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Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Kai-Luca Ampaw. He's in his 2nd year transferring from Gonzaga in the summer. I don't know anything about him.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Kai-Luca Ampaw. He's in his 2nd year transferring from Gonzaga in the summer. I don't know anything about him.

Not a name Id ever seen in juniors! The rest of the men and women you name are all very familiar names, his stands out!

LordBrownof · Challenger qualifying

Kai-Luca didn't have a particularly successful junior career but did have a couple of results at the J100 level and did come through Wimbledon Qs in 2024.

Elegant Point · Futures qualifying

Kai-Lucas older sister India also went the college tennis route -

India's path to Coppin State University was marked by prior academic and tennis experiences. Before joining Coppin as a grad student, she attended Samford University in Alabama during her freshman and sophomore years, earning recognition on the SoCon All-Academic Team. She then continued her academic and tennis journey at the University of South Dakota during her junior and senior years, where she was named to the Summit League All-Academic Team.
Her commitment to tennis began well before college, as she participated in junior tennis tournaments and achieved a Top 60 ranking in the UK.

goyotes.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/indy-ampaw/11406

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Weekly awards

Luca Bluett (with John Kim) - Santa Clara - Sophomore - Men's Doubles Team of the week - West Coast Conference
Luca (and John) defeated the No 2 and No 12 ranked doubles teams over the weekend

Hannah Read (with Anni Moll) - San Diego - Sophomore - Women's Doubles Team of the week - West Coast Conference
Hannah Read and Anni Moll registered a pair of dominant 6-2 wins in doubles to contribute to two doubles points clinched for USD in its 6-1 and 5-2 wins over BYU and Cal Poly.

Theo Coats (with Connor Robb-Wilcox) - Denver - Sophomore - Doubles Team of the week - Summit League

Anjali Kotecha - Florida Gulf Coast - Sophomore - Player of the Week - Atlantic Sun Conference
Kotecha went 5-1 overall last week, including 3-0 in doubles with partner Nora Svensson.

Savannah Dada-Mascoll - Appalachian State - Senior - Player of the Week - Sun Belt Conference
App State's Savannah Dada-Mascoll defeated her opponent from Virginia Tech in a matchup featuring a pair of All-Americans.

Zech Hamrouni (with Piet Steveker) - Old Dominion - Sophomore - Doubles Team of the Week - Sun Belt Conference
The No. 3 doubles team from Old Dominion featuring Piet Steveker and Zech Hamrouni finished the weekend 2-0.

Calum Jessett - Fairfield - Junior - Player of the week - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Calum Jessett went 2-0 to start the spring season, earning wins in singles and doubles on Saturday at Boston University.

Flora Johnson - Ohio State - Freshman - Freshman of the week - Big Ten
In her collegiate [dual match] debut, Johnson clinched the Buckeyes' win over Iowa to send Ohio State to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Having updated my records of Div 1 college players, here are some stats. These are not definitive, it's just what I've been able to identify going through rosters.

It confirms what seemed to be apparent in the signing announcements that there is a shift from the men to the women in who is going to college.

GB players in Div 1 college tennis: 181 (91 men, 90 women)
Freshman/1st year: 49 (19 men, 30 women)
Sophomore/2nd year: 45 (23 men, 22 women)
Junior/3rd year: 48 (24 men, 24 women)
Senior/4th year/graduate: 39 (25 men, 14 women)

64 teams have at least one GB man on their roster
73 teams have at least one GB woman on their roster

The most GB players on any 1 team is 3
5 men's teams have 3 GB players - Bellarmine, Delaware, Denver, Le Moyne, UNC Chapel Hill
3 women's teams have 3 GB players - DePaul, Florida State, Michigan State

