ITA National Indoor Kickoff Weekend

[TopDawg]

Here are the 10 regionals that get started tomorrow.

Which host is the most likely to get bounced this weekend? Stanford, Kentucky, Cal, or Illinois?
Which regional is the toughest? Illinois and Stanford have the most evenly balanced in that all 4 teams could potentially beat the other 3.
Which 2 versus 3 matchup will be the best? UNC/Tulsa, VCU/Minnesota, Texas Tech/San Diego, Louisville/NC State, or Northwestern/Virginia Tech


Georgia Regional (Indoors-4 courts) – Athens, Georgia – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats
#32 VCU vs. #34 Minnesota – 9 am est - VCU WINS 5-2
#6 Georgia vs. #39 Vanderbilt – 2 pm est - Georgia WINS 4-3

Ole Miss Regional (Indoors-3 courts)– Oxford, Mississippi – Friday/Saturday - Live Stats
#36 Louisville vs. #41 NC State – 10 am est/9 am cst - NC State WINS 4-2
#13 Ole Miss vs. #44 Columbia – 3 pm est/2 pm cst - Ole Miss WINS 4-0

Duke Regional (Indoors)– Durham, North Carolina – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats & Video – subscription required for video
#5 Duke vs. #46 Middle Tennessee State – 10 am est - Duke WINS 7-0
#37 Northwestern vs. #43 Virginia Tech – 2 pm est - Northwestern WINS 4-3

USC Regional (Outdoors) – Los Angeles, California – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats&Video
#69 Fresno State vs. #60 Georgia Tech – 6 pm est/3 pm pst - Fresno State WINS 4-3
#2 USC vs. #66 San Diego State – 9 pm est/5 pm pst - USC WINS 4-0

Stanford Regional (Outdoors) – Palo Alto, California – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats&Video
#29 Texas Tech vs. #27 San Diego – 4 pm est/1 pm pst - San Diego WINS 4-3
#10 Stanford vs. #26 Texas A&M – 8 pm est/5 pm pst - Texas A&M WINS 4-0

Cal Regional (Outdoors) – Berkeley, California - Friday/Saturday – LiveVideo
#14 Cal vs. #38 Boise State – 4 pm est/1 pm pst - Cal WINS 4-1
#20 Michigan vs. #35 Santa Clara – 8 pm est/4 pm pst - Michigan WINS 4-1

Kentucky Regional (Indoors-4 courts) – Lexington, Kentucky – Friday/Saturday
#9 Kentucky vs. #47 Michigan State – 1 pm est - LiveStats - Kentucky WINS 4-2
#17 Texas vs. #40 South Carolina – 5 pm est - LiveStats - Texas WINS 4-1

UCLA Regional (Outdoors) – Los Angeles, California – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats
#57 BYU vs. #50 South Florida – 1:30 pm est/10:30 am pst - Pushed back to Saturday due to rain
#3 UCLA vs. #57 Cal Poly – 1:30 pm est/10:30 am pst

Virginia Regional (Indoors) – Charlottesville, Virginia – Friday/Saturday
#55 Arkansas vs. #62 Georgia State – 2 pm est - LiveStats - Arkansas WINS 4-2
#1 Virginia vs. #63 North Florda – 6 pm est - LiveStats - Virginia WINS 7-0

Illinois Regional (Indoors) – Champaign-Urbana, Illinois – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats
#18 North Carolina vs. #24 Tulsa – 2 pm est/1 pm cst - UNC WINS 4-3
#16 Illinois vs. #19 Tennessee – 6 pm est/5 pm cst - UT Live Blog - Tennessee WINS 4-0

Here are the 5 regionals starting on SATURDAY

Ohio State Regional (Indoors) – Columbus, Ohio – Saturday/Sunday – LiveStats/Video
#4 Ohio State vs. #72 East Tennessee State – 10 am est
#64 Miami FL vs. #71 Louisiana-Lafayette – 2 pm est

Florida Regional (Outdoors)– Gainesville, Florida – Saturday/Sunday – LiveStats
#12 Florida vs. #56 St. John’s – 10 am est
#42 UNC Wilmington vs. #52 South Alabama – 2 pm est

