US College Signings 2016 (and general college tennis chat)

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US College Signings 2016 (and general college tennis chat)

MaryPoppins471 · Improver

Spectator ...it's free to join /sign on .... It's Universal Tennis Rating , first one on Google

Spectator · All-time great

Thank you for that - I hadn't realised.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Added Max B, Anna W, Andrew I and Lauren P to P1

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association have given our their annual regional awards and a few have gone to British players:

Women

Atlantic Region

ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award - Katherine Whiteaway (Penn State)

Northwest Region

ITA Most Improved Senior Player - Anneka Watts (Fresno State)

ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship - Sophie Watts (Fresno State)

Southeast Region

ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship - Daneika Borthwick (Florida State)

Men

Central Region

ITA Player to Watch - Julian Cash (Oklahoma State)

ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award - Jonny Rigby (Southern Illinois-Carbondale)

Also added Niamh P to P1

MaryPoppins471 · Improver

The Optimist wrote:
Well aware there is a whole industry geared around getting scholarships for young athletes to US universities. Tennis Smart and Stars and Stripes between them handle more Brits aiming at tennis than other companies which is why they are mentioned rather than others on here. Also I am aware that they both have a good reputation. Others may as well but I do not know one way or the other so wouldn't want to post anything that might lead a reader into the arms of a shark (and some of these outfits peddle unrealistic dreams for a high fee - not of course suggesting your own recommendation falls into this category). Have heard plenty about others planning to go but, as explained in an earlier post, I don't want to accidentally sabotage a younster's scholarship negotiations by jumping the gun so I wait until I have seen it announced somewhere publicly.

Well Optimist I really think you need to be a bit more open minded as I just heard through the grapevine that a child has been left stranded with no further help shown from the recruitier they are with now, now that she wants to transfer .... a recruiter needs to take this beyond being just a business , this is a child's life we are talking about and these players are all someone's children ... I am not saying recruiters get it right 100% but it's how they react and what they then do to help that player, once they realised they got a placement wrong .... Once again I strongly recommend parents to use recruiters you actually can meet face to face

-- Edited by MaryPoppins471 on Sunday 15th of May 2016 01:49:29 PM

MaryPoppins471 · Improver

The Optimist wrote:
Have added a bunch of names to P 1: Mark L, Lauren W-S, Darinka T, Jared B, Brodie W, Catherine B
Also have asked around about TSUSA and TBH it doesn't seem well known although someone told me it was a predominantly Polish outfit which had just expanded into this country. Apologies if I'm wrong but I do wonder if our new poster has a connection with it, the detailed knowledge and glowing testimonials read like an advertisement to me. Nothing wrong with that if it is the case, families looking to the send their kids to the States probably welcome a new name to look at, but a disclaimer would be nice.

Well Optimist I really think you need to be a bit more open minded as I just heard through the grapevine that a child has been left stranded with no further help shown from the recruitier they are with now, now that she wants to transfer .... a recruiter needs to take this beyond being just a business , this is a child's life we are talking about and these players are all someone's children ... I am not saying recruiters get it right 100% but it's how they react and what they then do to help that player, once they realised they got a placement wrong .... Once again I strongly recommend parents to use recruiters you actually can meet face to face and as mentioned before I got nothing to do with them in business ( no financial gain whatsoever) all I done is listened to parents and follow them on social media and look through their website carefully , to see how they conduct their business and how their videos all look professional done etc etc

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

MaryP, it's hardly like The Optimist is to blame for some child's negotiations going awry !

He reports, quite rightly, on what he knows, or feels confident enough to state publicly.

Thus, if he doesn't know X company, then he's right to put a little caveat about X company, in his/her own post.

If you wish to recommend X company, based on personal experience (but not vested interest), then that's really interesting for everyone else.

But The O can't change his mind based purely on your comment.

MaryPoppins471 · Improver

Coup Droit wrote:
MaryP, it's hardly like The Optimist is to blame for some child's negotiations going awry !

He reports, quite rightly, on what he knows, or feels confident enough to state publicly.

Thus, if he doesn't know X company, then he's right to put a little caveat about X company, in his/her own post.

If you wish to recommend X company, based on personal experience (but not vested interest), then that's really interesting for everyone else.

But The O can't change his mind based purely on your comment.

True but if you going to report then it's only fair to report and investigate other companies too , all I am trying to say is that there are other good company about not just the two that O keep mentioning abd it's not right to to start saying things like " this sounds like an advertisement " or other companies are shark , as far as I am concern maybe the companies he support could also be shark , I just don't think it's ok to start using those kind of words before he looks into other companies as well as I could say the same back to him that it seems like he is advertising for the companies he recommended and does he too have any business dealing with them ? But I didn't go down that road as I was only trying to make a point that there are others to look at too but yes if he is going to recommend them then he got to take the good with the bad just as I might have to too if TSUSA end up messing up

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

For the record:

1. I only post about things I know about or am interested in.

2. My interest in college tennis stems from quite a few youngsters I know who have taken that route in recent years. I also have family in the States so know a bit about their education system anyway and was also based there for a short while.