In terms of the so-called "Power 4" conferences which have the strongest teams - 50 GB players (22 men, 28 women)
Atlantic Coast (Wake Forest, NC State, Virginia, etc) - 15 (6 men, 9 women)
Southeastern (Florida, LSU, Vanderbilt, Georgia, etc) - 15 (8 men, 7 women)
Big Ten (USC, Ohio State, etc) - 13 (3 men, 10 women)
Big 12 (TCU, UCF, etc) - 7 (5 men, 2 women)

12 men on last year's rosters don't seem to have returned and have eligibility remaining and include Jack Pinnington-Jones (as we knew), Oscar Weightman, Zach Stephens (I know he was looking for a transfer)
8 women on last year's roster don't seem to have returned and have eligibility remaining including Millie Skelton (she appears from social media to be on campus but isn't on the roster)

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Immi Haddad (USC) was clutch as she won her match to clinch a 4-3 upset for USC at Stanford.

Singles 3: #95 Immi Haddad (USC) d. #77 Caroline Driscoll (STAN) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-5

Although Team Computerised rankings won't be published until after Indoor Nationals, the very helpful collegetennisranks.com shows USC are 2nd on live rankings with this win. Note theres a complicated change to how rankings are calculated this year which makes it a lot more difficult to produce live rankings so props to them for incorporating it.
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Isa Lacy continues her excellent start to the spring season as Virginia won a 4-2 upset at Michigan. Isa is now 6-0 (and 1 unfinished while a set up) for January and 16-4 for the season.

4. #125 Isabelle Lacy (VA) def. #85 Jessica Bernales (UM) 6-1, 6-4

Virginia are 3rd on live rankings.
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Selected other womens results
3: #25 Anastasiia Gureva (UGA) def. Given Roach (GT): 7-5, 6-3
6: Anna Frey (UNC) def. Jasmine Conway (NCSU) 6-4, 6-3
1. #94 Eva Shaw (FSU) vs. Daryna Shoshyna (UCF) 0-6, 7-5, 1-1, unfinished
2. Olivia Bergler (UCF) def. #44 Millie Bissett (FSU) 6-1, 3-2, retired
5: RUSTEMOVA (KSU) v NEILSON-GATENBY (CLEM) 6-4, 4-6, 1-4 unfinished

1. Eva Shaw/Millie Bissett (FSU) def. Jantje Tilbuerger/Hannah Rylatt (UCF) 6-1

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Ollie Tarvet returned to college with the objective of helping San Diego reach the final 8 at the NCAAs. While he's doing his bit, the rest of the team have some work to do as USD lose for the 2nd time in a week at home to Arizona State.

1: Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. Bor Artnak (ASU) 6-2, 6-2

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Other selected men's results
3. #115 Henry Jefferson (UF25-26) def. Erik Schiessl (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
4. #48 Alex Okonkwo (OSU) vs. Abel Forger (UT) 6-7, 4-2, unfinished
5. Luc Koenig (BU) vs. Gus Tettamble (UT) 6-4, 4-1 (UF)
6. Louis Bowden (BU) def. Victor Tosetto (TU) 6-0, 6-0

1. #10 Alexander Bernard/Alex Okonkwo (OSU) def. Kalin Ivanovski/Abel Forger (UT) 7-5
OKonkwo/ Bernard are 4-0 for the season.

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Talia (Clemson), Flora (Ohio State) and Ferran Redza (Santa Clara) were the bright spots in an otherwise forgetful day for British results. Ferran not originally in the singles lineup was brought into singles after doubles and won his match to clinch a 4-3 win for Santa Clara.
Commendable scoreline for Immi Haddad (USC) who was promoted to the No 2 singles spot and narrowly lost to NCAA singles runner-up 4-6 in the 3rd.
And also for Hannah Read (San Diego) who was promoted to the No 1 singles spot and narrowly lost to Texas A&M's Mia Kupres also 4-6 in the 3rd. Texas A&M is currently viewed as the No 2 team by the ranking committee.

