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Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Women R1: Florida d. Toledo 4-0

2. Brooke Black+ won doubles 6-0

3. Gabia Paskauskas won 6-1 6-0
4. Brooke Black unfinished at 2-6 3-2*

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

The Women's Ohio State Regional had the most even round 1 match up on paper in one match and the most uneven in the other.

Arizona lost to Notre Dame 3-4
1. Ciara Moore/Chulak (Arizona) d. #45 Molnar/Pozder (NDU), 6-3

3. Ciara Moore lost to Holod 6-7(5), 7-5, 4-6
The match rested on who would win Ciara's match. Ciara battled hard saving 4 match points over 2 games, but lost the 5th on deciding point.

Ohio State d. Youngstown State 4-0
1. Flora Johnson/Luciana Perry won 6-2
2. Hep Oluwadare/Teah Chavez unfinished 4-4

4. Hep Oluwadare unfinished 6-0 5-1
6. Flora Johnson won 6-1 6-2

This was such a mismatch - 3rd seed against a team outside the top 200 teams - that Ohio State pulled 2 of their 3 top singles players that moved Hep up to 4 and gave Flora a rare singles match.
Flora was first to finish. I feel there's a decent player in Flora but she's in a catch 22 situation where she needs regular singles match play for her to iron out some of what is holding her back from getting regular match play. With all 7 of Ohio State's singles players above her returning next year I don't know how she does that.

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

The remaining women's matches - there's quite a few

Round 1 first
LSU d. SFA 4-0
2. #17 Kenna Erickson/Ella McDonald (LSU) def. Avery Kinsey/Ana Paula Chavez (SFA) 6-0
3. #77 Ella McDonald (LSU) vs. Ksenia Mamontova (SFA) 6-2, 4-2, unfinished
LSU play Rice in R2

Virginia d. Saint Francis 4-0
3. #119 Isabelle Lacy (VA) vs. Gabriela Almanza (SFU) 6-2, 2-4 UF
Virginia play Washington in R2

Round 2
Miami lost to Auburn 0-4
3. Ashton Bowers/E. Khairutdinova (AUB) def. Jaquelyn Ogunwale/Maria Vargas (UM) 6-1
4. Merna Refaat (AUB) vs. #114 Jaquelyn Ogunwale (UM) 5-7, 3-2, unfinished
Jaquelyn won Miamis only 1st set.

USC d. California 4-1
2. Emma Charney/Immi Haddad (USC) def. Mao Mushika/Anya Murthy (CAL) 6-1
3. Immi Haddad (USC) vs. #102 Mao Mushika (CAL) 6-2, 4-6, 0-4 UNF.

NC State d. UCF 4-0
2. #49 Anna Zyryanova/Jasmine Conway (NCSU) vs. Olivia Bergler/Lauren Seye [UCF] 5-1
6. Jasmine Conway (NCSU) def. Donatella Guarnieri [UCF] 6-3, 6-1
More one-sided than expected.

Vanderbilt d. Clemson 4-1
2 #15 Bridget Stammel and Valeria Ray (VU) vs.
Romana Cisovska and Talia Neilson-Gatenby (CU)
5-4 unf
3 Mia Yamakita and Erin Pearce (VU) def.
Artemis Aslanisvili and Sophie Clayton (CU)
6-2
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4 Mia Yamakita (VU) vs. Talia Neilson-Gatenby (CU)
6-4 4-6 0-2
5 Artemis Aslanisvili (CU) def. Erin Pearce (VU) 6-3 6-4

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Men round 2

Wake Forest d. Old Dominion 4-0
3. Luca Pow/Shah (WFU) def. Zech Hamrouni/Obermair (ODU) 6-0
3. #28 Luca Pow (WFU) def. Piet Steveker (ODU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Charlie Robertson (WFU) vs. Jean-Karim Oliver de Sardan (ODU) 6-1, 2-6, unfinished
5. #125 Aryan Shah (WFU) vs. Zech Hamrouni (ODU) 7-6(3), 1-1, unfinished

Ohio State d. California 4-0
2. #44 Alexander Bernard/Alex Okonkwo (OSU) def. Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski/Tiago Silva (CAL) 6-4

