Only finished matches count towards rankings, WTN and UTR, which must be really frustrating for players within a few points of a match win as Nao Nishino was on Friday. But that does make sense because someone could do a Tara and win from 0-6 0-5 30-40.
They can play to a finish if both teams coaches agree. I have noticed in my limited time following college tennis that there are some coaches that will always try to play to a finish outside of tournament play, and others that will hardly ever play to a finish.
Ohio State (3) def Princeton 4-0 Will Jansen (64) got a doubles win with Aidan Kim 6-4 but playing at 2 his singles was unfinished 6-7(5) 1-0 against Fnu Nidunjianzan (52)
Stanford (18) upset Oklahoma (8) with a 4-1 win Stanford dropped the doubles point with Max Basing losing his doubles 3-6. But Stanford dominated singles, winning the 1st set on all 6 courts. Max Basing playing at 2 got a ranked win over Luis Alvarez (62) 3 & 2
TCU (2) defeated Michigan State (17) 4-1 PJ and freshman Cooper Woestendick got TCU's first doubles set with a 6-2 win over Matt Forbes and Max Sheldon, but TCU lost on court 3. It came down to the top court where Lui and Pedro were playing Ozan Baris and Aristotelis Thanos. Lui and Pedro looked on course to win the match taking a 5-2 lead. But Michigan State came back and it went to a tie-breaker which TCU won.
In singles 1: Jack Pinnington defeated Ozan Baris (8): 6-4 7-5 3: Lui Maxted (12) def. Max Sheldon (83): 6-2 7-6(3)
For the women Florida lost to LSU 4-1 1. Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee (UF) vs. Kayla Cross/Cadence Brace (LSU) 6-6, unfinished 2. Tilwith Di Girolami/Anita Sahdiieva (LSU) def. Talia Neilson-Gatenby/Noemie Oliveras (UF) 6-2 LSU took the doubles point with a win on 3
1. Alicia Dudeney (UF) vs. Cadence Brace (LSU) 1-6, 6-1, 4-2, unfinished 3. Tilwith Di Girolami (LSU) def. Talia Neilson-Gatenby (UF) 7-5, 6-2 Talia had comeback from 1-5 to level 5-5 in the first set but it wasn't enough.
In summary our men's teams to have qualified for the National Indoors, 14-18 February are
Duke, Atlantic Coast Conference (Oscar Brown) Kentucky, Southeastern Conference (Matt Rankin) Ohio State, Big Ten Conference (Will Jansen) San Diego, West Coast Conference (Oliver Tarvet) Stanford, Atlantic Coast Conference (Max Basing) TCU, Big 12 Conference (Jack Pinnington, Lui Maxted) Virginia, Atlantic Coast Conference (James Hopper) Wake Forest, Atlantic Coast Conference (Luca Pow, Charlie Robertson, Harry Thursfield)
The other teams to have qualified are Columbia, Ivy League Michigan, Big Ten Conference NC State, Atlantic Coast Conference Texas, Southeastern Conference Texas A&M, Southeastern Conference UCF, Big 12 Conference
If the top 4 rankings stay the same in this week's rankings update then a potential final could be Wake Forest against Ohio State and co-incidentally they play each other next week in Winston-Salem.
The women's National Indoors, 7-11 February, will go mostly unnoticed as only Isabelle's Virginia of teams with our players qualified.