3. About a 50:50 split, using Sarah Borwell or finding a placement under their own initiative and one via Stars and Stripes.

4. They all seem by and large quite happy with their placements and those who used the two agencies were happy with the service they received. I therefore felt happy to mention the names of those agencies in response to a direct question by another poster.

5. I am in no way involved in the business of recruitment for college tennis. I have absolutely no interest in investigating the recruitment agency industry, nor have the time or desire so to do. My posts about the agencies have been very limited and were a response to a direct question and in no way am I advertising them. I posted honestly what I found when asking about TSUSA and I'm sorry if it falls short of what you were hoping for.

6. Rather than picking on my posts for not containing the information they would like to see, I would prefer it if other posters simply posted their own research and information.

7. Get off my back.

Edit: typos

-- Edited by The Optimist on Monday 16th of May 2016 10:50:05 AM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The NCAA Div 1 National Team Championships are underway. A few Brits have represented their colleges. I'll be posting this in dribs and drabs - here is the Women's first round results

#1 California bt Texas-Rio Grande 4-0

#7 Megan Manasse (California) led Reegan Greenwood (Texas Rio Grande) 6-5 susp (am sooo impressed with this!!)

Reegan+ were down in dubs when match susp

#21 Mississippi State bt #34 Virgina Tech 4-0

Jennifer Brown (Mississippi State) led Sansitha Nandakumar (Virginia Tech) 0-6, 6-4, 2-1 susp

Louise Ronaldson+ lost in dubs

#16 Texas Tech bt Boston Uni 4-0

Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) led Barbara Rodriguez (Boston) 3-0 susp

Sabrina+ up in dubs when match suspended

#30 Northwestern bt #42 Mississippi 4-0

Alicia Barnett (Northwestern) bt Zalina Khairudinova (Mississippi) 7-6, 6-4

Alicia+ won their dubs

#18 Louisiana State bt #36 Columbia 4-0

Ella Taylor (LSU) bt Vivian Cheng (Columbia) 6-1, 6-1

#11 Auburn bt Alcorn State 4-0

Alannah Griffin bt Ekaterina Potapova 6-1, 6-2

Alannah+ also won their dubs

#41 Rice bt #31 Clemson 4-1

Emily Smith (Rice) bt Fernanda Navarro (Clemson) 7-5, 6-4

Emily+ lost their dubs

#6 Vanderbilt by Southern Illinois-Edwarsville 4-0

Georgina Sellyn (Vandy) bt MacKenzie Thomas (S Illinois) 6-1, 6-0

Georgina+ won their dubs

#13 South Carolina bt Winthrop 4-2

Brigit Folland (S Carolina) bt Tijvana Uzelac (Winthrop) 6-1, 6-1

Brigit+ also won their dubs

#19 Texas A&M bt #48 Denver 4-0

Ines Deheza (Texas A&M) bt Charlotte Derbyshire (Denver) 6-2, 6-1

Charlotte+ lost their dubs

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

NCAA Div 1 National Team Championships, mens first round results

#16 Oklahoma State bt Bryant 4-0

#56 Julian Cash (Oklahoma) bt Ma Vogt (Bryant 6-0, 6-1

Julian+ won their dubs

#9 Florida bt North Florida 4-0

#10 Diego Hidalgo (Florida) led #109 Jack Findel-Hawkins (N Florida) 6-4, 4-2 susp

Jack+ lost their dubs

#30 Southern Methodist bt #39 Washington 5-0

Samm Butler (SMU) bt Gal Hakak (Washington) 6-2, 6-2

Samm+ also won their dubs

#8 Texas Tech bt New Mexico State 4-0

Alex Sendegeya (Texas) led Liam Goldberg (New Mexico) 7-5, 2-3 susp

Alex+ won their dubs

#2 UCLA bt Weber State 4-0

Stefan Cooper (Weber) led #58 Gage Brymer (UCLA) 6-3, 5-2 susp

Stefan+ lost their dubs

#28 San Diego bt #34 Vanderbilt 4-0

Rhys Johnson (Vandy) led #71 Jordan Angus (San Diego) 5-7, 7-6(5), 1-0

Jordan / Josh Page led their dubs when it was suspended

#38 Oregon bt #23 Tulsa 4-1

Matthew Kirby+ played dubs but match suspended

#24 Michigan bt East Tennessee State 4-3

Rogiero Ribiero (ETSU) bt #96 Jathan Malik (Michigan) 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2

