Mens Tennis 2020 season. Run it back?

[perfectchaos007 6780]

The defending national champion Texas Longhorns 🏆 are pre-season ranked #2 in the nation, but we had a lot to replace this year as only 2 of our 6 starters from last years singles lineup returned (Sigsgaard and Ito). Chih Chi Huang is also back but he only played line 6 singles some of the time last season. We recruited an incredible freshman class featuring some of the best prospects in the US, but it may take some time for them to become reliable team tennis players.

 

We kick off the season playing @ #1 ranked Florida on Wednesday January 15th. Will be a good measuring stick to see where we are. 

[Aleemay 304]

I know Yuya feels shafted being ranked #2 in the country despite winning Oracle and ITA All American. So he's hungry this season.

[Js1 87174]

wow

 

[Js1 87174]

Boom

 

[Js1 87174]

We beat #17, #4, #71 and #31 for the win. 

[Js1 87174]

And #72 for good measure 

 

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

Wow, big win. So only our top two (who happen to be two of the top players in the nation) are back from last years squad? 

[Js1 87174]

7 minutes ago, Kevin O’Shea said:

Wow, big win. So only our top two (who happen to be two of the top players in the nation) are back from last years squad? 

For singles, yes. 

[Aleemay 304]

Well Huang is also back- he was in the singles lineup consistently for the first 2/3 of the season and was always in the doubles lineup

[Js1 87174]

I think if you want to say consistent season singles players, it’s just Ito and Sisgaard. Of course he has experience with a 26-9 record last year but he wasn’t really part of the core singles lineup that won the title. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Hell of a way to start the season. In our first match since winning the national championship against Wake Forest, we go on the road to upset the #1 ranked team in the nation. With how young we are outside Ito and Sigsgaard, we'll go through some bumps in the road, but the first official match in the Burke era couldn't have gotten off to a better start.

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

Got “VIP tickets”  through a coworker that’s an SMU donor for Saturday’s match. Excited to see Ito and the freshmen play. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

We fall to 0-2 on the season in doubles. Last year we were bad in doubles and we still won a national championship so....thinking positive?

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

They look flat today. SMU is fired up. We’ll probably win 5-2 or 4-3

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

They turned up midway through the first sets and all won. 

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

SMU spent all their energy fist pumping during the first 3 games of the first set. 

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

Easy win

[perfectchaos007 6780]

singles sweep! Texas def. SMU 6-1

Gotta continue to work on doubles before the ITA regionals

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Ito’s older brother is playing Djokovic at the Australian Open right now. Going how you would expect so far.




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[perfectchaos007 6780]

As expected with our road win over Florida, Texas is ranked #1 in the latest ITA poll

[Js1 87174]

No surprise but great honor for a young team and new coach 

Tennis school! 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Texas def. Indiana 4-0. We pulled out our first doubles point of the season in a tiebreaker and then the top part our lineup looked solid with Ito clinching the win.

[Js1 87174]

Sweep. 2 double wins in a row! 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Ohio State def. Texas 4-1. I penciled this in as a loss anyways because practically no one beats Ohio State at an indoor venue. Not to mention Bruce Berque spent his entire career at Michigan losing to Ohio State

Edited February 1, 2020 by perfectchaos007

[Js1 87174]

Lost dubs but lead in 4 of 6 singles matches against UCLA 

[Js1 87174]

Texas wins it.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Texas took care of business in singles and won 4-2. The goal at the indoor championships is to win at least 2 matches

[perfectchaos007 6780]

We get Burque’s former team tomorrow, Michigan. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Michigan wins 4-2

[Js1 87174]

Weird how dominated we got in singles but won doubles. Usually other way around 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Closed out the tournament with a 4-2 win over Stanford today. We won 2 out of 3 at the ITA indoors, which is a successful trip

[texifornia 59009]

You're welcome 😉

(I'm kidding, I wasn't a tennis player, but it's always great to beat Baylor)

 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Coach Center sentenced to 6 months in prison

 

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/28774822/ex-texas-tennis-coach-gets-6-month-sentence-admissions-bribery-case

[LTtxfan 49985]

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[Js1 87174]

4-0 over Tree

[Js1 87174]

7 in a row put down by Day. One hit allowed so far in relief 

6-4 Texas t5

[Pato del Muerto 53451]

5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

7 in a row put down by Day. One hit allowed so far in relief 

6-4 Texas t5

You’re still in tennis

[Js1 87174]

Doh

[LTtxfan 49985]

02.28.2020 | Men's Tennis

No. 4 Men’s Tennis sweeps No. 8 Stanford, 4-0

The Longhorns downed a top-10 Cardinal team for the second time in 12 days.

https://texassports.com/news/2020/2/28/no-4-mens-tennis-sweeps-no-8-stanford-4-0.aspx

[LTtxfan 49985]

 

[LTtxfan 49985]

   Texas Men's Tennis   @TexasMTN

1h

 

The Longhorns defeated No. 8 Stanford for the second time in 12 days with a

 

     TO  

sweep! There's no letting up with a quick turnaround for another top-10 match on the road at No. 9  NC State on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET!    #HookEm

 

 

Edited February 29, 2020 by LTtxfan

[Goodman 3280]

Replay is on LHN right now.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

NCST def Texas 4-3

We lost the doubles point and only won 3 singles matches

[LTtxfan 49985]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

NCST def Texas 4-3

We lost the doubles point and only won 3 singles matches

NCST is a hard Road Match immediately after playing Stanford on Friday Night..

[LTtxfan 49985]

 

[Js1 87174]

Match vs. #14 Columbia is cancelled due to Ivy sports shutting down. 

[Js1 87174]

Still national champs for another year! 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

We ran it back! Defending national champs till 2021 at least

(plz NCAA give Ito and Sigsgaard another year)

Edited March 12, 2020 by perfectchaos007

[LTtxfan 49985]

17 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

We ran it back! Defending national champs till 2021 at least

(plz NCAA give Ito and Sigsgaard another year)

Thx to @Js1 for this...

THEY ARE ROLLING IT BACK... 

 

[Js1 87174]

17 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

We ran it back! Defending national champs till 2021 at least

(plz NCAA give Ito and Sigsgaard another year)

I'd understand if they want to go pro. But selfishly, run it back!