Mississippi State Regional (Outdoors) – Starkville, Mississippi – Saturday/Sunday – LiveStats
#21 Auburn vs. #23 Indiana – 11 am est/10 am cst
#11 Mississippi State vs. #25 LSU – 2 pm est/1 pm cst

Oklahoma Regional (Indoors) – Norman, Oklahoma – Saturday/Sunday – LiveStats&Video
#28 Harvard vs. #30 Notre Dame – 11 am est/10 am cst
#8 Oklahoma vs. #31 Memphis – 3 pm est/2 pm cst

Pepperdine Regional (Outdoors) – Malibu, California – Saturday/Sunday – LiveStats
#7 Pepperdine vs. #53 Denver – 1 pm est/10 am pst
#33 Florida State vs. #45 Drake – 5 pm est/2 pm pst

 

[Clemson_tennis]

I was just about to start this thread! One that dosen't get started tomorrow is Oklahoma and I think Memphis could very well beat the Sooners.

what's interesting is that Baylor has again opted to not participated in this tournament.


Cal regional:
Cal vs Michigan will be interesting. Campbell Johnson had a couple of nice wins this past week, where will he factor in the Cal line-up? I also would not put a Santa Clara win over Michigan out of the realm of possibility.

Stanford regional:
Texas A&M will beat Stanford. Then advance because both San Diego and Tech had better teams last year.

Kentucky regional:
I think another host goes down here. Texas looks better than Kentucky right now. South Carolina and Michigan State as the consolation game will also be a good match

Duke regional:
Duke will win this but Northwestern vs VT will be a 4-3 thriller for sure. Two super evenly matched teams.

 

[ClarkC]

I hope Illinois rebuilds their program, but I will be surprised if they make the final 16 this year, indoors or outdoors.

 

[TopDawg]

I noticed that Memphis and Vanderbilt are scheduled to play at Vandy on February 15th which is the 1st day of the National Indoors in Seattle so I guess neither expects to win their regional.

 

[Clemson_tennis]

I hope Illinois rebuilds their program, but I will be surprised if they make the final 16 this year, indoors or outdoors.

They could be the 4th best team in their regional. I expect them to lose to Tennessee.

 

[TopDawg]

Stumbled across this - coaches have their lineups listed for this weekend - Depth Charts

Notables
UVA has Domijan, Jenkins, R Shane, Styslinger, Frank, J Shane.
USC: Sarmiento, Gomez, Johnson, Quiroz, Hanfmann, Wang
UCLA: Giron, Novikov, Puget, Mkrtchian, Thompson, Sell
Ohio State: Rola, Kobelt, Van Engleen, McCarthy, Steinbach, Smith - Steinbach just added to roster.
Georgia: Singh, Pasha, Pieters, Wagland, A Smith, Brasseaux
Pepperdine: Fanselow, Sarkissian, Tearney, Alcantara, Hovhannisyan, Sofaer
Duke: Cunha, Saba, Redlicki, Mengel, Hemmeler, Tahir - No Semenzato listed.
Illinois has Hiltzik at 1
Stanford has Paige at 3

 

[Kirijax]

Missing Ohio State, Miami, Louisiana-Lafayette, East Tennessee I think.

 

[TopDawg]

Missing Ohio State, Miami, Louisiana-Lafayette, East Tennessee I think.

I just put up the ones that started tomorrow - Canes play on Saturday. Tomorrow evening I'll put up the 5 regionals that start Saturday.

 

[Kirijax]

I just put up the ones that started tomorrow - Canes play on Saturday. Tomorrow evening I'll put up the 5 regionals that start Saturday.

Ah, thanks!

 

[Clemson_tennis]

well that answers the question if Rola will be back or not. Buckeyes back in contention

 

[andfor]

I noticed that Memphis and Vanderbilt are scheduled to play at Vandy on February 15th which is the 1st day of the National Indoors in Seattle so I guess neither expects to win their regional.

It's a strage date in the first place. The next day is the first day of qualifying for the U.S. Pro Indoor ATP stop in Memphis. They usually have a player in the draw with a wildcard. Just a guess, but I'm sure coaches have thought it through and the match can be canceled or rescheduled. If either wins their regional it will likely take precedence over the dual. May as well schedule a for sure match than a maybe.

