US College Signings and General College Chat 2023/24

Lambda · ATP qualifying

RE: US College Signings 2023/24

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Sorry, Roan !

(I put up all the other results but didn't see his name - apologies to the boy

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Lambda · ATP qualifying

TCU and Wake Forest came through their QFs and will play each other in the SFs this evening at 8.30pm GMT. TCU must be heavy favourites for their 3rd consecutive final.

Unless positions change Luca should play Lui in the doubles but will avoid Jake, Jack and Lui in the singles.

I hadn't realised until Jake was interviewed yesterday, that his match on Friday was abandoned when he was on match point. He was 'heated', as he put it, as the win against the #10 ranked opponent would have helped his ranking that is low because he didn't play during the Fall season.

JoMo lost his singles against his #19 ranked opponent as Tennessee went down 5-1 to Virginia.

Mark Hilton is in attendance as part of the LTA's NCAA Support Programme.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
TCU and Wake Forest came through their QFs and will play each other in the SFs this evening at 8.30pm GMT. TCU must be heavy favourites for their 3rd consecutive final.

Unless positions change Luca should play Lui in the doubles but will avoid Jake, Jack and Lui in the singles.

I hadn't realised until Jake was interviewed yesterday, that his match on Friday was abandoned when he was on match point. He was 'heated', as he put it, as the win against the #10 ranked opponent would have helped his ranking that is low because he didn't play during the Fall season.

JoMo lost his singles against his #19 ranked opponent as Tennessee went down 5-1 to Virginia.

Mark Hilton is in attendance as part of the LTA's NCAA Support Programme.

The whole process of abandoning matches when the team gets over the line seems strange - I get why they do it, why finish of the match is over; but leaving someone on match point seems unfortunate.

Elegant Point · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
Lambda wrote:
TCU and Wake Forest came through their QFs and will play each other in the SFs this evening at 8.30pm GMT. TCU must be heavy favourites for their 3rd consecutive final.

Unless positions change Luca should play Lui in the doubles but will avoid Jake, Jack and Lui in the singles.

I hadn't realised until Jake was interviewed yesterday, that his match on Friday was abandoned when he was on match point. He was 'heated', as he put it, as the win against the #10 ranked opponent would have helped his ranking that is low because he didn't play during the Fall season.

JoMo lost his singles against his #19 ranked opponent as Tennessee went down 5-1 to Virginia.

Mark Hilton is in attendance as part of the LTA's NCAA Support Programme.
The whole process of abandoning matches when the team gets over the line seems strange - I get why they do it, why finish of the match is over; but leaving someone on match point seems unfortunate.

Because its all about the clinch - also if one were being sceptical, avoids their player having a loss against Jake, a lower ranked player hmm It happens all the time

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Lambda wrote:
TCU and Wake Forest came through their QFs and will play each other in the SFs this evening at 8.30pm GMT. TCU must be heavy favourites for their 3rd consecutive final.

Unless positions change Luca should play Lui in the doubles but will avoid Jake, Jack and Lui in the singles.

I hadn't realised until Jake was interviewed yesterday, that his match on Friday was abandoned when he was on match point. He was 'heated', as he put it, as the win against the #10 ranked opponent would have helped his ranking that is low because he didn't play during the Fall season.

JoMo lost his singles against his #19 ranked opponent as Tennessee went down 5-1 to Virginia.

Mark Hilton is in attendance as part of the LTA's NCAA Support Programme.
The whole process of abandoning matches when the team gets over the line seems strange - I get why they do it, why finish of the match is over; but leaving someone on match point seems unfortunate.
Because its all about the clinch - also if one were being sceptical, avoids their player having a loss against Jake, a lower ranked player It happens all the time

Maybe the player leading at the time of the close should get called the winner for ranking purposes , say if they are a set up?!

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Lambda wrote:
TCU and Wake Forest came through their QFs and will play each other in the SFs this evening at 8.30pm GMT. TCU must be heavy favourites for their 3rd consecutive final.

Unless positions change Luca should play Lui in the doubles but will avoid Jake, Jack and Lui in the singles.