Jathan+ won their dubs

#12 Texas A&M bt George Washington 4-0

Chris Reynolds (George Washington) led Jordi Arconada 6-4, 3-3 susp

Chris + lost their dubs

#27 Mississippi bt #47 Denver 4-3

David Fox (Denver bt Fabian Fallert (Ole Miss) 6-3, 7-6(4)

Grey Hamilton (Ole Miss) bt Alex Gasson (Denver 6-2, 7-5

Alex+ won their dubs

#36 Louisiana State bt #26 Rice 4-3

Tommy Bennnett (Rice) bt #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5

#74 Justin Butsch (LSU) bt Jamie Malik (Rice) 6-4, 6-1

Tommy+ and Jamie+ both won their dubs

#4 Texas Christian bt Jackson State 4-0

#5 Cameron Norrie (TCU) bt Camilo Patino (Jackson) 6-0, 6-1

Cameron+ won their dubs

#21 Mississippi State bt Memphis 4-1

Andrew Watson (Memphis) bt Mate Cutura (MSU) 6-1, 6-3

Ryan Peniston (Memphis) led Rishab Agarwal (MSU) 7-5, 3-4

Luka Sucevic (MSU) bt Shakeel Manji (Memphis) 6-4, 6-3

Ryan+ lost dubs, Andrew / Shakeel won theirs

#31 Tulane bt #41 Dartmouth College 4-0

Sebastian Rey (Tulane) bt George Wall (Dartmouth) 6-2, 6-3

Sebastian+ won their dubs

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

NCAA Div 1 National Team Tournament - Women Round 2

#16 Texas Tech bt Mississippi State 4-2

Sabrina Federici (Texas) bt Kristina Vozniak (MSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Katelyn Jackson (Texas bt Jennifer Brown (MSU) 6-0, 6-2

Sabrina+ led Jennifer+ when dubs suspended

#3 North Carolina bt #30 Northwestern 4-2

Alicia Barnett (Northwestern) led #57 Jessie Aney (N Carolina) 7-6(2), 3-6, 4-3 susp

Alicia+ lost their dubs

#14 Virginia bt #18 Louisiana State 4-2

Ella Taylor (LSU) bt Cassie Mercer (Virginia) 6-2, 6-1

Ella+ won their dubs

#11 Auburn bt #22 Arizona State 4-2

Alannah Griffin (Auburn) bt Stephanie Vlad (Arizona) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Alannah+ lost their dubs

#6 Vanderbilt bt #41 Rice 4-0

#32 Astra Sharma (Vandy) led Emily Smith (Rice) 7-6, 2-3 susp

Georgina Sellyn (Vandy) bt Solomiya Zinko (Rice) 6-3, 6-2

Emily+ and Georgina+ both won their dubs

#17 Georgia Tech bt #13 South Carolina 4-0

Alexis Prokopiuk (Georgia T) led Brigit Folland (S Carolina) 6-3, 4-3 susp

Brigit+ lost their dubs

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

NCAA Team Championships Men R2

#16 Oklahoma State bt #19 Arkansas 4-0

#21 Mike Redlicki (Arkansas) led Julian Cash (Oklahoma St) 7-5, 4-2 susp

Julian+ lost their dubs

#30 Southern Methodist bt #8 Texas Tech 4-2

Samm Butler (SMU) bt Alex Sendegeya (Texas T) 6-1, 6-3

Alex+ lost their dubs

Samm+ won theirs

#2 UCLA bt #28 San Diego 4-0

#71 Jordan Angus (San Diego) led #38 Martin Redlicki (UCLA) 6-4, 1-6, 2-1 susp

Jordan/Josh Page won their dubs

#6 Wake Forest bt #24 Michigan 4-2

#27 Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) bt #96 Jathan Malik (Michigan) 6-0, 7-5

Jathan + won their dubs

#4 Texas Christian bt #36 Louisiana State

#5 Cameron Norrie (TCU) bt #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-2, 6-2

Cameron+ won their dubs

#3 North Carolina bt #31 Tulane 4-0

#46 Brett Clark (N Carolina) led Sebastian Rey (Tulane) 7-6(2), 3-3 susp

Sebastian+ lost their dubs

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

NCAA National Team Championship R3 Men

The last of the teams containing Brits went out yesterday:

#1 Virginia bt #16 Oklahoma State 4-2

#56 Julian Cash (Oklahoma St) bt #8 Ryan Shane (Virginia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

Julian+ lost their dubs

#9 Florida bt #30 Southern Methodist 4-0

Samm Butler (SMU) led #37 Elliott Orkin (Floriday) 7-5, 1-4

Samm+ lost their dubs

#13 California bt #4 Texas Christian 4-3

#5 Cameron Norrie (SMU) bt #30 Florian Lakat (Cal) 6-4, 6-1

Cameron+ won their dubs