I was just about to start this thread! One that doesn't get started tomorrow is Oklahoma and I think Memphis could very well beat the Sooners.

Good call!

 

[TopDawg]

Lower ranked teams that I think will win tomorrow: Georgia Tech, NC State, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, BYU, and Tennessee.

 

[kme5150]

Great find on the depth charts. Thanks

Lower ranked teams that I think will win: NC State, Texas Tech, Tennessee, Tulsa, Notre Dame, & Texas A&M.

 

[TopDawg]

Minnesota and VCU starting it off with a tight doubles point. Minnesota took 1 and VCU 3. Gophers were up 7-4 at 2 and now it is 7 all. Minnesota has to take the dubs point to win this match in my opinion.

 

[TopDawg]

Minnesota wins the tiebreaker to take it 8-7. I guess that shortened the match by about 5 minutes by not playing the tiebreaker at 8-8. Big savings..

 

[TopDawg]

NC State takes the dubs point over Louisville taking 1&2 dubs 8-5. Louisville took 3 dubs 8-4.

Minnesota and VCU split 1st sets in the 4 singles matches going on.

 

[SoCal10s]

Stumbled across this - coaches have their lineups listed for this weekend - Depth Charts

Notables
UVA has Domijan, Jenkins, R Shane, Styslinger, Frank, J Shane.
USC: Sarmiento, Gomez, Johnson, Quiroz, Hanfmann, Wang
UCLA: Giron, Novikov, Puget, Mkrtchian, Thompson, Sell
Ohio State: Rola, Kobelt, Van Engleen, McCarthy, Steinbach, Smith - Steinbach just added to roster.
Georgia: Singh, Pasha, Pieters, Wagland, A Smith, Brasseaux
Pepperdine: Fanselow, Sarkissian, Tearney, Alcantara, Hovhannisyan, Sofaer
Duke: Cunha, Saba, Redlicki, Mengel, Hemmeler, Tahir - No Semenzato listed.
Illinois has Hiltzik at 1
Stanford has Paige at 3

thanks for your post... interesting indeed ...

UVA: Frank @5
USC: Johnson @3
UCLA: Puget @3 and Thomson @5
Pepperdine:Sarkissian @2

It all looks to be an interesting year coming up...

 

[Automator]

If Frank has really recovered from his injury, he won't stay at #5 for long. Boland just has him there as a precaution for the time being. Ryan Shane at #3 is the shocker there.

IF Frank is really 100%, he'll be at #3 before too long. If Ryan Shane stays above Styslinger, then...ummm...yikes. This team might be better than I thought they were.

Not that we'll figure any of this out this weekend.

 

[woodrow1029]

Rained this morning at Stanford. 10 am start is gonna turn into probably at least 11:00. Sun is out now though.

 

[TopDawg]

Mengel may get bailed out from taking a loss - he's down 7-5 4-0 but Duke is closing to closing out 5 and 6 which would clinch it.

 

[TopDawg]

They appear to be playing all these matches out instead of stopping when the 1st team get to 4. Duke up 6-0 and VCU won 5-2.

 

[woodrow1029]

Kick off weekend, they are supposed to play the matches out to completion. No different from last year.

Exceptions are inclement weather, or if the coaches agree otherwise.

 

[Clemson_tennis]

They appear to be playing all these matches out instead of stopping when the 1st team get to 4. Duke up 6-0 and VCU won 5-2.

I thought they wouldn't because of time but I like playing it out especially early in the season.

The later matches are less likely to play it out.

Does Ole Miss only have 3 in door courts?

 

[TopDawg]

Does Ole Miss only have 3 in door courts?

Yes just 3 at Ole Miss

 

[Vicious Vik]

who are you TopDawg?

 

[Vicious Vik]

I will be so upset if Texas does not beat Kentucky. I will personally drive to Austin and vandalize Center's office space and demand an apology if we lose to a weak Kentucky team.

 

[woodrow1029]

Stanford looking more like noon start now.

 

[andfor]

I will be so upset if Texas does not beat Kentucky. I will personally drive to Austin and vandalize Center's office space and demand an apology if we lose to a weak Kentucky team.

Fuel up.....