TCU d. Cornell 4-0
3. Oliver Bonding / Maximus Dussault (TCU) def. Felipe Pinzon / Petar Teodorovic (COR): 7-5
4. Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Rethin Kumar (COR): 6-4, 6-2

Georgia d. NC State 4-0
2. Will Jansen/ Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) vs. Martin Borisiouk/Cody Benton (NCST) 5-4
3. Derrick Chen/Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Ainius Sabaliauskas/Charlie Camus (NCST) 6-2
2. #36 Will Jansen (UGA) vs. Jules Leroux (NCST) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 4-2 unfinished
4. Derrick Chen (UGA) def. Ainius Sabaliauskas (NCST) 6-2, 6-3

San Diego d. UCLA 4-0
2. Stian Klaassen/Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. Spencer Johnson/Bengt Reinhard (UCLA) 6-2
1. #19 Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. #56 Spencer Johnson (UCLA) 6-4, 7-5
1st time in program history that San Diego have reached the sweet sixteen.

Baylor and Florida results to come

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Baylor d. Auburn 4-1
1. #69 Chirita/Velcz (BU) def. #11 Blaydes/Blaydes (AUB), 6-3
2. #89 Koenig/Van Schalkwyk (BU) vs. Heng/Phillips (AUB), 6-5, unfinished
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2. #78 Billy Blaydes (AUB) def. #51 Zsombor Velcz (BU), 6-3, 6-4
4. Alexandru Chirita (BU) def. Freddy Blaydes (AUB), 6-2, 7-5
5. Luc Koenig (BU) def. Alan Bojarski (AUB), 6-3, 6-2
6. Louis Bowden (BU) vs. Manel Lazaro (AUB), 6-1, 4-3, unfinished

Florida lost to UCF 3-4
Court 1: No. 14 Henry Jefferson/Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) def. Yassine Dlimi/Paul Colin (UCF) (6-4)
Court 5: Paul Colin (UCF) def. No. 75 Henry Jefferson (UF) (7-6 (8-6), 6-3)
Florida were on course for the upset winning the doubles point and taking 4 1st sets so somewhat disappointing to lose.

So far in getting to the L16, there has only been 1 upset on both the men's and women's draws, but neither involving any of our teams

Men's sweet sixteen
Fri 10pm: #4 Wake Forest (1) [Pow, Robertson] v #15 Central Florida (16) [Ampaw]
Fri TBD: #1 Texas (2) v #17 San Diego (15) [Tarvet]
Fri TBD: #3 Ohio State (3) [Okonkwo] v #14 Illinois (14)
Fri TBD: #6 Mississippi State (5) v #12 Georgia (12) [Jansen, Chen]
Sat 7pm: #2 TCU (6) [Bonding] v #10 Texas A&M (11) or #18 Stanford
Fri midnight: #11 Baylor (10) [Koenig, Bowden] v #27 Pepperdine

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Women's 2nd round

#4 Ohio State 4, #35 Notre Dame 0
1. #23 Flora Johnson/Luciana Perry (OSU) def. Bianca Molnar/Jessica Kovalcik (ND) 6-2
2. #34 Teah Chavez/Hephzibah Oluwadare (OSU) vs. #69 Rylie Hanford/Gabriella Rawles (ND) 3-5, unfinished

6. Hephzibah Oluwadare (OSU) def. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) 6-2, 6-2

#7 Virginia 4, #22 Washington 0
3. Isabelle Lacy/Katie Rolls (UVA) def. Carter/Sherif (WU) 6-4

4. #119 Isabelle Lacy (UVA) def. Jermine Sherif (WU) 6-0 6-4

Florida in 2nd sets having taken 4 1st sets including Brooke at a cold windy Michigan

LSU [McDonald] just starting

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Florida couldn't pull off the upset and their season ends. LSU made it more difficult than it needed to be.

