2013 NCAA Men's Division 1

[Clemson_tennis]

LSU vs Texas Tech. The battle of the way over-ranked.

[TopDawg]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

what do you think of Auburn/Clemson TopDawg?

Should be a close match, is Dom Maden playing? I'm leaning Auburn if Dom doesn't play. 5-2 or 4-3. If Auburn get dubs they'll likely win.

[TopDawg]

Looks like Clemson up an early break on 3 courts...winning 4 singles will be tough.

[TopDawg]

Doubles lineup is the same as the last meeting though it appears UCLA has moved Clay Thompson up to #4 singles and dropped Dennis Mkrtchian down to 5. USC has the same singles lineup. Smart move by Billy because Mkrtchian wasn't going to beat Hanfmann though Thompson may. That could be enough to push UCLA over the top.

Last Weeks Result:
#2 USC 4, #3 UCLA 3
DOUBLES
(1) Giron/Novikov (UCLA) def. #48 Hanfmann/Sarmiento (USC) - 8-4
(2) Puget/Sell (UCLA) def. De Vroome/Quiroz (USC) - 8-2
(3) Gomez/Johnson (USC) def. Brigham/Mkrtchian (UCLA) - 8-4
UCLA wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
(1) #58 Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. #12 Ray Sarmiento (USC) - 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
(2) #10 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. #13 Marcos Giron (UCLA) - 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
(3) #23 Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. #42 Adrien Puget (UCLA) - 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)*
(4) #94 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #55 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) - 6-2, 6-4
(5) Clay Thompson (UCLA) def. #109 Max de Vroome (USC) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
(6) #48 Eric Johnson (USC) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) - 1-6, 7-5, 6-4

[bluetrain4]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

Doubles lineup is the same as the last meeting though it appears UCLA has moved Clay Thompson up to #4 singles and dropped Dennis Mkrtchian down to 5. USC has the same singles lineup. Smart move by Billy because Mkrtchian wasn't going to beat Hanfmann though Thompson may. That could be enough to push UCLA over the top.

Last Weeks Result:
#2 USC 4, #3 UCLA 3
DOUBLES
(1) Giron/Novikov (UCLA) def. #48 Hanfmann/Sarmiento (USC) - 8-4
(2) Puget/Sell (UCLA) def. De Vroome/Quiroz (USC) - 8-2
(3) Gomez/Johnson (USC) def. Brigham/Mkrtchian (UCLA) - 8-4
UCLA wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
(1) #58 Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. #12 Ray Sarmiento (USC) - 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
(2) #10 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. #13 Marcos Giron (UCLA) - 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
(3) #23 Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. #42 Adrien Puget (UCLA) - 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)*
(4) #94 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #55 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) - 6-2, 6-4
(5) Clay Thompson (UCLA) def. #109 Max de Vroome (USC) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
(6) #48 Eric Johnson (USC) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) - 1-6, 7-5, 6-4

Wow, those singles matches were insanely close, save for No. 4.

[TopDawg]

Originally Posted by bluetrain4

Wow, those singles matches were insanely close, save for No. 4.

That was crazy and also notice that in the 5 matches that went 3 sets the person that won the 1st set lost each of them. That's why swapping Thompson/Mkrtchian makes sense at least for this one match today.

[Clemson_tennis]

Clemson wins 5 first sets

[bluetrain4]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

That was crazy and also notice that in the 5 matches that went 3 sets the person that won the 1st set lost each of them. That's why swapping Thompson/Mkrtchian makes sense at least for this one match today.

Wait a second, there isn't a senior among USC's starting six? And only two juniors?

I would have assumed that coming of of a 4-peat, there would be more seniors this year. I have no idea why, I'd think that. I guess I just assume that the regular flow of recruits, there are going to be two or three seniors every year. I know that there are one or two who aren't starting, but still.

So, this is USC's "down" year? I do think Virginia will finally get their title, but USC and UCLA have already shown that they can compete, and then USC has every starter back next year? That's crazy.

[ClarkC]

UCLA has every starter back next year except doubles specialist Alex Brigham.

Georgia loses only KU Singh, but he is #1.

Virginia loses Jarmere Jenkins at #1 and doubles specialist Julen Uriguen.

I don't know if Florida has any seniors in the top six, do they? Ditto for Tennessee.

Duke loses only Henrique Cunha, their #1.

There are a lot of teams that lose zero or one from the top six singles. This is kind of a young year, for whatever reason.

[ClarkC]

I get a blank screen for the San Diego-Boise State LiveStats, on three different browsers.

I get a lineup from LSU for the Texas Tech match, but no score updates after 90 minutes of supposed action.

Anyone else having any luck on these?

[TopDawg]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

I don't know if Florida has any seniors in the top six, do they? Ditto for Tennessee.

Florida losing Bob van Overbeek and Billy Federhofer which are 1 and 6 for them and Tennessee has Collins and Jones which are 5 and 6 for them.

[TopDawg]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

I get a blank screen for the San Diego-Boise State LiveStats, on three different browsers.

I get a lineup from LSU for the Texas Tech match, but no score updates after 90 minutes of supposed action.

Anyone else having any luck on these?

LSU/Texas Tech in rain delay - never got started. I get the same thing on San Diego/Boise. USD twitter says Boise took the doubles point.

[Jakes On A Plane]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

I don't know if Florida has any seniors in the top six, do they? Ditto for Tennessee.

Vols lose Taylor Patrick also I think. I feel like that guy has been there forever.

[TopDawg]

Originally Posted by Jakes On A Plane

Vols lose Taylor Patrick also I think. I feel like that guy has been there forever.

I didn't count him because while he may be a nice guy he sure didn't win many matches. I think he was like 3-10 last year at #6.

[Jakes On A Plane]

Originally Posted by TopDawg

I didn't count him because while he may be a nice guy he sure didn't win many matches. I think he was like 3-10 last year at #6.

Dang, I didn't figure his record would be that bad.

[TopDawg]

UCLA with the doubles point.

[TopDawg]

Match tied at 2-2. Looks like it'll come down to Gomez/Giron.

Sarmiento (USC) def. Novikov (UCLA) 6-4 6-3
Gomez (USC) leads Giron (UCLA) 6-4 5-7 1-0
Puget (UCLA) def. Quiroz (USC) 6-3 6-2
Hanfmann (USC) def. Thompson (UCLA) 3-6 6-2 6-0
Mkrtchian (UCLA) leads De Vroome (USC) 4-6 7-6 (3) 4-2
Johnson (USC) leads Sell (UCLA) 6-1 4-6 4-1

[TopDawg]

Sell had won 3 straight and tied up Johnson at 4-4 in the 3rd but Johnson breaks and will serve for the match up 5-4. Mkrtchian was serving for it up 5-2 and got broke but broke back to win it 6-3.

[TopDawg]

UCLA up 3-2. Gomez/Giron 2-2 in the 3rd, Eric Johnson serving for the match at 6.

[TopDawg]

Eric Johnson finishes it so it's 3 all. Giron went up a break on Gomez but Gomez broke back and held. Giron now serving 3-4.