)
3. Carlos Bautista/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Jeff Hawke/Viktor Farkas (WASH) 6-3

[TopDawg]

Soren Hess-Olsesen's first match back after missing time with an injury.

No. 23 Texas 6, No. 25 Washington 1

Doubles
1. Chris Camillone / Nick Naumann (Texas) def. Kyle McMorrow / Marton Bots (UW) - 8-5
2. David Holiner / Daniel Whitehead (Texas) def. Emmett Egger / Max Manthou (UW) - 8-5
3. (n/a) Andrew Korinek / Alex Hilliard vs. Jeff Hawke / Viktor Farkas - 6-7 (susp.)

Singles
1. Kyle McMorrow (UW) def. No. 31 Soren Hess-Olesen (Texas) - 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
2. Sudanwa Sitaram (Texas) def. Emmett Egger (UW) - 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. No. 43 Daniel Whitehead (Texas) def. Viktor Farkas (UW) - 6-2, 7-5
4. Lloyd Glasspool (Texas) def. Max Manthou (UW) - 6-3, 3-6, 7-6
5. No. 98 Nick Naumann (Texas) def. Jeff Hawke (UW) - 6-4, 6-3
6. Andrew Korinek (Texas) def. Nicholas Kamisar (UW) - 7-6, 6-2

[TopDawg]

Michigan wins a squeaker with a lot of tight scores.

#20 Michigan 4, TCU 3

SINGLES
No. 1 -- Evan King (U-M) d. Nick Chappell (TCU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 100 Arnau Dachs (TCU) d. No. 48 Vlad Stefan (U-M), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- Facundo Lugones (TCU) d. Alex Petrone (U-M), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 -- Michael Zhu (U-M) d. JT Sundling (TCU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 -- Barrett Franks (U-M) d. Orlando Superlano (TCU), 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
No. 6 -- Rodolfo Bustamante (TCU) d. Alex Buzzi (U-M), 7-5, 6-4

DOUBLES
No. 1 -- No. 30 Evan King/Shaun Bernstein (U-M) d. Max Stevens/JT Sundling (TCU), 8-7(2)
No. 2 -- Nick Chappell/Will Stein (TCU) d. Barrett Franks/Alex Buzzi (U-M), 8-7(3)
No. 3 -- Alex Petrone/Michael Zhu (U-M) d. Arnau Dachs/Orlando Superlano (TCU), 8-7(4)

Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3-1, Singles 4-6-3-2-5-1

[TopDawg]

Texas Tech gets good play from its freshmen - Dias and Dias.

#29 Texas Tech 4, #56 Rice 3
at Houston, Texas (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium)

Singles
1. Jonathan Chang (RICE) def. Vitor Manzini (TT) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7)
2. Gabriel Dias (TT) def. Peter Frank (RICE) 6-1, 6-1
3. Hugo Dojas (TT) def. Adam Gustafsson (RICE) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Tommy Bennett (RICE) def. Gabriel Wanderley (TT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Philipp Seifert (RICE) def. Francisco Zambon (TT) 7-5, 7-5
6. Raphael Pfister (TT) def. Leif Berger (RICE) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Jonathan Chang/Peter Frank (RICE) def. Vitor Manzini/Gabriel Dias (TT) 8-7
2. Felipe Soares/Hugo Dojas (TT) def. Tommy Bennett/Adam Gustafsson (RICE) 8-6
3. Francisco Zambon/Gabriel Wanderley (TT) def. Philipp Seifert/Leif Berger (RICE) 8-6

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,6,4,5,3,1)

[Clemson_tennis]

Vanderbilt drops doubles to Michigan state

[Clemson_tennis]

Michigan State beats Vanderbilt 4-1 (they may continue the remaining matches). Pfister beats Austin in a deciding 3rd set tiebreak to clinch.

Vanderbilt has been disappointing over the last 2 years with the recruiting classes they have had.

[TopDawg]

That is a disappointing result. Jeff Offerdahl didn't play but still with the talent they have they shouldn't lose to Michigan State.