I hadn't realised until Jake was interviewed yesterday, that his match on Friday was abandoned when he was on match point. He was 'heated', as he put it, as the win against the #10 ranked opponent would have helped his ranking that is low because he didn't play during the Fall season.

JoMo lost his singles against his #19 ranked opponent as Tennessee went down 5-1 to Virginia.

Mark Hilton is in attendance as part of the LTA's NCAA Support Programme.
The whole process of abandoning matches when the team gets over the line seems strange - I get why they do it, why finish of the match is over; but leaving someone on match point seems unfortunate.
Because its all about the clinch - also if one were being sceptical, avoids their player having a loss against Jake, a lower ranked player It happens all the time

Maybe the player leading at the time of the close should get called the winner for ranking purposes , say if they are a set up?!

So if a player is up 1-0 3rd set they win ? Doesnt seem right to me. Would have to be up by 2 games or more. But good idea in principle

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Dannythomas wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Lambda wrote:
TCU and Wake Forest came through their QFs and will play each other in the SFs this evening at 8.30pm GMT. TCU must be heavy favourites for their 3rd consecutive final.

Unless positions change Luca should play Lui in the doubles but will avoid Jake, Jack and Lui in the singles.

I hadn't realised until Jake was interviewed yesterday, that his match on Friday was abandoned when he was on match point. He was 'heated', as he put it, as the win against the #10 ranked opponent would have helped his ranking that is low because he didn't play during the Fall season.

JoMo lost his singles against his #19 ranked opponent as Tennessee went down 5-1 to Virginia.

Mark Hilton is in attendance as part of the LTA's NCAA Support Programme.
The whole process of abandoning matches when the team gets over the line seems strange - I get why they do it, why finish of the match is over; but leaving someone on match point seems unfortunate.
Because its all about the clinch - also if one were being sceptical, avoids their player having a loss against Jake, a lower ranked player It happens all the time

Maybe the player leading at the time of the close should get called the winner for ranking purposes , say if they are a set up?!
So if a player is up 1-0 3rd set they win ? Doesnt seem right to me. Would have to be up by 2 games or more. But good idea in principle

I'm sure it is very flawed!! But I guess there must be some method better than calling it a halt and no one getting any credit!!??

Lambda · ATP qualifying

Jake Fearnley's outstanding performance defeating Cannon Kingsley (ATP405) by 1 & 0 and JPJ defeating Justin Boulais (ATP445) 4 & 4 couldn't save TCU from losing the final to Ohio State 3 - 4. It was a bad day for Lui Maxted as he lost both his doubles and singles, his first singles loss of the dual season.

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Whos hot and whos not? ITA Mens team rankings Feb 2024

Some stand outs in the mens rankings:

Higher than expected/usual
4 Columbia
9 Arizona
28 Vanderbilt

32 Denver (Charlie Miller, Raffa Papajcik) DENVER The University of Denver men's tennis team (8-0, 0-0 Summit) made its season debut at No. 28 in the ITA Computerized Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point, released on Tuesday. It is Denver's highest team ITA ranking since the 2010 season when DU appeared as high as No. 25. https://denverpioneers.com/news/2024/2/20/du-mens-tennis-enters-ita-rankings-at-no-32.aspx

45 Delaware ( Toby Lock, Euan Mackenzie and walk on James Salter) The Blue & Gold are the only team ranked in the CAA and check in ahead of Power 5 programs like LSU, Auburn, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Miami, Florida, and Clemson to name a few. https://bluehens.com/news/2024/2/20/mens-tennis-mens-tennis-lands-in-ita-national-rankings-for-first-time-ever

66 Stetson
72 Idaho State

Lower than expected/usual
10 Texas
15 South Carolina (Connor T, James S, Toby S)
25 Michigan
29 USC
37 UNC
39 Georgia
67 Florida
Unranked Cal
Unranked Texas Tech
Unranked Ole Miss

colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/rankings

-- Edited by Elegant Point on Sunday 25th of February 2024 04:53:44 PM

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Who says college tennis is predictable? - #32 Uni Delaware ( Toby Lock, Euan Mackenzie ) tops #33 Stanford (Max Basing, Arthur Fery on the roster but not playing) in the ITA rankings plus the Blue Hens are ahead of several of the Power houses smile

https://bluehens.com/news/2024/2/27/mens-tennis-mens-tennis-up-to-no-32-in-latest-ita-national-rankings

https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/rankings?gender=M&divisionType=DIV1&matchFormat=TEAM&date=2024-02-27

Lambda · ATP qualifying

The ITA have announced the National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Teams that were nominated by participating head coaches. In the men's team Jake Fearnley and Jack Pinnington Jones are named are #1 and #2 positions in singles with Jo Monday & partner at #1 position in doubles. In the women's team Millie Rajecki is named at the #1 position.