 

[SoCal10s]

Stanford Regional (Outdoors) – Palo Alto, California – Friday/Saturday – LiveStats&Video
#29 Texas Tech vs. #27 San Diego – 1 pm est/10 am pst
#10 Stanford vs. #26 Texas A&M – 5 pm est/2 pm pst
looks very interesting ...

San Diego looks tough ... maybe will win this bracket ... if I'm Stanford,I'm sweating buckets at home court..

 

[woodrow1029]

Yep. They just told us not before 1:00 for Stanford first match.

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Forgot to mention I think Georgia State will beat Arkansas as a lower seed beating a higher

 

[johndagolfer]

Kentucky is not as weak as I thought they would be after the loss of Quigley and Alex. Jomby has started this season super strong and it looks like he is fitter and more cut that he was last year. It is a young team on the bottom half, but if Gomez, Roberts(Really like him at #6) and a couple other of the newer players(Cinc joined the team this week) can keep it going, they will have a great year!

 

[TopDawg]

NC State with a mild upset over Louisville 4-2. They did stop the match since they only have 3 courts and needed to get Ole Miss/Columbia on.

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Weigel was losing the whole 3rd set but then won the last 3 games to steal it and ultimately that was the difference. If UL has held there it would be going down to #6.

 

[TopDawg]

Georgia State takes dubs from Arkansas

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Arkansas about to take dubs from Georgia State

The Panthers won it.

 

[TopDawg]

The Panthers won it.

I saw that, I thought Arkansas was on top.

 

[TopDawg]

North Carolina about to take 1st sets at 1-4. Tulsa took 1st sets at 5 and 6.

 

[TopDawg]

San Diego/Texas Tech dubs in a tiebreak at 3 to decide it - USD up 3-0. Nice video as usual from Stanford

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Not a very impressive win for Georgia. I'm shocked that Johnson was able to beat Pieters.

 

[TopDawg]

Not a very impressive win for Georgia. I'm shocked that Johnson was able to beat Pieters.

After the way Pieters played in the fall that is a disappointing result. Pasha's loss wasn't as bad because Gonzales is pretty tough. We'll have our hands full tomorrow with VCU.

 

[TopDawg]

San Diego just finished off Texas Tech 4-3. The doubles point was the difference.

 

[JLyon]

Stan"d"ford is in major trouble, hope Feddy does not go ballistic

 

[TopDawg]

The only one to win a 1st set for Stanford was of all people Kandath.

 

[TopDawg]

Looks like a lot of 3rd sets in Tennessee/Illinois match

 

[cmgoods81]

Apparently Fresno St was down 0-3 and came back against Georgia Tech by winning the final match 7-5 in the 3rd set

 

[TopDawg]

That was an upset:

69 Fresno State 4, #60 Georgia Tech 3

DOUBLES
(1) #3 Spir/Hundal (GT) def. DeLaubenfels/Papic (FSt) - 8-5
(2) Segura/Gordon (GT) vs. MacNeil/Quiroz (FSt) - DNF
(3) Rakitt/Edwards (GT) def. Kartik/Fritz (FSt) - 8-3
Order of finish: 3, 1

SINGLES
(1) Reid deLaubenfels (FSt) def. #32 Juan Spir (GT) - 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
(2) Vikram Hundal (GT) def. Jeremy Quiroz (FSt) - 6-2, 6-3
(3) Sai Kartik Nakireddi (FSt) def. Eduardo Segura - 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
(4) Nathan Rakitt (GT) def. Nikolas Papic (FSt) - 6-0, 6-4
(5) Sam MacNeil (FSt) def. Garrett Gordon (GT) - 4-6, 7-5 (5), 6-1
(6) Felipe Fritz (FSt) def. Anish Sharma (GT) - 1-6, 6-1, 7-5*

Order of finish: 2, 4, 1, 3, 5, 6*

GT's #2 Melian didn't play.

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Horrible loss for the Yellow Jackets, those bottom two players for Gt at 5 and 6 have no business being on a major conference team let alone starting. And Spir with a terrible loss.

 

[TopDawg]

Stanford 2 points away from being shutout 4-0. Adams leads Paige 5-2 in TB

 

[TopDawg]

Texas A&M 4 Stanford 0 Final