NCAA.com finally has some video going on the indoor courts.
Put your comments, stories, prognostications here. The Twitter feeds have had scores going all day, and you can get a pretty good picture of what the draw looks like at this point, but I’ll just put out the results tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=g0kizT-yfx4&NR=1
Pretty cool video… Shows what the D3 dream is all about.
congrats to Matthew Heinrich of Stevens for winning national ROY.
I Would love to see a recap of individual singles and doubles. Some surprises in both draws!
Watch out for Michael Holt and DJ Shamshiri. Holt’s all that and a bag of chips if you know what I mean and there isn’t enough candy in the state of Virginia to describe how sweet Shamshiri’s game is.
Love,
Fabrice
Can we give some love to Holt and Shamshiri please…. A 1 star freshman and a sophomore making the semis of doubles Is pretty damn legit.
Holt isn’t a true 1 star..If you look at his 2010 and 2011 rankings, he’s clearly a high 2 star that just stopped playing tournaments his senior year
Not to mention hes also 6’4 and a lefty
Wow, Putterman with one of the more impressive displays of conditioning this week. A well-deserved singles championship for the senior!
How does All American work? Does everyone who qualifies for the tournament get receive All American recognition? Do you have to win a match or go deeper?
There are many different criteria that can be filled: http://www.itatennis.com/AwardsAndRankings/AllAmerica/2012_ITA_Division_III_All-America_Teams.htm
Good lord Kahan played amazing. Man my boy skinner was rollin and playing some solid tennis and Kahan comes out and just goes toe to toe sluggin balls and straight beats skinner. Hell of a match Mark it was a pleasure watching that match. Putterman/Kahan should be a great final good luck to both players
After a few first round jitters, Putterman crushed Caulfield. His chances are looking really good especially since Ballou lost.
Good call.
Anyone see the Caufield/Putterman match? Not surprised at the result, but surprised that the score was so lopsided.
Caulfield’s game really isn’t suited for indoors. Putterman was able to crank at just about everything.
Thanks. I have to say, Caulfield was one of the most exciting and entertaining–not saying the best–D3 players I’ve had the privelege to watch, so I was disappointed at the scoreline. Thanks for the insight.
What happened there at end of wash u and Whittier doubles match?
Whitman player called “Up” or “Watch” while attempting to lob. It didn’t end up being a lob. A. Putt missed an easy volley and complained. Ump sided with him for some reason unbeknownst to me. Really fun match to watch though!
Congrats to Mark Kahan. Great match, well played.
Shout out Ben Belletto for an AMAZING coaching career at PP. He will be missed dearly.
Ballou goes down to Crampton routinely tomorrow. Book it
^Seriously?
Quarters:
Kahan def. Burgin
Skinner def. Meyer
Raz def. Kjellberg
Putt def. Lipscomb
Semis:
Kahan def. Skinner
Raz def. Putt
Final:
Kahan def. Raz
Debate. DIscuss. Enjoy!
Well neither Crampton nor Ballou made it that far, but good try
Kahan takes Ballou out 6-4 6-0! Let’s Go!!!!!
^like
Props to Kahan. Everyone in the Northeast knows that he has been one of the best players in the country for the last four years, but for some reason he’s never made a big splash at the individual tournament. Hope he finally gets his due.