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  1. Aleemay
    Ohio State lost to the Ags the other day. It was their first outdoor match of the season (and first loss). Hopefully they're still not adjusted Thursday.
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    Looks like Chris Camillone has stepped in and coaching on the court right now
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    Ugh.....it's also Harrison Scott's bday today. What a way to spend your birthday
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    Hmmm.....I'm almost sure CDC will talk to Joffe for recommendations since Joffe is known to have a lot (even compared to other coaches) of contacts within the tennis world as Joffe has worked on all levels- junior development, professional, college, and national development programs. If CDC were looking for Texas ties, there's Rubio at Denver (but he hasn't proven himself with his recruits yet) and Roditi at TCU. Berque should get a courtesy interview as the current AC and he has top level experience as head coach of a major program (Michigan). Other names to throw out that I'd impressed with-John Roddick (good luck wrestling him away from the national tennis center and UCF), Tony Bresky of Wake Forest (if CDC wants to aim for the moon like he did with track and softball), Matt Roberts of Mississippi State(young coach with great potential) Written on the fly, so these are just some educated guesses
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    I remember the Georgetown tennis coach being suddenly let go, causing the graduate assistant Courtney Dolehide to be head coach of both women's and men's team. A head scratcher at the time because Dolehide had left her position here as women's assistant coach to pursue education (MBA) and not climb the tennis coaching ranks. Reading this, it all makes sense.
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    Yikes.....I was wondering why there was a random athlete on a recruiting website on the Texas roster This can get REALLY UGLY
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    http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2019/03/08/turati-twins-bring-new-meaning-to-doubles-play-at-texas Article about the Turati twins last week. Now I know this writer is new and that this is a student newspaper, but there are some pretty bad errors in this and past articles. "The victories also caught the eye of head coach Howard Joffe who was looking to revitalize the Longhorns after missing multiple NCAA Tournaments despite having scholarship players." Texas only missed the NCAA tournament one year. Fendick-McCain had a 100% record of advancing to the postseason.
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    https://swimswam.com/projecting-the-cutline-2019-mens-ncaa-championships/ Without divers, Texas already has 20 swimmers qualified for the championships. Unfortunately a school can only bring 18 athletes to the championship meet. Since divers count 0.5 spots and Texas qualified 3 divers yesterday, Texas will have to cut 4 swimmers (tough). Additionally, Reed Merritt might qualify an additional diving spot today or tomorrow.
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    Yep. Anna and Bianca hit loopy ground strokes as that's their style to grind things out. Poluta also hits loopy strokes due to her short stature which can easily be taken out of the air by the net person. Bojana has the ground game to be a great doubles player but her volleying technique needs some improving. Tijana also tends to go through lapses where she's a statue at net. On the other hand, a good doubles player but not necessarily a good singles player would be someone with fast hands and flat ground strokes hitting spots X and Y but who tends to over think the mental aspect and shanks balls like crazy (think Wagland)
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    For some reason, I did not see her yesterday at the courts. But she was at the basketball center today with the rest of her teammates and seemed physically fine.
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    Nice having Granic back in singles. She was most likely going to win her match. Helps pushes everyone down the line and coincidentally today the first three points came from 4, 5, and 6.
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    Big series of home matches for the Horns these next few weeks. Really important to get some wins against top 40 opponents. Texas is down in the ITA rankings due to having only three good wins. Baylor currently counts as a ranked win but they're not going to be in the rankings next week (now 5-11 and playing two walk-ons). Florida State is very talented, having two French players with past rankings in the top 800.
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    Not saying the match will be competitive but this is almost commonplace in other NCAA sports during the off season. The basketball and volleyball teams are playing pro teams whenever they go on their European tours. The Japanese Softball team (2nd in the world) also played University of Florida this year in the preseason. There's also a lot of amateurs playing pro tournaments in golf and tennis.
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    Beat Georgia on the road today. Hopefully Georgia starts winning some SEC matches and they'll shoot up the rankings. Markes seems to have really found his stride this season. IIRC he was a walk on.
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    Opened up the bakery shop today against Incarnate Word. I know this match was in place of the Tulane match but not sure how much of a gain if any there were for the players. Yuya's opponent never had a game point and only had one break point the whole match.
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    Two time Big 12 Champion out for the year
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    If you add in Paralympians, Esther Vergeer should be in the talk. Wheelchair Tennis- 48 Grand Slams, 7 Gold Medals, 470 win streak which only stopped when she retired
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    Stanford returned every member from last year's championships team in May (and then promptly added 2 blue chip freshmen) Poluta beating Janice Shin (who was 15-1 before today's match at line 5) and Tijana beating Higuchi (who was 33-1 before today's match at line 6) shows how deep this team can be. Add in the fact that Petra's status is unknown, this is a good sign of how high the ceiling can be for this team.
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    Play canceled today due to unsafe road conditions. Looks like there's going to be more snowfall in Seattle the next three days. Not sure how they're going to get the rest of the tournament completely finished.
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    Loss to UM, bummer. But let's not forget how Texas lost to (a less talented) Illinois team and went 0-3 last year at indoor nationals before turning things around in the outdoor season Still a good win against Ohio State this weekend with a shorthanded team
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    Looks like the injury bug is hitting not only Texas but also Oklahoma State. A day after a stunning loss to Arkansas (picked to finish last in the SEC after 5 of their starting 6 didn't return this year), they are currently down 3-1 to UCLA with two losses coming from retiring mid-match.
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    Top 10 win over North Carolina today! Biggest win of the year so far. Huge effort by Yuya today. Saved at least three match points.
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    Good win considering there was so many factors against the Horns: Road trip in the middle of the polar vortex, playing indoors, Petra injured, short roster (walk ons didn't come for the road trip), Katie having to step in and delivering not only in singles but also doubles with a new partner (interesting sight seeing the tallest and shortest playing together) A win is a win and Texas will get the 10% road bonus in the computer rankings No time to rest as Michigan is on Sunday
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    She was missing so many forehand returns lol. Thank goodness it started working again when they were down match point. (saved 2 in the tb) In bad news, it looks like Granic is in a boot
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    Interesting thought about forfeiting the season. IMO, it's a lose-lose situation. Don't play the season and everyone sits around unhappy and restless. Contracts and agreements between other schools, PAC 12, TV networks, sponsors, etc. get broken leading to financial penalties. Alumni giving, fan support, and funding goes down the drain. Play the season with 10 position players (majority freshmen) and 2 pitchers and risk player health. Continual losing through the PAC 12 decreases player moral and won't make a good impression with recruiting.

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