Lambda · ATP qualifying

Season win/loss of selected women

Singles
ITA ranked players
3 Millie Rajecki (NC State) - 18-4 (8-1 in dual season at #1). Has 90 career wins and joint 4th in Wolfpack programme history for wins.
43 Grace Piper (USC) - 16-4 (8-0 in dual season at #3 (1 win), #4 (4 wins) and #5 (3 wins))
45 Angelica Blake (Stanford) - 4-3 (3-2 in dual season at #1)
52 Vic Allen (Florida State) - 12-5 (4-3 dual at #1 (2-3), #2 (1-0) and #3 (1-0))
116 Destinee Martins (TCU) - 10-8 (3-1 dual at #3 (1-1), #4 (1-0) and #5 (1-0))

Other selected
Millie Bissett (Florida State) - 7-6 (4-2 dual)
Kylie Bilchev (Georgia Tech) - 9-12 (2-6 dual at #2)
Given Roach (Georgia Tech) - 5-11 (1-4 dual at #4 (1-3) and #5 (0-1))
Holly Fischer (Harvard) - 9-3 (4-3 dual at #1 (3-2) and #2 (1-1))
Morgan Cross (Arkansas) - 7-5 (2-2 dual at #4 (2-0) and #5 (0-2))
Indianna Spink (Arkansas) - 6-5 (1-2 dual at #2 (1-0) and #3 (0-2))
Alicia Dudeney (Florida) - 4-4 (4-4 dual at #4 (2-3), #5 (0-1) and #6 (2-0))
Esther Adeshina (Tennessee) 4-1 (4-1 dual at #5 (3-0) and #6 (1-1))
Holly Staff (Vanderbilt) - 19-6 (5-2 dual at #3 (1-0), #4 (1-0) and #5 (3-2))
Sophia Johnson (ODU) - 4-1 dual at #1

Doubles
ITA Ranked
13 Millie Rajecki (with Maddy Zampardo) NC State - 15-5 (7-2 in dual at #1 (0-1) and #2 (7-1))
21 Esther Adeshina (with Sofia Cabezas) Tennessee - 11-5 (0 in dual - Esther plays with Alana Wolfberg in dual season with a 5-2 record)
25 Morgan Cross & Indiannia Spink Arkansas - 11-3 (4-0 in dual at #1 including 2 top 10 wins) Indiannia has been injured since the end of January and Morgan is playing with a different partner with a 5-1 record at #1
29 Grace Piper (with Parker Fry) - 15-7 (5-4 in dual at #2 and #3)
46 Angelina Blake (with Alexis Blokihina) 2-4 (1-3 dual)
59 Holly Staff (with Valeria Ray) 8-6 (0 in dual)

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

And here are the new top 10 womens division 1 team rankings

1. Oklahoma State
2. Stanford
3. Michigan
4. UNC
5. Virginia
6. Texas
7. Pepperdine
8. Southern California
9. Ohio State
10. NC State

As outlined by Lambda NC State has Millie at #1, Stanford has Angelica at #1 . Millie having a phenomenal start to the season while Angelica seems to finally be injury free getting her season going with a few high ranked wins.

Playing position 1 for top ranked colleges means a string of tough opponents so hopefully they can keep it going !

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Thursday 29th of February 2024 01:17:50 PM

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Friday 1st of March 2024 08:37:50 AM

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Friday 1st of March 2024 09:07:07 AM

LordBrownof · Futures level

Interested to see how Holly Fischer gets on in college tennis. She was obviously very highly regarded with Emma before focusing on modeling for her latter junior career. Seems now she's refocused on tennis, at least during college.