#17 Florida lose at #12 Michigan (12), 2-4
2 #43 Gynina / Brooke Black (UF) def. #66 Miller / Rahnel (MI) 6-2

3 #105 Reese Miller (MI) def. #59 Gabia Paskauskas (UF) 6-2, 6-0
4 #Brooke Black (UF) unf. #120 Emily Sartz-Lunde (MI) 6-4, 4-6, 3-2

#10 Louisiana State def. #42 Rice 4-1
2. #17 Kenna Erickson/Ella McDonald (LSU) def. Francesca Maguina/Ema Mravcova (RICE) 6-2

3. #77 Ella McDonald (LSU) def. Uma Bakaityte (RICE) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-3

Womens sweet sixteen
Sat 6pm: #4 Ohio State (3) [Oluwadare, Johnson] v #14 Vanderbilt (14) [Pearce]
Fri 8pm: #3 Texas A&M (4) v #13 USC (13) [Haddad]
Sat 6pm: #7 Virginia (7) [Lacy] v #10 LSU (10) [McDonald]
Fri 10pm: #8 NC State (8) [Conway] v #9 Texas (9)

JonH · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Florida couldn't pull off the upset and their season ends. LSU made it more difficult than it needed to be.

#17 Florida lose at #12 Michigan (12), 2-4
2 #43 Gynina / Brooke Black (UF) def. #66 Miller / Rahnel (MI) 6-2

3 #105 Reese Miller (MI) def. #59 Gabia Paskauskas (UF) 6-2, 6-0
4 #Brooke Black (UF) unf. #120 Emily Sartz-Lunde (MI) 6-4, 4-6, 3-2

#10 Louisiana State def. #42 Rice 4-1
2. #17 Kenna Erickson/Ella McDonald (LSU) def. Francesca Maguina/Ema Mravcova (RICE) 6-2

3. #77 Ella McDonald (LSU) def. Uma Bakaityte (RICE) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-3

Womens sweet sixteen
Sat 6pm: #4 Ohio State (3) [Oluwadare, Johnson] v #14 Vanderbilt (14) [Pearce]
Fri 8pm: #3 Texas A&M (4) v #13 USC (13) [Haddad]
Sat 6pm: #7 Virginia (7) [Lacy] v #10 LSU (10) [McDonald]
Fri 10pm: #8 NC State (8) [Conway] v #9 Texas (9)

I think Im correct that Kate Mansfield is on the Texas team, playing at number 5.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Kate Mansfield is American though

JonH · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Kate Mansfield is American though

I know - I thought she had British connections from previous coverage here though so thought id just mention it. I could be wrong as I genuinely have no idea, just seen her name appear in comments on this forum quite often?

sorry if that is completely off beam!

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Kate Mansfield is American though
I know - I thought she had British connections from previous coverage here though so thought id just mention it. I could be wrong as I genuinely have no idea, just seen her name appear in comments on this forum quite often?

sorry if that is completely off beam!

Its possible Im thinking of a player called Garland instead, so probably completely off track and in which case i apologise!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
JonH wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Kate Mansfield is American though
I know - I thought she had British connections from previous coverage here though so thought id just mention it. I could be wrong as I genuinely have no idea, just seen her name appear in comments on this forum quite often?

sorry if that is completely off beam!
Its possible Im thinking of a player called Garland instead, so probably completely off track and in which case i apologise!

No, Jon, you're right - for both

Kate Mansfield (and brother - Nathan, I think) were based in the UK, and played a lot here

But always played for the US (I remember meeting Dad, I think he's American, from recollection, not sure about Mum)

Now Kate is at college there, which makes sense

So, definitely UK connections, but has to be prefaced with 'she's American'

Joanna Garland is the player with a British dad, who also played a lot in the UK, but has always played for Taiwan (her mum's nationality, I believe)

So correct there too re Brit connections

JonH · Tennis legend

Thank you! Im not totally off piste then!

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

To be fair, although Kate does play as an American, she does get described as a freshman from England. Her family still lives in London and her dad owns a business here. I think she is a dual-national but not 100% sure on that.

I was surprised you said she played at No 5. Texas must be down to the bare bones. Ill have to check where Texas have submitted her in the line up when theyre available again but I don't think she's in the first 6 singles line-up in a fully fit Texas and she only played doubles for the first time for Texas this weekend.