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JonH


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Lambda wrote:

Women last 8
Georgia (1) v NC State (8) [Conway]
North Carolina (5) v Texas A&M (4)

Ohio State (3) [Oluwadare, Johnson] v Pepperdine (11)
LSU (10) [Mcdonald] v Auburn (2)

Men last 8
Wake Forest (1) [Pow, Robertson] v Arizona (8) or Oklahoma (9)
Mississippi State (5) v Virginia (4)

Ohio State (3) [ Okonkwo] v TCU (6) [Bonding]
Baylor (10) [Koenig, Bowden] v Texas (2)

Men QF on Thursday, Women on Friday
SFs on Saturday
Final on Sunday

 Ohio State look like they have a strong overall programme, only team in both sets of quarterfinals. Good to see Brits in both the teams. 



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The Div 1 NCAA team championships finals starts tomorrow at 3pm(BST) with the men's QFs. Women's QFs are on Friday.

Schedule and live score links for the weekend (add 5 hours for UK time)
https://georgiadogs.com/feature/2026_tennis_ncaa

Although it links to streaming, recent history for the finals suggests the playsight streams will be switched off, but we'll see. If the streams are available hopefully someone has adjusted the cameras - most of Georgia 's cameras have for a long time been badly positioned and/or out of focus.
A reminder as well that for UK viewers, ESPN's coverage of the men's SFs on Saturday and men's final on Sunday are on Disney+.

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My predictions

The men have been quite open this year, but Wake, TCU and Texas have been strong in the run in and I'd expect the men's winner to be one of those 3, though I couldn't say which one.
Id think Wake Forest to make the final from the top half of the draw, although they are vulnerable at the No 1 singles spot.
In the bottom half of the draw TCU have the hardest route with Ohio State in the quarters and likely Texas in the semi. While I slightly favour TCU over Ohio State, it is only by fine margins. It will be close and could easily go the other way. The submitted line-ups have Bonding against Okonkwo at No 4, but Ohio State usually pull Okonkwo from singles in big matches. Should TCU get through then they likely have another match against their rivals Texas. It willl be another close match that could go either way but I would slightly lean towards Texas with their more experienced side.
The final will come down to who has spent less time on court in the previous rounds with temperatures forecast to be in the 30s.

The women's is much more clear cut. I expect, with Georgia having home advantage and their noisy intimidating crowd behind them, for them to beat Auburn in the final.
That does mean that Auburn beat LSU in the quarters. The 2 did play in the SEC Championship final last month, with it coming down to a final set tie-break on court 6 for Auburn to win it 4-3. LSU's progress in the championships if they do get the upset against Auburn could be hindered with their top 2 needing to get to Paris for Roland Garros qualies.
Ohio State against Pepperdine will be close and I can see Pepperdine pulling off an upset with them being an outdoor team and Ohio State being predominantly an indoor team but i will still go Ohio State 4-3. The winners play the winners of Auburn/LSU in the semi.


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Thanks Lambda - looking forward to following it!

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Lambda wrote:

My predictions

The men have been quite open this year, but Wake, TCU and Texas have been strong in the run in and I'd expect the men's winner to be one of those 3, though I couldn't say which one.
Id think Wake Forest to make the final from the top half of the draw, although they are vulnerable at the No 1 singles spot.
In the bottom half of the draw TCU have the hardest route with Ohio State in the quarters and likely Texas in the semi. While I slightly favour TCU over Ohio State, it is only by fine margins. It will be close and could easily go the other way. The submitted line-ups have Bonding against Okonkwo at No 4, but Ohio State usually pull Okonkwo from singles in big matches. Should TCU get through then they likely have another match against their rivals Texas. It willl be another close match that could go either way but I would slightly lean towards Texas with their more experienced side.
The final will come down to who has spent less time on court in the previous rounds with temperatures forecast to be in the 30s.

The women's is much more clear cut. I expect, with Georgia having home advantage and their noisy intimidating crowd behind them, for them to beat Auburn in the final.
That does mean that Auburn beat LSU in the quarters. The 2 did play in the SEC Championship final last month, with it coming down to a final set tie-break on court 6 for Auburn to win it 4-3. LSU's progress in the championships if they do get the upset against Auburn could be hindered with their top 2 needing to get to Paris for Roland Garros qualies.
Ohio State against Pepperdine will be close and I can see Pepperdine pulling off an upset with them being an outdoor team and Ohio State being predominantly an indoor team but i will still go Ohio State 4-3. The winners play the winners of Auburn/LSU in the semi.

 Got to be cheering for a Wake v TCU final, maximise those Brits and guarantee a British winner! Hope Oli and Oli do get to play each other, although it looks unlikely from what you say.

In the womens, got to hope for upsets and that one of NC State, Ohio State and LSU survive through round one!

Go the Brits!



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As expected Texas and TCU are the first teams through to the SF. TCU went to the wire winning 4-3.

Oli Bonding (TCU) won doubles 6-4 but lost his singles against Nikita Filin 6-2 3-6 5-7
Alex Okonkwo lost doubles 0-6

Streaming was available until someone realised it shouldn't have been

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Wake Forest win 4-1
Luca Pow surprisingly lost to unranked Alexander Rozin 3-6, 5-7. His first ever defeat in NCAAs.
Charlie unsurprisingly unfinished against Zoran Ludoski 6-3, 6-7 (2-7).

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The women's team championships on Friday have now also been added to the ESPN schedule on Disney+ in the UK.

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Wake Forest win 4-1
Luca Pow surprisingly lost to unranked Alexander Rozin 3-6, 5-7. His first ever defeat in NCAAs.
Charlie unsurprisingly unfinished against Zoran Ludoski 6-3, 6-7 (2-7).

 Good to see 3 men on the teams in the semis at the weekend - Charles, Luca and Oli Bonding. 

Hope one or more of the 4 women left in the quarters can join them in the semis. 



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LSU v Auburn
This match is currently finely balanced.

Auburn went ahead after doubles. Ella's doubles match went back and forth but eventually was lost 4-6.

LSU came out strong in singles taking 5 of the 6 1st sets. Ella won her first set 6-1, but dropped her 2nd.
Currently Ella's and 1 other match is in the 3rd set, with other matches still in the 2nd all pretty close.

LSU need 4 of the singles to win.

Coverage on Disney+ (thanks Dodrade).

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LSU lose 1-4
Ella lost to #55 Angella Okutoyi (WTA457) 6-1, 4-6, 4-6

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Out interest , Lambda, of all the Brits in the team competition this past few weeks, have any of the British men or women stood out to you? Is there anyone being talked about by the pundits or whos results over the 3 or 4 rounds so far that has caught your eye?

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Not too much. I've noted Oli Bonding has had a good run over the last few weeks after his difficult start to the year, but I've not seen any of his play. Flora Johnson has been impressive in doubles.
Pundits fav Brits are Tarvet and Pow. They also seem to be impressed by Ella, although I don't know why. She's been a bit indifferent in my opinion.

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A nervy Ohio State win 4-0

1. #23 Flora Johnson+ (OSU) defeated the #16 duo 6-1
2. #34 Hep+ (OSU) lost 2-6

Neither Hep or Flora played singles.

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Jasmine's season comes to an end
NC State lost to Georgia 1-4
2. #49 Jasmine Conway + unfinished against the #4 pair 3-5

6. Jasmine Conway (NCSU) unfinished against Patricija Paukstyte (UGA) [WTA896] 4-6, 6-3, 0-5

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