Ollie Tarvet (San Diego) lost his first non-retirement college match since Nov 24, and his first at home since his 1st year as he lost in straight sets to Arizona's Jay Friend.
Luca Pow (Wake Forest) moved above Shah to the No 2 spot had his now customary early February loss as Wake Forest were humbled by Ohio State 0-4. It'll be interesting to see if Wake Forest are still viewed as the No 1 team in the upcoming rankings that are still selected by committee until after the National Indoors.
Auburn (Blayde brothers), South Carolina (Swaine) and Georgia's (Jansen, Chen) mens matches were postponed.

Selected results
5. NEILSON-GATENBY (CLEM) def. PUTILINA (Kansas) 6-3, 6-0
Clemson won 4-1

4. Audrey Spencer (OSU) vs. #125 Isabelle Lacy (VA) 6-2, 5-3, unfinished [match abandoned on match point]
5. Hephzibah Oluwadare (OSU) vs. Melodie Collard (VA) 2-6, 5-4, unfinished
6. Flora Johnson (OSU) def. Kaitlyn Rolls (VA) 6-2, 6-4
Ohio State beat Virginia 4-0

6. Erin Pearce [Vanderbilt] vs. Marelie Raath [Northwestern] 7-6 (2), abandoned
Vanderbilt won 6-0

2. #51 Preston Stearns def. #15 Luca Pow (WFU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Loren Byers (OSU) vs. Charlie Robertson (WFU) 5-7, 3-3, unfinished
Ohio State beat Wake Forest 4-0

1. #4 Jay Friend (UAZ) def. Oliver Tarvet (USD) 6-4, 6-4
San Diego won 4-1

2 #9 Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. #95 Immi Haddad (USC) 6-3 1-6 6-4
USC lost 2-4

1. #34 Mia Kupres (TAMU) def. #51 Hannah Read (USD) 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 [Hannah won 2nd set tie-break despite receiving a penalty point for a 2nd overrule]
San Diego lost 2-4

6. Ferran Redza (SCUMTEN) def. Cameron Burton (ORE) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-2)
Santa Clara won 4-3
Unfortunate acronym for Santa Clara. I guess it doesn't have the same meaning in the states!

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Weekly awards

Hannah Smith - DePaul - Senior - Big East Women's Doubles Team of the week
Nilsson and Smith enjoyed an undefeated weekend with victories at No. 1 doubles against Omaha and Creighton.

Adam Groves - St John's - Senior - Big East Men's Doubles Team of the Week
Groves and Agynskyy logged a 2-0 record while competing at No. 2 doubles this weekend.

Will Jenkins - NJIT - Senior - Big South Men's Player of the Week
Jenkins led the Highlanders in a 7-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. He teamed up with Soma Fukuhara to earn a 7-5 victory on the No. 1 doubles court. In singles, Jenkins defeated Joshua Oboniye (6-1,7-5) in straight-sets on the No. 1 court.

Jakob Bonnett - Monmouth - Sophomore - CAA Men's Doubles Team of the Week
Bonnett and Keller played a key role in helping Monmouth battle past defending MAAC champion Quinnipiac, 5-2, in its opening match of the spring.

Euan McKenzie and Tobey Lock - Delaware - Senior & Senior - Conference USA Men's Doubles Team of the Week
The duo of Euan Mackenzie and Tobey Lock battled to a 1-1 record for the Blue Hens last week, as the squad defeated Villanova and reigning Patriot League champion Bucknell.

Ben Johnson - Drake - Junior - Summit League Men's Player of the week
Went 2-0 from the No. 3 spot in singles Secured the match clinching victory over Marquette's Remi St. Laurent with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory

Zech Hamrouni - Old Dominion - Sophomore - Sun Belt Men's Doubles Team of the week
The Old Dominion pairing of Piet Steveker and Zech Hamrouni earned their second consecutive weekly honor with a 2-0 weekend against Richmond and Norfolk State.

Ferran Redza - Santa Clara - Freshman - West Coast Conf Freshman of the Week
Ferran Redza came through with the clinching victory over Oregon in his collegiate singles debut last week.