Division I Men's Team Indoors

[Automator]

Stanford won, 5-2.

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by DownTheLine

Who won between TT and Stanford?

Stanford is back in action on Feb. 8 against Utah at 1:30 p.m.

No. 8 Stanford 5, No. 15 Texas Tech 2

DOUBLES
1) No. 16 Klahn/Thacher (STAN) d. Carvalho/Garcia (TTECH) 8-6
2) Escobar/Manzini (TTECH) d. Clayton/Ted Kelly (STAN) 8-3
3) Kandath/Lin (STAN) d. Gonzalez/Pfister (TTECH) 8-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

SINGLES
1) No. 15 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. No. 20 Gonzalo Escobar (TTECH) 7-6, 7-5
2) Raony Carvalho (TTECH) d. No. 41 Ryan Thacher (STAN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
3) No. 61 Alex Clayton (STAN) d. No. 59 Rafael Garcia (TTECH) 6-3, 6-2
4) Denis Lin (STAN) d. Vitor Manzini (TTECH) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
5) Greg Hirshman (STAN) d. Gabriel Wanderley (TTECH) 6-4, 6-2
6) Raphael Pfister (TTECH) d. Matt Kandath (STAN) 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1, 5, 6, 4

[andfor]

Originally Posted by Fedace

These players from TT are bunch of Thugs, nothing more. They make JP Mcenroe look like the sportsman of the year. Unless they learn better discipline and respect for their opponents, they will never reach top 20 in NCAA.

Stanford got lucky and the match could have gone either way.

[Automator]

Good test against an Indoor Qualifier. Stanford should be undefeated going to Washington, although so will a lot of other teams.

[db379]

Originally Posted by andfor

Stanford got lucky and the match could have gone either way.

Oh my goood....

[DownTheLine]

Originally Posted by andfor

Stanford got lucky and the match could have gone either way.

you create your own luck

[andfor]

Originally Posted by DownTheLine

you create your own luck

Agreed. The win was not very convincing. Other than some good indiviual results the team will not be creating much luck against notable opponents this year.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by andfor

Stanford got lucky and the match could have gone either way.

eh, having watched a lot of that match, I think Stanford beats TT 7 or 8 times out of 10...Lin's match was the only one that reeeaallly looked like it could have gone either way that Stanford won...Klahn and Klahn-Thacher seemed like they were able to turn it up when needed against their opponents despite the tight scores

but i agree that Stanford did seem to show something lacking at some spots in their lineup that will be exploited by the upper echelon teams...tbd i guess

[10isplayer]

has anyone found live scoring for the texas vs texas a&m match tonight?

[ClarkC]

Originally Posted by 10isplayer

has anyone found live scoring for the texas vs texas a&m match tonight?

They played at 2:00 CST. Indoors in Houston, no live stats. Also no live stats for Ohio State - Ole Miss. Surprising for a first-rate program like Ohio State.

I heard that Texas A&M got up a break on all three courts in doubles, Texas broke back on all three courts, came down to #2, and Texas won 9-7 at #2 to take the doubles point.

Match should be over by now.

CORRECTION: Icy roads delayed start until 6 p.m. Match still going on.

[ClarkC]

Ohio State 6-1 over Ole Miss. Not sure why Kalle Norberg did not play, but must be injury-related. Ole Miss were underdogs anyway, but no hope at all with Norberg out.

[ClarkC]

UCLA looks overrated at #6 win a 4-3 win yesterday over UC-Irvine.

I have to think that Baylor will beat UCLA on Sunday in Waco and the rankings will certainly be juggled next week.

[DownTheLine]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

UCLA looks overrated at #6 win a 4-3 win yesterday over UC-Irvine.

I have to think that Baylor will beat UCLA on Sunday in Waco and the rankings will certainly be juggled next week.

Yea! UCLA at 6? what a joke

[ClarkC]

Texas 4-3 over Texas A&M. I picked Texas A&M to win that one. Comeback in doubles was crucial.

I think that those who picked Stanford 4th in the Pac-10 would have to reconsider by now. UCLA loses Nick Meister and looks shaky. Cal loses to Texas Tech who loses to Stanford. Only USC looks better than Stanford in the Pac-10.

I am also wondering how USC will look in May. Newcomer Emilio Gomez sounded like a scary addition. I had visions of him playing #2 and pushing everyone else down a spot. Yesterday he lost at #5 to San Diego. Maybe he is still getting acclimated to college tennis, etc., but I don't think that USC matches up well at 2/3/4 against Tennessee and Virginia. It will be interesting to see USC at the indoors and see if they are truly part of the big 3 at the top as I thought.

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by DownTheLine

Yea! UCLA at 6? what a joke

Well, i think it was more of a prospect ranking. UCLA has great future prospect with all the talented Freshmen. I think they will be tough once these kids get more experience in NCAA tennis and playing better tennis. I don't think they are over-rated at all.

[db379]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

UCLA looks overrated at #6 win a 4-3 win yesterday over UC-Irvine.

I have to think that Baylor will beat UCLA on Sunday in Waco and the rankings will certainly be juggled next week.

UCLA is struggling. Their doubles is weak, and all they really have is a couple good freshmen, but even Kosak lost yesterday so not much to save the team.

[ClarkC]

Originally Posted by Fedace

Well, i think it was more of a prospect ranking. UCLA has great future prospect with all the talented Freshmen. I think they will be tough once these kids get more experience in NCAA tennis and playing better tennis. I don't think they are over-rated at all.

Actually, early season rankings are primarily based on the rankings from the end of the previous season. Once a team loses, then the voters will put them where they actually belong in the rankings. There is a big drop from last year to this year at UCLA, plus their ranking cannot take into account the injury to Nick Meister that just happened a month ago. Poll voters do not immediately drop you 8 spots when the injury is announced. They wait for a loss to happen.

If Baylor beats UCLA on Sunday, as I expect, I think that UCLA will not just drop a couple of spots. My guess is that the poll voters will take that opportunity to drop them out of the top 10. We will see on about Tuesday when a new poll is released.

[ClarkC]

Originally Posted by db379

UCLA is struggling. Their doubles is weak, and all they really have is a couple good freshmen, but even Kosak lost yesterday so not much to save the team.

In fact, at this point, I doubt that UCLA can stay ahead of Cal in the Pac 10 this year. They play on February 26 (at UCLA) and March 25 (at Cal). We will know a lot about the Pac-10 pecking order on February 26.

[DownTheLine]

If Clayton can get to it I think Stanford could end up beating USC both times this year.

[10isplayer]

big match tonight between kentucky and UVa. i think virginia will be super motivated to get back at kentucky for last year. regardless it should be a very good match. for kentucky to have a chance they will have to win at doubles. i have a hard time seeing any team in the country taking 4 singles matches from UVa this year. but the matches at 1,2 singles should be good.

another thing about Uva's lineup was that after the fall season I would have thought courtney would have played ahead of jenkins but courtney's results having been as dominating as I would have expected them to be at 5.