ACC tennis

[Kirijax]

College Tennis Online posted a preview of the ACC men's tennis season. Looks like a battle between Virginia and Duke. Hurricanes need to bounce back this season but I'm hot holding my breath.

ACC Men's Preview

[Clemson_tennis]

Pretty good preview. They are overrating UNC though. Losing Hernandez and Boyajian will be a bigger deal than they realize. I don't believe in Vick as a consistent winner at the top of the line-up and Clark and DePaolo aren't ready for massive contributions.

[10isplayer]

Clemson tennis what do you think of Duke's lineup that they played vs. Hawaii

[Clemson_tennis]

I was surprised to see Saba up at #2 and Mengel at #4. I always thought Saba had more potential than Mengel but until this point Mengel has been the better college player. Redlicki at 3 is about what I expected. Tahir at 6 will be a strong #6 player. I wonder if Semenzato will get into the line-up at some point.


FSU beat Furman and UCF 7-0. The surprise is that Cotrone was playing #1 vs Furman. He has really improved. From a sometimes #6 player to a top 3 at the least, impressive. I saw him play last year. He did seem to have a large arsenal of shots. He wasn't just a stock player. His speed was lacking though, that likely holds him back.

#4 is too high for Reed. That will be a weakness for FSU. Bucaro had a breakthrough year last year so it is surprising to see him actually take a step back this year and move down to #5.

[10isplayer]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

I was surprised to see Saba up at #2 and Mengel at #4. I always thought Saba had more potential than Mengel but until this point Mengel has been the better college player. Redlicki at 3 is about what I expected. Tahir at 6 will be a strong #6 player. I wonder if Semenzato will get into the line-up at some point.


FSU beat Furman and UCF 7-0. The surprise is that Cotrone was playing #1 vs Furman. He has really improved. From a sometimes #6 player to a top 3 at the least, impressive. I saw him play last year. He did seem to have a large arsenal of shots. He wasn't just a stock player. His speed was lacking though, that likely holds him back.

#4 is too high for Reed. That will be a weakness for FSU. Bucaro had a breakthrough year last year so it is surprising to see him actually take a step back this year and move down to #5.

I think I read semenzato is not eligible for the first couple matches.

[ClarkC]

Semenzato is not eligible until the spring semester, and that means that classes have to have started at Duke before he would be allowed to play. Not sure when their classes started.

[Clemson_tennis]

Teams got some warmup matchups yesterday:

UNC 7, Wofford 0
UNC 6, Gardner-Webb 1
Duke 7, Elon 0
FSU 7, Florida Gulf Coast 0
FSU 7, UAB 0
Clemson 6, Winthrop 1
Clemson 7, Davidson 0
Wake 6, Charlotte 1
Wake 7, ETSU 0
Miami 7, Bethune-Cookman 0
VT 6, College of Charleston 1
VT 7, Longwood 0

[Clemson_tennis]

FSU is doing something interesting with their top 3. They are rotating the 3 from positions 1-3. Cotrone, Kelly-Houston and Lock. At the moment it looks like Cotrone is playing the best tennis. Kelly-Houston was in over his head at 1 last season so a move to 2 or 3 will help him immensely. Lock plays a big game that can trouble top players so he could be playing #2 this year. If I were FSU I would just continue the rotation all year and never really set it, in order to throw other teams off.

[jaggy]

Indiana at NC State today, no obvious sign of online scores so feel free to post here when you find out.

[Clemson_tennis]

Originally Posted by jaggy

Indiana at NC State today, no obvious sign of online scores so feel free to post here when you find out.

Hoosiers should roll. NC State looks weak this year. Powell was a mediocre 4 last year and is now playing #1. Unless he has a Kevin King style improvement it won't be good for NC State.

[TopDawg]

Originally Posted by jaggy

Indiana at NC State today, no obvious sign of online scores so feel free to post here when you find out.

According to @PackMensTennis:
Pack wins 4-3:

1) Powell (NCS) def MacTaggart (IU) 4-6 6-4 6-1
2) Juneau (IU) def. Thomson (NCS) 4-6 6-1 6-1
3) Mudge (NCS) def Monette (IU) 6-3 3-6 6-1
4) Weigel (NCS) def Tasic (IU) 6-7 6-3 7-5
5) Bednarczyk (IU) def. Weber (NCS) 6-2 6-4
6) Norenius (NCS) def. Yee (IU) 6-2 6-1

1) MacT/Jun (IU) def. Thomson/Weber (NCS) 8-6 in the decider

[jaggy]

Looks like a loss for Iu, sore one.

[andfor]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

Hoosiers should roll. NC State looks weak this year. Powell was a mediocre 4 last year and is now playing #1. Unless he has a Kevin King style improvement it won't be good for NC State.

Powell is improved.

[Clemson_tennis]

what's the deal with Blake Davis? Why is he now #8 for FSU after being #2 last season?

[ClarkC]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

what's the deal with Blake Davis? Why is he now #8 for FSU after being #2 last season?

Obviously injured, because his overall record is 0-0. Has not played since May.

[Clemson_tennis]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

Obviously injured, because his overall record is 0-0. Has not played since May.

Not much of a loss, he's never been that good.

[Clemson_tennis]

It looks like the ACC has 3 poor teams this year. Miami, BC and GT.

Two great teams. Duke and Virginia.

then 3-8 are basically at the same level. Nobody of the middle pack stands out as the worst or the best.

[Kirijax]

Hearing that Duke's Beatrice Capra was suspended from school. That's gonna hurt them.

Link

[Clemson_tennis]

Big loss for the Duke women.


Meanwhile Juan Spir's free-fall continues. Loses another match in straight sets to an unranked opponent. 6-4 6-1 to SDSU's #1 player.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by andfor

Anyone know what for? And if they do will it get taken down like the questions surrounding Harry Fowler did last spring?

Yikes so much for my NCAA title prediction. No inside info but knowing many people who have had contact with Duke's judicial process, well, semester and beyond suspensions dont't even enter the discussion unless it's something really big deal. We're not talking underage drinking or other fairly common undergrad things.

Kahan has been out too - hopefully she gets back soon so this team can at least try to be top 5 or so.

And hopefully Capra comes back next year ready to make better decisions.