US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

RE: US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Female College Tennis Rankings 20-2-2017

Interesting to see some colleges with very strong male and female tennis team but the standout male squad at Virgina is not echoed as yet by the female team

The SEC is the really standout ladies conference with 8!! Teams in the top 25.

A strong British presence at Texas Tech, Vandy and Auburn.

Rank School Conference

1 University of Florida Southeastern Conference
2 Ohio State University Big Ten Conference
3 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Conference
4 University of Michigan Big Ten Conference
5 Texas Tech University Big 12 Conference
6. Oklahoma State University Big 12 Conference
7 Vanderbilt University Southeastern Conference
8 Auburn University Southeastern Conference
9 UCLA Pacific-12 Conference
10 Baylor University Big 12 Conference
11 Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Conference
12 Pepperdine West Coast Conference
13 University of Georgia Southeastern Conference
14 University of Kansas Big 12 Conference
15 TCU Big 12 Conference
16 North Carolina State Atlantic Coast Conference
17 Duke University Atlantic Coast Conference
18 California Pacific-12 Conference
19 University of Mississippi. Southeastern Conference
20 Dartmouth College Ivy League
21 University of South Carolina Southeastern Conference
22 Texas A&M University. Southeastern Conference
23 Rice University. Conference USA
24 University of Tennessee. Southeastern Conference
25 Stanford. PAC 12

Only 3 colleges not in the 5 power conferences

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Ryan Peniston of Memphis voted Player of the Week in his conference

http://gotigersgo.com/news/2017/2/28/ryan-peniston-named-american-mens-tennis-player-of-the-week.aspx

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Article on Georgie Axon at Auburn

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/022717aab.html

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

What a good article.

It flags up some obvious huge positives of US college tennis that the British system does not have - so many players love serious, constant, high-level team tennis - Europeans grow up on it - but it's just non-existent here.

It also flags up other positives that are rather bizarre (although Georgie is not the only one to mention it). The amazing coach, the confidence they give you, being with you all the time - what are the normal coaches doing, I wonder....

But really pleased for her - she seems a perfect fit for college tennis and it's so good that she's already feeling major benefits in her tennis (as well as her life).

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Yes it is fantastic that Georgie is doing so well as a freshman at an elite sporting school competing in the toughest tennis conference. ranked (CH) 104 junior ITF she is a very strong recruit for them, playing no2 as a freshman implies she will be a mainstay of their squad for her 4 years of eligibility. I agree with her in that America Bacon is something they can keep.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 3rd of March 2017 06:02:36 PM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Lucas Taylor of Northern Arizona named Player of the Week in his conference

http://www.nauathletics.com/sports/mten/2016-17/releases/20170301sqgf6h

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Brits really shining this week.... Elise Van Heuvelen of Iowa named Player of the Week in the Big 10 Conference

http://www.hawkeyesports.com/news/2017/2/28/womens-tennis-van-heuvelen-named-b1g-athlete-of-the-week.aspx

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Link to a blog by Cameron Norrie giving his reasons for going to college as originally posted by Wolf in the men's thread (but I thought it fitted in here as well!)

https://spark.adobe.com/page/aRjH348Sb1mrV/

-- Edited by The Optimist on Friday 3rd of March 2017 06:52:52 PM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Latest rankings

Women

67 - Emily Arbuthnott - Stanford

84 - Holly Hutchinson - Old Dominion

Dubs

20 - Emily Smith - Vanderbilt

24 - Sabrina Federici - Texas Tech

38 - Georgie Axon - Auburn

39 - Kim Schmider - Indiana-Bloomington

67 - Alannah Griffin - Auburn

Men

22 - Julian Cash - Oklahoma State

23 - Cameron Norrie - Texas Christian

48 - Vinny Gillespie - Drake

49 - Jack Findel-Hawkins - North Florida

78 - Andrew Watson - Memphis

118 - Sebastian Rey - Tulane

125 - Ewan Moore - Tulane

Dubs

3 - Julian Cash - Oklahoma State

5 - Jack Findel-Hawkins - North Florida

8 - Jathan Malik - Michigan

11 - Tommy Bennett - Rice

62 - Alex Gasson - Denver

73 - Sebastian Rey - Tulane

So in the women's dubs we've gained Alannah Griffin; in the men we've lost Ryan Peniston (Memphis) and gained Ewan Moore; and in the men's dubs we've lost Max Andrews (Miami) and gained Seb Rey

-- Edited by The Optimist on Tuesday 7th of March 2017 05:34:40 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Worth a smile:

Serena @sezznash98 Feb 19

When your day consisted of beating a girl named Sharapova and your name is Serena...just couldn't let that coincidence go

Hope America is treating you well, Serena !

the addict · Tennis legend

Article about some of the Brits in the US - featuring Cam and Emily A amongst others
blog.universaltennis.com/2017/03/10/elite-of-college-tennis-the-brits-2/

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

As he now plays under the Irish flag, Bjorn Thompson is a bit of an interloper on that list!! Without him at #5, Jack Findel-Hawkins of North Florida would take 10th place.

the addict · Tennis legend

I was following the scores between ODU and Oklahoma, when the scoreboard froze. I hadn't realised that they didn't finish matches once the tie was decided.
(Oklahoma won 4-0 - neither Holly or Serena's matches were completed, but both were a set up)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

the addict wrote:
I was following the scores between ODU and Oklahoma, when the scoreboard froze. I hadn't realised that they didn't finish matches once the tie was decided.
(Oklahoma won 4-0 - neither Holly or Serena's matches were completed, but both were a set up)

The rules vary between the conferences, some play out, some play out when both teams want to and some never do! In the dubs it is always abandoned once a team gets 2 matches (played to one set). Generally the players hate 'clinch-clinch' (the term for abandoning matches once a team have 4 points) - they'd much rather have an individual result as well as the team one. Other rules also vary between the divisions with Div 1 playing no ad in singles and not having a warm-up, Div 2 and 3 playing regular scoring and having a warm-up. Men in Div 1 ignore lets on serve but women acknowledge them. Dubs rules vary between the divisions too with Div 1 playing a set to 6 games and some lower divisions playing to 8 games.