ACC tennis
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After this past weekends results some shuffling of the order seems needed. ACC play about to start full force and after Georgia Techs wins + Notre Dame loses should be a very interested conference season. I think on a given day any team 3-10 could beat each other.
1. Wake Forest
2. Virginia
3. North Carolina
4. NC State
5. Florida State
6. Notre Dame
7. Georgia Tech
8. Miami
9. Duke
10. Virginia Tech
11. Louisville
12. Clemson
13. Boston College
1. Wake Forest
2. Virginia
3. North Carolina
4. NC State
5. Florida State
6. Notre Dame
7. Georgia Tech
8. Miami
9. Duke
10. Virginia Tech
11. Louisville
12. Clemson
13. Boston College
Last year Notre Dame did overconfidently sit their top players vs Boston College and barely avoided the upset with a 4-3 win. But this year they must be injured because they also sat vs Florida State. Actually kinda impressive from ND to be missing their top 2 players and still take Miami and FSU down to the last court on the road.
They seem to be playing better outside, especially at home. Big wins this weekend. Divar has consistently played well-keeping it close or winning vs much higher ranked #1s. They changed their lineup some this past weekend. The freshmen Schelcher clinched both matches at #5 in 3 sets. At the start of the season, the team was inexperienced as even some of the older players had not played much in past years. Gresk who is a sr didnt play much in the lineup until last year; he had a big win vs Sigouin at 2. Gresk is tall 6'7 with a lot of power but had made a lot of UEs in past-will be competitive at 2 in ACC if he controls power and hits his serves. Some weeks the team has had 3 freshmen in lineup and/or a soph who didnt play much last year. Maybe this past weekend the team finally gelled. Upset wins will be harder on the road, but GT is now ranked 45 so has a chance of making the NCAAs this year. I attended the GT/UGA indoor match which was much closer than the score implied-GT won 3 of 4 1st sets played (5 and 6 didnt finish 1st sets) and had close dubs loss at 1 (6-7) and 2 (5-7) and 3 was tied 6-all. If Tech is playing its best tennis, it can be competitive with teams ranked 20-25 and up but not the higher teams. However, the Tech team is smaller than most ACC teams-only 9 on roster with one player only playing dubs so everyone has to stay healthy to make the trip to NCAAs a possibility. It will be tight for team to keep the .5 win ratio. They should be able to beat Boston College, Louisville, and hopefully VA Tech tho that is an away match. Will be very hard for GT to beat the other 4 remaining ACC teams-maybe NC State is a possibility since Tech plays them at home.
Fully agree. I think for GT is that team this year that if you are off and they are one, then it will be a rough day at the office (as we saw with UNC). When Gresk gets into the mood, i saw him unload on some serves and groundies. They can push some teams in this later half of the season and be very competitive.
NC State is a really tough team, Coach Spencer has them competing hard. Very tight losses to two of the best teams in the country in Virginia and Wake Forest, both matches included a 3rd set tiebreaker loss for Igor Saveljic (to Nakashima and Chrysochos). Even though NC State did very well to make those matches that close you have to wonder what it will do for their psyche. Sometimes close losses can snowball.
Wake 5 UNC 2 in Winston Salem.
Heels won doubles (courts 1 & 3) and started well in singles. Deacs with a nice rally after dropping #6 singles in straight sets to go down 0-2. Score was then even at 2 with straight set wins for the Deacs at #2 (Petros 4&2) and Cungu at #5 (5&3).
Gojo, and Botzer won in 3 sets after each lost the first set to clinch the match before Melios added the 5th point with a 3 set win at 4.
Heels won doubles (courts 1 & 3) and started well in singles. Deacs with a nice rally after dropping #6 singles in straight sets to go down 0-2. Score was then even at 2 with straight set wins for the Deacs at #2 (Petros 4&2) and Cungu at #5 (5&3).
Gojo, and Botzer won in 3 sets after each lost the first set to clinch the match before Melios added the 5th point with a 3 set win at 4.
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Virginia Tech beat Notre Dame 5-2. Talk a bout a season falling apart thanks to injury. ND was once a fringe top 10 team and now will probably not even host in the NCAAs.
Louisville got a big upset win over Miami to keep their tournament hopes alive but couldn't follow it up and lost to Duke on Sunday.
Louisville got a big upset win over Miami to keep their tournament hopes alive but couldn't follow it up and lost to Duke on Sunday.
With two weekends left in the regular season this is the ACC standings. Whats crazy is that every team except Clemson and BC still has shots of making the NCAA tournament.
Wake Forest
Virginia
North Carolina
Miami
Virginia Tech
NC State
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Notre Dame
Duke
Clemson
Boston College
Duke plays BC NC State and Florida State as its last three matches, if they win out they could get in without needing any extra at ACC championships.
ND is on a free fall and might lose out, They play UNC, Georgia Tech, Clemson. I would think they beat Clemson and although their early season wins may preserve their ranking they might not get above .500 (current record is 11-12). They need to beat GT to stay alive I think.
Louisville plays Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and UNC. If they can win the first two and then beat one of them again in the ACC they might get in although I would say they are the least likely I still dont know how they beat Miami.
Georgia Tech should be in after winning 4-0 against NC State yesterday and their next three against Louisville, ND, and BC are all very winnable (at ND though).
The rest of the ACC is safe, big match next weekend between UNC and Virginia last chance for UNC to maybe get back to top 8 in the country. I also think Miami at home is always tough it makes their match against UVA tomorrow very interesting.
Wake Forest
Virginia
North Carolina
Miami
Virginia Tech
NC State
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Notre Dame
Duke
Clemson
Boston College
Duke plays BC NC State and Florida State as its last three matches, if they win out they could get in without needing any extra at ACC championships.
ND is on a free fall and might lose out, They play UNC, Georgia Tech, Clemson. I would think they beat Clemson and although their early season wins may preserve their ranking they might not get above .500 (current record is 11-12). They need to beat GT to stay alive I think.
Louisville plays Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and UNC. If they can win the first two and then beat one of them again in the ACC they might get in although I would say they are the least likely I still dont know how they beat Miami.
Georgia Tech should be in after winning 4-0 against NC State yesterday and their next three against Louisville, ND, and BC are all very winnable (at ND though).
The rest of the ACC is safe, big match next weekend between UNC and Virginia last chance for UNC to maybe get back to top 8 in the country. I also think Miami at home is always tough it makes their match against UVA tomorrow very interesting.
Like Notre Dame, Florida State has been hurt pretty badly by injury. They have been missing Dougaz basically the entire season and lately Thongoana and Bhullar have also been out. They are having to go 8-9 deep late in the season. Very important clutch win for FSU yesterday over Virginia Tech to stem the free fall.
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