2013 NCAA Men's Division 1

[boomerTennis]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

Tulsa beat Baylor 5-2 - winning 5 of 6 singles.

I was there yesterday during the match, and really it is a lot closer than scores may have indicated. With the double point went to Baylor, Tulsa came out on fire in singles, taking it to Baylor at 6 and 1. Especially at #1, I thought Zsiga was a little better than what he was showing yesterday, since he really was playing Tulsa #2 player yesterday, with the TU coach swapping his #1 and #2.
De Klerk at #2 was down early and did not seem to have any confidence whatsoever, then all of a sudden started playing much better Krikovic. Krikovic is a lefty with pretty solid forehand topspin, but he keeps going cross court to De Klerk and it ended up being De Klerk BH which dictates pretty much every single rallies.
After #1 and #2 were taken by Tulsa, they have 2 courts at #4 and #5 which they had first set, but both 2nd set tie-break went to Baylor. At #3, Tulsa's Ive blew a 5-2 double break lead in the 3rd set, to let the match go to 3rd set tiebreaks. If Ive had lost, I had the feelings that it would be 4-3 to Baylor but Ive ended up pulling it out, make it 4-2 and clinches the match for Tulsa. It was a great hard fought battle from both team yesterday.

[Clemson_tennis]

Old Dominion upset #27 Harvard 4-3. That a very large upset based on rankings.

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

Old Dominion upset #27 Harvard 4-3. That a very large upset based on rankings.

Harvard's #1 player did not play ...

[Clemson_tennis]

Originally Posted by SoCal10s

Harvard's #1 player did not play ...

The rankings don't care. He better have been hurt because if not then that's hilarious arrogance come back to bite them.

[floridatennisdude]

FWIW, I was really impresses with the sportsmanship displayed from Furman yesterday down in Gainesville. Notably, Andrew Mellow, the 1 for Furman. Great attitude, complimentary of his opponent, and as honest a player as I've seen in college tennis. The one bad call I did see him make, he quickly corrected himself and gave the point to the opponent...which happened to be a game point.

Good luck Paladians!

[andfor]

Originally Posted by floridatennisdude

FWIW, I was really impresses with the sportsmanship displayed from Furman yesterday down in Gainesville. Notably, Andrew Mellow, the 1 for Furman. Great attitude, complimentary of his opponent, and as honest a player as I've seen in college tennis. The one bad call I did see him make, he quickly corrected himself and gave the point to the opponent...which happened to be a game point.

Good luck Paladians!

Have to concur. He is a nice kid and good player. He played my boy last year and was a good sport in that match and throughout the tournament.

[BHSC]

Originally Posted by floridatennisdude

FWIW, I was really impresses with the sportsmanship displayed from Furman yesterday down in Gainesville. Notably, Andrew Mellow, the 1 for Furman. Great attitude, complimentary of his opponent, and as honest a player as I've seen in college tennis. The one bad call I did see him make, he quickly corrected himself and gave the point to the opponent...which happened to be a game point.

Good luck Paladians!

Mellow even got a win over UGA's #1 Wil Spencer last year in Athens.

I agree with you. He is a good, hard working nice kid that is easy to pull for.

Not real heralded coming out of high school, but at his level now, he could play for any team in the country.

[TopDawg]

TCU at Stanford - 2:30pm est/11:30am pst - LiveStats&Video
San Diego at UCLA - 5pm est/2pm pst - LiveStats

[Clemson_tennis]

Ok let's not go crazy with the Furman love. I remember when we went up there last year the fans said some of the most offensive things to our players that I have heard at any college tennis venue.

It's easy for the players to be nice and complimentary when they have no shot to win. Boston College has super nice players too cause they are used to losing like Furman.

Furman used to have a better tennis program. But now we have the coach calling his own player an embarrassment to his family because he was losing handily to a Clemson player.

[floridatennisdude]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

Ok let's not go crazy with the Furman love. I remember when we went up there last year the fans said some of the most offensive things to our players that I have heard at any college tennis venue.

It's easy for the players to be nice and complimentary when they have no shot to win. Boston College has super nice players too cause they are used to losing like Furman.

Furman used to have a better tennis program. But now we have the coach calling his own player an embarrassment to his family because he was losing handily to a Clemson player.

Mellow lost 3&4 to Van Overbeek. He was in the match the whole way and could've hooked a couple calls to make it even tighter. Not what I consider "no chance to win".

Not saying they are a top flight team, nor do I have a clue about their fans in an in state rivalry match. Wait. Why would Clemson ever agree to go to Furman to play? SC and Clemson should always host the in state mid majors. Bad scheduling job by CU.

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

TCU at Stanford - 2:30pm est/11:30am pst - LiveStats&Video
San Diego at UCLA - 5pm est/2pm pst - LiveStats

interesting results...

[Automator]

Originally Posted by SoCal10s

interesting results...

It's probably good that the Cardinal didn't make it to Seattle. They might have gone 0-3.

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by Automator

It's probably good that the Cardinal didn't make it to Seattle. They might have gone 0-3.

yes sireee bob... too many solid teams there.. Texas A&M looks good tho ..

but I was looking at the UCLA line-up... D.Nov.. was playing #1 and won .Marcos G. played #3 and lost ? crazy .... college tennis this year may be like college basketball ... no real front runners...

[matchplay]

upsets will be common this year, at least for the next month or so.
the top 8 ranked teams seem to be about right, but the rest will change a lot for awhile.

[TopDawg]

#10 Mississippi State vs #12 Ole Miss (Jackson, MS) – 6pm est/5pm cst – LiveStats & LiveBlog

Mississippi State took the doubles point.

[andfor]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

#10 Mississippi State vs #12 Ole Miss (Jackson, MS) – 6pm est/5pm cst – LiveStats & LiveBlog

Mississippi State took the doubles point.

Gotta be a fun match to watch.

[Clemson_tennis]

I expect Ole Miss will punch back here any second. Could be wrong though.

[JLyon]

wow Bulldogs taking it to the Rebels!!

[andfor]

Chaudry was up 6-2 in 3rd set breaker to Kallberg. He lost 8-10. MSU up 3-1.

[Clemson_tennis]

But Chaundry couldn't nail the coffin shut. Rebels with a chance now, could be 2-3 more hours.