jhmoss1812
Rookie
Yikes. Higuchi gets double bageled at #6. UF leads 2-0
2017 men's NCAA Tournament
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Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Stanford coming back big time
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Stanford fighting back big time,,,,,also line of storms and tornadoes just 10 minutes away from the court.... IF Cardinal can just stay in it til the storm gets here,, Cardinal can turn this around
jhmoss1812
Rookie
Stanford women are freaking tough as nails. Always impressed by their fight. They looked like they were gonna get blanked 4-0 and now they have a shot at a 4-3 win.
Their men's team could learn a lot from their women's team.
Their men's team could learn a lot from their women's team.
jhmoss1812
Rookie
Neel up 5-2 on Davidson in 3rd set.
jhmoss1812
Rookie
UF wins 4-1
Something special about the teams in orange and blue today
Something special about the teams in orange and blue today
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
I think the injuries did the Cards in . if they were healthy, I think they would have taken this one. Gators were in choke mode at the end
Did they have the Matt Bruch Tolio jock itch syndrome?
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Division1to100
Rookie
Great showing on both the men's and women's draws. Hopefully, with this being on ESPNU will bring in more tennis fans and exposure to the sport!
Matthew Lee
Professional
Wow...UF Women's wins it? Feeling satisfied but not happy. I used to live in Florida so I guess I have some bias for the UF team, but I still hoped that USC or UCLA would take a title.
Having played on a National Championship team back in the day where singles were played 1st then doubles and both were best of 3 sets I was initially not a fan of the changes in format--for a long time I though the 1 set, no-ad doubles matches were just lame. But I know can see how it better fits in with television and could give the sport more exposure. When I played dual matches took all afternoon to complete--almost what it took to finish both the men's and women's finals today. The directors, though, do need to get better at moving the coverage from court to court as the match progresses but hopefully we'll see more coverage in the future.
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
will it all end now for UVA? no Coach and no Players? 4 Seniors are leaving...4 core Players....their no.1 doubles Player corinteli and their #1 #2 #5 Singles Players...
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
what could ve been IF..Brayden Schnur not went pro after last season
i think then UNC would ve blown out uva!
i think then UNC would ve blown out uva!
Gracelhink
Rookie
Congratulations for a great accomplishment to UVa and coach Botland. Three in a row speaks of legendary status in any sports realm. The team came together after some sporadic play and peaked at the close.
They also would have had less scholarship money available if Schnur were still there. Would they have signed Blumberg and Soendergaard with Schnur still there?
Automator
Semi-Pro
The door is definitely open for a new champion next season. UVA does have Matthew Lord and Kyrylo Tsygura incoming, and I would be surprised if the new coach doesn't add another player to the roster before the fall. Coaching vacancy will apparently be filled VERY shortly...like today or tomorrow.
jaggy
Talk Tennis Guru
Blumberg came in early so may not have shown until fall 17 if Schnur had remained.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
we could have a few transition years coming up with national titles for grabs similar to early 2000s after Stanford fell off and Baylor, Illinois and Pepperdine won titles.
UNC, Wake, Texas, Florida (big recruits coming in) could all be in the mix.
Vicious Vik
Semi-Pro
Brian Boland goes out on top. Great coach, but it's just a shame that his legacy will be somewhat hurt by the obvious stacking he did for his final championship team. Altamirano at 4 should have been illegal.
Any of Virginia's top 4 players should have been illegal at #4. But one of them had to play there. The distance in ability from 1 through 6 on that roster was tiny. The down side of that is it means there was no Cameron Norrie, Petros Chrysochos or Mikael Torpegaard available at #1. The up side was that the likelihood of winning got higher and higher as you moved down from 1 to 6, because other teams had a drop off at some point and UVa did not. The #5 and #6 players for UVa, Aragone and Wiersholm, have each won a Futures tournament recently. Think about how bizarre that is.
jhmoss1812
Rookie
Who should have played 4 for UVA then? What would have been the fair lineup?
A lot of complaints about Ritschard at 1 for UVA but he lost in a 3rd set TB to Torp and wiped the court with Schneider the last 2 days.
http://www.newsplex.com/content/sports/Pedroso-taking-over-as-UVA-mens-tennis-coach-424113254.html
Andres Pedroso has been named the new head coach of UVA.
Andres Pedroso has been named the new head coach of UVA.
hiring a Duke man to carry on the legacy? smart move UVA!
I looked in at this forum a bit over the last couple days, and I'm happy to see most of the same characters (and same stupid feddie predictions) still around
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Tom Fawcett Easy win in 1st round. well on his way to the NCAA singles title. Bradley Klahn won it last time so why not Tom ?
jhmoss1812
Rookie
Because he's not as good
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/vid-stream-ncaa.html
Florian Lakat routining top player from North Carolina,,,,Schineider.... Normally this would not happen but with NO rest in between team matches,,,top guys that went far into team draw are getting penalized and tired. Is this fair when you are trying to decide who is BEST player in college ? They must provide 5 days of rest in between and hold the individual at different site like at the Farm..
Florian Lakat routining top player from North Carolina,,,,Schineider.... Normally this would not happen but with NO rest in between team matches,,,top guys that went far into team draw are getting penalized and tired. Is this fair when you are trying to decide who is BEST player in college ? They must provide 5 days of rest in between and hold the individual at different site like at the Farm..
I assume you have long since finished med school and moved on? I disappeared from the forum for quite a while until recently. Very surprised that the Duke men's team is in its current state.
yeah, nearing the end of residency nowadays - more sleep, and less procrastinating from studying on this forum, nowadays when i'm free
congrats on the continued UVA success - glad to see a very strong tournament for the ACC even if Duke unfortunately isn't keeping pace
Schneider has been playing like **** this whole week, should not have lost to some players
Zacenroe86
Rookie
Klahn infinitely more mentally tough, and superior in just about every aspect.
Zacenroe86
Rookie
Pretty active schedule for a grinder playing at #1. He's had some grueling matches this year..sure he was injury and fatigue free
Zacenroe86
Rookie
Thatcher was better than Tom, I'm sorry
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Tom as much better groundies than Thatcher. Ryan had better volleys though but Tom's game is aggressive baseline game, much like Marat Safin. and Safin did pretty well in ATP tour.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I agree. If he gets a wildcard in the U.S. Open, he has a 50/50 chance of winning it*.
*by it I mean the first point of the match if he serves first.
Hmm, if that were the case you would expect the Gator women to choke, since they had less than 24 hours of rest, but 3 out of 5 first round wins, plus upsetting #2 seed Hayley Carter that had more rest. Nope, sorry, wrong answer. Schneider has been slumping for a while, losing to Ponwith, Chrysochos, Friedrich easily in straight sets in tournament, and squeaking by Lakat when they last met in 3 sets, and should have been on a lower court for team tournament. I always thought Blumberg was a bit better anyway, and he has been crushing it this year at #2 and even a little #1. Tiredness is excuse-making for Schneider.
SouthernCourts
Semi-Pro
Ronnie Schneider is a fighter, but he's not a top-tier guy, as his results against other team's no. 1s in the team tourney showed. Blumberg is better, and a first-round loss by Schneider is to be expected. Hayley Carter going down, though—that's a shock, and kinda sad for one of the country's best.
jhmoss1812
Rookie
Top 2 seeds of women's draw were ousted in straight sets. Definitely shocking.
Herb
Semi-Pro
works out great for us. Keeps our girls from playing them and opens the draws for both our girls.
jaggy
Talk Tennis Guru
SouthernCourts
Semi-Pro
Are these matches streaming anywhere? Can't find them at the site from the team event.
jhmoss1812
Rookie
Kwiatowski vs. Torpegaard should be fun tomorrow.
Nacho
Hall of Fame
I believe they have split in previous matches....
It seems like this will be their first college match against each other.
They played once last year in a futures event where Thai won 6-1, 6-3.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Tom Fawcett (Stanford) defeats Eduardo Mena (Tennessee Tech) 6-0, 6-1.
WOW,, this is scary good. Tom could win the NCAA title without losing a set... Is this possible ?
WOW,, this is scary good. Tom could win the NCAA title without losing a set... Is this possible ?
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools..._non_event/ncaa17-singles-may25-m-bracket.pdf
Fawcett vs Lakat. match of the day. Fawcett has figured him out now, this should be a routine win for Tom.
Fawcett vs Lakat. match of the day. Fawcett has figured him out now, this should be a routine win for Tom.
Zacenroe86
Rookie
Fawcett might become as good as Sam Warburg. Guy reminds me of a less fluid Sam Querrey. Can see him being very dangerous when he's on, but seems to lose focus all too often.
